Huge fire at West London tower block
23-06-2017, 21:27
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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I am sure that more fire safety high rise blocks will be found.
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23-06-2017, 21:51
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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They don't need to be rehoused whilst the blocks are being brought up to standard, there's plenty of budget hotels, travel lodges etc all over town they can stay at, they might even get a discount for bulk booking like my housing association apparently got when the block of flats I lived in exploded in January
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But this is London in the summer we're talking about?
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23-06-2017, 21:57
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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But this is London in the summer we're talking about?
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Yeah there's loads of spare long term capacity in London's hotels right now. 
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23-06-2017, 23:30
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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But this is London in the summer we're talking about?
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Where do you think I live? It's a big city and you won't find many tourists if you go east to west ham, leytonstone, Wanstead, Ilford etc but you will find a lot of premier inns and the like
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23-06-2017, 23:51
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24-06-2017, 03:09
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Probably best they don't stay there then
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24-06-2017, 05:10
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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Yeah there's loads of spare long term capacity in London's hotels right now. |
Not this time of season for 6 weeks or longer.
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24-06-2017, 07:41
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
Camden. Solid Labour territory. Perhaps it's now time for Corbyn to apologise for his party turning peoples homes into death traps?
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24-06-2017, 07:49
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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Camden. Solid Labour territory. Perhaps it's now time for Corbyn to apologise for his party turning peoples homes into death traps?
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So as it persuades people to actually take the issue seriously then all the better if it's Labour to blame. Who really cares so long as the issue is addressed and those responsible held to account?
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24-06-2017, 08:01
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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So as it persuades people to actually take the issue seriously then all the better if it's Labour to blame. Who really cares so long as the issue is addressed and those responsible held to account?
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I merely point this out as Corbyn's been playing politics with this. He should have known better.
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24-06-2017, 08:37
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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I merely point this out as Corbyn's been playing politics with this. He should have known better.
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It's a political event, this is social housing so the local and national governments are ultimately responsible.
That said I think Camden council are being a bit dramatic here. It's been there for years so why evacuate them at 8:30pm? I don't know what they found but it's clear it's most be worse than just cladding there.
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24-06-2017, 08:43
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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Originally Posted by Damien
It's a political event, this is social housing so the local and national governments are ultimately responsible.
That said I think Camden council are being a bit dramatic here. It's been there for years so why evacuate them at 8:30pm? I don't know what they found but it's clear it's most be worse than just cladding there.
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It sounds like there were multiple issues with the flats that were evacuated. These would have voided any insurance policies. If an incident had occurred, the Council would have been asked to explain why they did not evacuate more quickly.
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24-06-2017, 08:46
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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It sounds like there were multiple issues with the flats that were evacuated. These would have voided any insurance policies. If an incident had occurred, the Council would have been asked to explain why they did not evacuate more quickly.
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Fine but then what the hell have fire inspections being doing for the last few years?! Were there even any?
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24-06-2017, 08:48
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Where do you think I live? It's a big city and you won't find many tourists if you go east to west ham, leytonstone, Wanstead, Ilford etc but you will find a lot of premier inns and the like
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It's not just tourists who stay in hotels. Premier Inns have lots of business people staying during the week plus people visiting friends and relatives.
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Fine but then what the hell have fire inspections being doing for the last few years?! Were there even any?
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Totally agree.
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24-06-2017, 10:29
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Re: Huge fire at West London tower block
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Fine but then what the hell have fire inspections being doing for the last few years?! Were there even any?
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Cuts saw to the considerable amount of fire inspections being cut or delayed.
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It's not just tourists who stay in hotels. Premier Inns have lots of business people staying during the week plus people visiting friends and relatives.
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Totally agree.
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Premier Inn have far more capacity actually around the Christmas period then this time of year as the next few months are their busiest period as one would expect.
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