newsnight‘s david grossman has spent the day at the scene. first call to the fire brigade was just before 1am. this the first call to the fire brigade wasjust before 1am. this man the first call to the fire brigade was just before 1am. this man was there and filmed what he and his friends saw. when i got there, one fire engine wasjust friends saw. when i got there, one fire engine was just arriving and unloading. they grabbed an axe from the back and i could see people. i went to the second floor to the corridors. i helped them out. it was smoky on the second floor. as i was coming out, the fire brigade coming up coming out, the fire brigade coming up through the front entrance. georgia clarke is a key architect and tv presenter. i could not believe what i saw. the whole thing was on fire. i assume that it started on the other side which i cannot see, the east side. sheets and sheets of cladding was falling on fire and i was screaming to get out. i have never seen a fire spread that quickly in a building in my life. in my life. the biggest pr

david grossman has been to south thanet, and brings us this.servative activists visiting south thanet in the 2015 general election part of national or local campaigning? it might seem like a dull question, but the two are treated differently, and have different spending limits. knowingly failing to declare election spending correctly is a criminal offence. the then—victorious candidate, craig mackinlay, has been charged with two offences relating to election spending between december 2014 and may 2015. also charged are his election agent, nathan gray, and a party organiser, marion little. back in 2015, this was the front line of the conservatives‘ battle with ukip. it was such a ukip—supporting area that nigel farage had chosen it to stand in the election. the tories thought if they could beat him here, well, they could hold back the tide of ukip nationally. the defeated ukip candidate in 2015 was out campaigning in clacton today, chatting to journalists, when an aide starts trying to get his attention. you're joking! oh, my good lord! right, t

david grossman reports. this is the first full day of minority government britain.e warmth to theresa may — nor much illumination of her path forward. what's protecting theresa may right now is not the loyalty, the respect, or even the fear of her party. it's the fact that they can't see anyone obvious with whom to replace her, nor can they see an obvious process to find that person that doesn't risk plunging the government into potentially fatal instability. in the words of the poet hilare belloc, they are only holding onto nurse for fear of finding something worse. there may be little public activity, but in whatsapp chat groups and in private discreet telephone conversations, conservative mps are venting their anger about what happened to their party and their majority. ed vaizey was close to david cameron, and campaigned to remain in the eu. he believes theresa may must now change both her approach and her policies if she's to hold the party together. she will, i think, have to make sure that she takes us all with her. that it becomes a very inclusive government

david grossman looks at what happened and how we got to where we are.ood place from which to tell the tale of how labour sliced, diced and devoured theresa may's majority. like chaucer's tales, this is a set of overlapping narratives that combine to turn this conservative seat with a 10,000 majority into a labour victory. of course the labour party didn't exist in chaucer's date but the fact that a city like this, that resisted the charms of tony blair, harold wilson and others, should suddenly fall to the party ofjeremy corbyn suggests something extraordinary happened. rosemary duffield is duly elect did never of parliament. she never expected to win. a single mum who writes comedy, thejoke is win. a single mum who writes comedy, the joke is now win. a single mum who writes comedy, thejoke is now on win. a single mum who writes comedy, the joke is now on the conservatives, a warning of a coalition of chaos. she was quietly assembling a coalition of concerns. people are really worried about where they will go. austerity has played a part, people are dep

we'll take stock shortly, but first david grossman looks at the prime minister's day.ourist snapping landmarks today might conclude our democratic institutions are in imminent danger of collapse. the government is certainly in urgent need of propping up. from who? well, this happy band, it appears. they may be few but their smiles tell you how important they know they are right now. agreement was not sealed today but we are clearly heading that way. the dup will support the government in return for what? i'm not going to negotiate over the airwaves but there has been a lot of commentary around the issues we are talking about and it won't surprise anybody we are talking about matters that pertain to the nation generally, bringing stability to the uk government in and around issues around brexit, obviously around counterterrorism and then doing what is right for northern ireland in respect of economic matters. today, one of the architects of the peace process warned theresa may against a dup deal. i understand what she wishes to shore up her parliament position, that is

a man named david grossman, a kernel of us military road if influential book analyzing the history of the extraordinary percentage of people throughout wars in the middle of battle where their lives were on the line at any given second who nonetheless never fired their guns. there is an enormous-- after the battle of gettysburg there was something like 14000 rifles left next to the dead in the field that were collected. the majority of them had not been fired. the majority of them had been loaded repeatedly. i'm just about to shoot, i better load, i better load again, i better load again. he argues somewhere in there is the greatest bit of optimism asking people to kill someone faceless on the other side of the planet is easy. asking them to kill someone who's eyes they see from 10 feet away hand to hand is an enormous innovation is that. that is some room for optimism there. nonetheless, in the context of the us military now training more drone pilots than actual pilots. [inaudible] >> well, remember what i was saying before about pastored e-mails work i don't know just hold our brea

david. >>> tonight an endorsement for the district attorney, it will support beth grossman, it came after grossman and larry krasner spoke to the union's board tonight. they will face off in the general election. >>> president trump calls republican snor republican senators to the white house. >> president trump hoping to extend a life line to the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare pellet with republican senators at the white house tuesday afternoon >> we'll talk and see what we can do. we're getting close. but for the country, we have to have healthcare. and it can't be obamacare. which is melting down >> the president abruptly summoned the lawmakers after mitch mcconnell announced he's delaying a vote until after july 4th. >> we're still working towards getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> reporter: mcconnell delayed a vote when it became clear there was no way the bill would pass, a growing number of republicans moderates and conservatives cannot support the draft. the gop needs 50 of 52 to pass the bill without a single democrat expected to support it >> it's di

david. >>> tonight an endorsement for the district attorney, it will support beth grossman, it came after grossman and larry krasner spoke to the union's board tonight. they will face off in the general election. >>> president trump calls republican snor republican senators to the white house. >> president trump hoping to extend a life line to the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare pellet with republican senators at the white house tuesday afternoon >> we'll talk and see what we can do. we're getting close. but for the country, we have to have healthcare. and it can't be obamacare. which is melting down >> the president abruptly summoned the lawmakers after mitch mcconnell announced he's delaying a vote until after july 4th. >> we're still working towards getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> reporter: mcconnell delayed a vote when it became clear there was no way the bill would pass, a growing number of republicans moderates and conservatives cannot support the draft. the gop needs 50 of 52 to pass the bill without a single democrat expected to support it >> it's di

here's david grossman. george bush's reputation, flying over the devastation of hurricane katrina, and ignoring the victims and seemingly their plight, is this the picture which is going to have a similar impact for theresa may? yesterday, not meeting the survivors and the anxious, but meeting the security services. the fact that today the queen managed to visit only served to put more pressure on theresa may. her majesty is not the focus of widespread anger right now, though. we want answers, and justice. rightly or wrongly, theresa may has become just that. what we want, justice. theresa may is joined in the dock by kensington and chelsea council. we have a right to be angry, and we have got to come out and say this is not acceptable. enough is enough. we need to be angry, because there's reason not to be angry, because children have died. families have died. a protest this afternoon included people storming to the town hall reception and a stand—off on the stairs. chant: we want justice. we wantjustice.