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Grenfell Towe fire:  Firms 'knew cladding would fail in fire'

For me this is preposterous, unbelievable to say the least.So the Chief Officer in the Fire Brigade had to resign for them?The world, well no, the UK has gone mad completely!https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51279906

Ivonne Holliday ● 2478d7 Comments

Sadly, I think we're about to see a jousting competition by corporate lawyers, not something the LFB had as an option ... they were hung out to dry ...

Michael Ixer ● 2478d

So much buck passing, so much greed and immorality, it's sickening.

Bunny Payne ● 2478d

So I read that immunity from prosecution was being asked for.There used to be a system for the way that buildings were designed and constructed.  Professions knew what they were responsible for - what they were working for - who was leading. They worked together as a team to achieve that.

Philippa Bond ● 2476d

Immunity from prosecution?  Hmmmm, shameful!Why on earth would you ask for immunity from prosecution, unless you were guilty?Also, is immunity from prosecution not given to government officials?This is dirtier than the Thames in the 19th century!

Ivonne Holliday ● 2476d

They can't ask for immunity from prosecution. What they've asked for is a guarantee that the evidence they give in the enquiry will not be used in subsequent criminal prosecutions. Without that they can, if they want, refuse to answer questions that might be self incriminating. I'm not saying that's right, it's just the position (not dissimilar to the US 5th amendment, but that applies in courts as well).

Michael Ixer ● 2476d

Thank you for the clarification Michael.Whichever way you wish to read it, or interpret it, it seems to me that impunity is the name of the game.After watching the Fire Brigade take the blame, these developments do make me feel very sick, physically and emotionally.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2476d

Something has gone very wrong with the process and with all the new buildings going up we need to be sure that we will all be protected from more of these situations.  It has all become very disjointed.

Philippa Bond ● 2476d