It's been like this for years though, it's not just the current government. I don't know the full story, but imo the construction company or maintenance company will have known the cladding is against the regulations, and is not fire proof.

Hopefully we will find out the full story with the inquiry. But I doubt we will ever know the true death toll. One of the worst jobs in the world having to count the dead or the remains that are still there. I am going to guess those there illegally might not admit to a certain number of people there also.

It is government that is meant to design and enforce building regulations and provide adequate resources to tackle fires. A lack of equipment hampered efforts of firefighters.

It's the government that is responsible for providing regulation and guidance on fire safety and the requirements to fit things such as sprinkler systems and fire doors.

The government is responsible for planning policy. The government is responsible for the budgets available to repair and maintain social housing. The government is responsible for housing policy.

Less government in this case has led to companies and local government being allowed to cut corners and put people's lives at risk. This was what was at the end of Cameron's road that he set us down in his bonfire of the regulations, and the degradation of our housing stock.

These are areas the private sector will not address as adhering to regulations is costly and so if up to them they would have them virtually scrapped and avoid them where possible.

Just saying less government is better is woefully myopic and ignorant of any evidence or the real world.

I am a strong believer in looking after those that have served our country. It isn't their choice to go to war, it is the choice of those that sit on benches. Hearing about soldiers, navy or air force personnel living out on the streets is damn right disrespectful for what they have or would have done for our country.

The reason why I believe we need to help those in the commonwealth, is because alot of the countries still have the queen as the head of state or those that have removed her we need to continue to build good relations with. India as an example could be a huge economic powerhouse that the UK can make significant investments in, their infrastructure is absolutely dire, and their compliance is next to nothing. Helping countries like that will increase our global outlook, instead of the European outlook we currently have.

For me, Brexit is a really exciting time. Non-EU countries already coming out in support for a trade deal and what the Hungarian Foreign Secretary said in his recent interview about EU and UK trade speaks volumes.

Edited by Hansy (12 Jul 2017 8.54pm)

Like they did in the recent votings? Labour are VERY split on Brexit as we saw with Chucka's proposal. Labour can vote down, but the Tory/DUP coalition are still in power, you're suggesting every party apart from Tories/DUP will vote down as we saw recently not every party will.

If there is another election, it will not be with May. Not every Labour supporter voted Labour because of Corbyn they voted because they didn't want May in power (Like some of my cousins). With a better candidate the Tories could do alot better.

Brexit will be a sh*t show to those that voted remain. It is 2 years of negotiating, look how quickly the EU opened their arms to Japan did Japan have to accept freedom of Movement? Canada, US and Aus are all in favour of trade deals with us. Two of those Nations the EU have struggled with. The UK was a global trade power before the EU, now we are European trade power.

Edited by Hansy (13 Jul 2017 11.35am)