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In the first and more specific of two reminders – lest tears fog up our memory – Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack points out that:
Many of the underlying issues at Grenfell were due to unsafe conditions that had been allowed to fester under Tory governments and a council for which Theresa May bears ultimate responsibility. The inquiry she launched has kicked scrutiny of corporate and government interests into the long-grass, denying families and survivors justice, while allowing business as usual to continue for the wealthy. For the outgoing Prime Minister to suggest that her awful response to Grenfell is a proud part of her legacy is, frankly, disgraceful.
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Here’s the second. God knows I have my beefs with Owen Jones: on Syria, and on his writings – snapshots here and here – on Julian Assange. But when Sky newsman Adam Boulton prodded Jones to “respond on a human level” to Theresa’s tears, the lad done good.
Theresa May didn't publicly break down over Windrush, or Grenfell, or disabled people having their benefits cut, or children driven into poverty.
In the end, she only publicly shed a tear over her own career. pic.twitter.com/gyHOG7xlg6
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) May 24, 2019
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