.....Indeed I don't recall (although I'm sure it did happen) people moaning to much when they sent there kids from London to Wales when the blitz was on.

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Because social housing in this country is in a f***ing mess. It's a shambles. And that is down to lots of factors. Margaret Thatcher allowing the right to buy and those properties not being replaced with new social housing. Extortionate private rents in certain parts of the country as there is no rent cap in place. Successive governments after Thatcher including Blair, brown, Cameron and clegg and now may not building enough social or affordable housing. Growing population, throw in some people who do play the system (a small minority) but they do exist and we have the problem we have.

Do not attempt to start any form of argument or political point scoring on here with me. Some of what you write I agree with, some I am not so sure about but I am not some Tory sympathizer so don't start all that. If you read and digest all I have written here (I have posted at length on this topic) I actually know a Lot about social housing problems, substandard properties and landlords. I have lived it and one day myself and my family might go through that hell again. Actually had it take over my life. Not something I have read about in a blog and linked to on a football forum

When I was a young girl my Mother said to me.. You listen here kid you're CPFC

Using the tragedy for political gain. Who'd have thunk it?

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I lived in a council flat the top floor of a piss stinking tower block when I was around 10 for about a year. It was horrible, people there were great though. That's why I'm so f***ing angry about the whole sorry affair.
I've also lived in a one room bedsit with my stepmum and brother, sharing a bathroom with pissyheads for a month. Not fun. (as an aside I always chuckle when people accuse me of 'middle class guilt' whatever that's meant to be) So you don't need to tell me about social housing.

If anything comes out of this preventable tragedy, it's that the places poor people live in are afforded the same tight regulations as other buildings.

And again I will say that the events of the night were political. From decisions at government level - cuts to local authorities, lax oversight of regulations, deregulation putting safety responsibilities and signing off into corporate hands rather than the fire brigade. Why is no one taking any responsibility?

Edited by nickgusset (20 Jun 2017 10.17pm)

Oh stop it with the bantz you guys.

Appears that the 'renovation' work was not actually signed off!

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