Still Not Getting It

On the eighth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, a statement from the survivors' campaign group wonders what it says about the country's values that those who facilitated the disaster are still carrying on profitable careers in the housing sector. Given how many of those responsible for the Iraq débâcle have stood trial at the Hague, and the quantity of sackcloth and ashes that characterised Cressida Dick's career after the assassination and posthumous slander of Jean Charles de Menezes, and the moral fibre and sense of honour which our lords and masters displayed over Aberfan, it is remarkable that the question should need asking. The country's values are for the benefit of the right sort of people; if the lower orders wish to avoid unsafe accommodation, they can render up their humble thanks for Team Starmer's plans to repeal the Vagrancy Act.