Britain’s leading satirical magazine reveals conversations overheard at FIREX International following the fire at Grenfell Tower.
Asking “Why has a life-chaning industry been ignored”, the cartoon provides is a cross-section of industry opinion about Grenfell and its causes.
Some of the anonymous quotations from visitors and exhibitors include:
“We push for adequate regulations and are basically told ‘as long as we’re only killing 300 people a year in ones and twos’ they won’t happen”
“Austerity hasn’t decided not to review approved document B, it’s been the de-regulatory environment at the DCLG of the last 30 years”
“You do an inspection and say what’s not right but you’re dealing with so many levels of command, each squeezed of funds, that eventually they don’t do anything.”
The cartoon is part of a feature chronicling how residents of Grenfell have been let down by Kensington & Chelsea Council, the Homes and Communities Agency and building regulations.
Read more in the latest issue of Private Eye.
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