Will we get to the truth of Grenfell?
WHAT are the odds that nobody will end up behind bars for the Grenfell Tower disaster of June 2017? Those who made the most money from building it will have the best lawyers (excuses: we had to get the job done for the least amount of money, etc). The working-class people who lived there will never know the cause.
ROGER MARTIN, Halifax, W. Yorks NOBODY and no company will ever be punished for this tragedy. The justice system will grind along for years without any resolution. The only times justice is meted out quickly is if a camera reads your number plate or you wave a Union Flag and throw bricks.
PHILIP MENZIES, Hornchurch, Essex THE inquiry into the disaster has taken seven years and now the police and Crown Prosecution Service are saying no charges will be made until the end of 2026. How is that justice?
DAVID GORDON, Romiley, Cheshire THE Grenfell disaster was inexcusable but that does not entitle Sir Keir Starmer to jump into a race-and-class-based analysis of blame. Many white people also live in flats where they are exposed to fire dangers and the financial stress of owning unsellable properties. This is not a race and class issue for you to exploit, Sir Keir, so think twice before grievance-mongering.
DAN HARTLEY, Solihull, W. Mids
FOR all those years of investigation, the possible root causes of the inferno have always been obvious. Either someone sold inadequate cladding and lied about its quality, or someone decided to use substandard cladding and also neglected to add a sprinkler system or fire walls between each flat. Someone else didn’t inspect the building properly.
These people have names. Seven years is enough time to identify them and bring to justice those responsible for 72 deaths and untold misery. Stop inquiring and start prosecuting.
G. MATTHEWS, Lancaster I HAVE heard no mention of the central staircase and lift shaft design error. Why are blocks still being built with no alternative escape route?
R. WALKER, Wilmslow, Cheshire THE Grenfell report should be the death of deregulation in respect of public safety. It points out that in 2010, Ministers were told to ‘cut red tape’, which can be disastrous.
All the report’s recommendations should be implemented and the police must explain why they need so long to press charges on those responsible for the deaths of so many.
ANDREW McLUSKEY, Ashford, Middx