This essay, on the backstory of the policies that led to the Grenfell fire, was my Observer column this week. It was published 12 December 2021, under the headline “Grenfell delivers yet more horrors. But the guilty still fail to take responsibility”. Lying. Refusing to follow rules. Mocking the little people. Deflecting any blame. Not just this government’s response to a Christmas party that “never took place”, but the response of successive governments to the issue of fire safety in buildings. Where […]

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