Fire in London
- 19 June 2017 19:46330365Captain Haddock wrote:I know. But it's only this afternoon that the Met have said that a blind eye will be turned on anyone who turns up to collect their 5,500 pounds.
I didn't read it like that I thought the Police just wanted to update their numbers surely the dosh will only go to someone listed as a tenant or property owner? All but a monkey has to be paid into a bank account which an illegal chap/chapess would not have. - Captain Haddock
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20 June 2017 14:34330386More than £200,000 of Government money has been paid out to 180 families affected by the #GrenfellTower fire https://t.co/xyD8JBmFvP
Errrr i thought there were 127 flats?"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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20 June 2017 14:46330387bob,124 floors times 4,simple maths really.Jan Higgins likes this - Captain Haddock
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20 June 2017 15:30330388found this on Metro.co.uk: http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/20/people-are-pretending-they-lost-homes-in-grenfell-tower-to-get-money-6721541/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 20 June 2017 15:42330390Brian Dixon wrote:bob,124 floors times 4,simple maths really.
That is some calculator you have there Brian.Brian Dixon and John Buckley like this - Brian Dixon
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20 June 2017 19:14330398work it out for your self howard,4 flats per floor times the average 5 in a famley group. - 20 June 2017 19:27330399Brian Dixon wrote:work it out for your self howard,4 flats per floor times the average 5 in a famley group.
I have never been good at maffs Brian so I phoned a friend that insists 24 x 4 = 96, I would welcome independent confirmation. - Reginald Barrington
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20 June 2017 19:32330400Thats Council finance departments for you! where are the missing 31 flats
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20 June 2017 19:33330401Absolute rubbish Howard, you obviously need to refer to the Diane Abbott book of maths!
Bob Whysman and howard mcsweeney1 like this - 20 June 2017 19:43330402Just been reading that the locals are now very upset by people turning up to take "selfies" in front of the tower block!! Quite common at the twin towers site in New York especially with young Brits on short break which is distressing to many locals but to my knowledge there are still bodies in Grenfell Tower.
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20 June 2017 20:00330404lol howard 124 floors x 4 =496.
I will get you a maths date with miss abbot. - Captain Haddock
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20 June 2017 21:48330409Extraordinary. More floors than the Shard! You live and learn.
Shard facts. The Shard is 309.6 metres, or 1,016 feet, high and is Western Europe's tallest building. It is 95 storeys tall, with level 72 the highest habitable floor.Button likes this"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - 21 June 2017 15:16330420City of London Corporation to the rescue.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/21/sixty-eight-flats-2bn-luxury-kensington-block-given-grenfell/ - Brian Dixon
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21 June 2017 15:26330422ok,ok had an abbot moment,24 floors it is. - 21 June 2017 21:11330441Would be tenants in Ealing will be feeling nervous.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/21/company-that-did-grenfell-renovation-about-to-get-65000000-london-housing-contract-6723795/ - 22 June 2017 11:19330466All is not well with the current residents in Kensington Row.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/21/rehousing-of-grenfell-tower-families-in-luxury-block-meets-mixed-response - 23 June 2017 21:33330503Panedora's box has been opened and Councils are taking no chances of litigious action being taken against them.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/camden-evacuations-tower-blocks-chalcots-estate-london-latest-news-updates-a7805806.html - 25 June 2017 15:03330552B and B's across the country will be rubbing their hands at the thought of raising their prices to accommodate those being evacuated.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-latest-tower-blocks-evacuations-uk-manchester-plymouth-camden-safety-cladding-gas-a7806706.html - 26 June 2017 09:48330570I spoke to a structural engineer at the weekend who has background knowledge on tower blocks and specifically in London.
He told me we are only at the surface of the wide spread problems the public inquiry will discover and thinks we will all be paying for this through increased insurance and taxation for at least a decade.Jack of Hearts - 26 June 2017 11:04330571Not just the cladding that is the problem but the flats were designed to limit the spread of fire, Fire and Rescue were telling residents to stay in the flats in order to be safer.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-cladding-fire-safety-tests-fail-blocks-flats-evacuate-latest-updates-a7807621.html