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Remembering Grenfell, with a roar of pain
Four years on, and the battle for justice is still not won. But giving up is not an option, says former Kensington MP EMMA DENT COAD
Family and friends of the 72 people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower block fire, outside Grenfell Tower, London, during a silent walk to mark the two-year anniversary in June 2019
LYNNE WALSH previews the Bristol Radical History Conference this weekend
Keir Starmer’s £120 million to Sudan cannot cover the government’s complicity in the RSF genocide or atone for the long shadow of British colonialism and imperialism, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
NEARLY four years ago I was sitting, rather shell-shocked as you can imagine, in the House of Commons, listening to then PM Theresa May committing to rehouse all survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire within three weeks. It was a brave statement.
I don’t doubt that she meant it at the time. But it simply wasn’t achievable.
And it was the first of many broken promises, commitments and guarantees made to the Grenfell community.
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