ensuring that such a tragedy can never happen again can i join the prime minister his comments on grunfeld were dreadful night and he's coming so much you can read a book so you can stop saying no more than dreadful about one of the was tragic fire as to kill working class people in recent memory before wishing the queen's husband a happy birthday well joining me now via skype from london is hip hop artist and activist loci who passionately campaign for justice for the entire community around grenfell thanks so much for coming back on the show now you know the tory government has overseen arguably the killing of tens of thousands of people disproportionately people of color why is it so important tomorrow to commemorate what happened to grenfell when 72 people died given how many people have died during the cove an epidemic well there are a few reasons the 1st of them is that grand fell as a state crime is not completely exceptional in british history it's something that has a shared lineage with other incidents in fact when we talk about the deaths that have taken place especially in the

they were going underground ahead of tomorrow's 3rd anniversary of the grunfeld fire that killed 72 people in the london area where the poorest live among the richest in the world a result of taurine a liberal austerity that put profit over people coming on the show in the wake of the grand fell and when russia tragedies is the u.k. government institutionally racist we speak to hip hop artist and activist low key about the colonial mindset that lionizes winston churchill once our greatest briton now being branded the alleged racist is that his trouble for bristol to london is the time now to take back our problems over some more coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st in the week of george floyd's funeral the u.k. pm boris johnson born in the upper east side of manhattan in new york city had this to say when asked about president trump after saying the words black lives matter as for the qualities of the. mr let me say he has among many other things he is president of the united states which is all i would choose are our most important ally in the world today and whatever people m

19 we are talking about gross negligence on the part of the state and when we look at the fire in grunfeld we see that comes along a line which has largely been invisible lies by what's happened in the inquiry we have seen the way the regulation never used whereas the legislation that was passed in 1981 by michael heseltine that was opposed by many say this bill will kill he put it this way it would have allowed great self-regulation for corporations and less pesky government interference what happened was $300.00 or so pages were taken from building regulations and left with. $25.00 or so also along the way you had to be approved document be added which has within it creative ambiguity which allowed the space for interpretation on the part of companies to install things that are either of limited combustibility or seemingly of worse than limited combustibility in fact the kind of evidence that we have access to such as cell attacks that fit the r.s. $5000.00 on the ground fell which has turned out to be fatal collaborating and cooperating on how sela techs could break the tests so while o

church bells toll for the $72.00 victims of the grunfeld tower of fire disaster in west london the 3rd anniversary marked with socially distanced visits to the site and an online church service addressed by the prime minister and well no words can undo what happened and the passage of time can heal the wounds inflicted that night i want you to know that i remain absolutely committed to uncovering the causes of the tragedy and ensuring it is never repeated but campaigners say the underlying causes of many of the grenfell deaths have not gone away they point to higher death rates from coronavirus among black asian and minority ethnic groups as evidence of ongoing social inequalities 3 years ago. a community in a tower who had raised questions about safety net the looting were not listened to and one of the main reasons we would argue i would argue that they weren't listened to was because of institutional racism because of the demographic they were largely a muslim they were largely black they were working class community and actually they were not taken seriously. the pace of reform has

the building and rage out of control with as many as 56000 building residents living at daily risk grunfeld tower and coronavirus have more in common besides lives from very different backgrounds in one of london's most multicultural settings imperiled then and in turmoil once more. you know as alvarez escaped the 4 with her family and wasn't able to complete her exams at a crucial stage in her school career the school is shut now because of the virus and you know as has missed the chance to sit her a levels. start missing 5 my g.c.s.e. and then all my levels get canceled it's a bit like why me i guess that people have had struggles in their life time everyone goes through their own battles so it's kind of like i know i'm not special . in terms of. having finding something that keeps me going i guess everyone has something that keeps them going and i mean it's nothing particular for me it's just . i just keep moving forward and. once again a life is being shown on society's imbalance demands for change now more urgent than ever journal al-jazeera west london 3 parties in ireland are expecte

church bells toll for the $72.00 victims of the grunfeld tower fire disaster in west memphis the 3rd anniversary marked with socially distanced visits to the site and an online church service addressed by the prime minister and while no words can undo what happened and the passage of time can heal the wounds inflicted that night i want you to know that i remain absolutely committed to uncovering the causes of the tragedy and ensuring it is never repeated but campaigners say the underlying causes of many of the greenfeld deaths have not gone away they point to higher death rates from coronavirus among black asian and minority ethnic groups as evidence of ongoing social inequalities 3 years ago. a community in a tower who had raised questions about safety in that we're not listened to and one of the main reasons we would archaeal i would argue that they weren't listened to was because of institutional racism because of the demographic they were largely a muslim they were largely black they were working class community and they were not taken seriously the pace of reform has also been s

those that live above the 4th floor so that many ways in which the covered political moment and grunfeld actually come together and you can see those overlaps quite clearly it's about corporate. responsibility but it's also about neck crow politics and the way that those who are racialized in certain ways seem to be more likely to fall victim to state discretions or state crime obviously we invite michael heseltine on to dispute have his legislation may have contributed in all the saved entities deny what you are saying in fact they are strong and says we'll have an inquiry later and the government here did have an inquiry it's going on now you keep talking about corporations we already know that the attorney general suing the braverman is saying that the corporations must be indemnified it must be immunized from legal action post inquiry what do you make of that why do you think they're doing that and i should say all the entities deny wrongdoing and certainly the state denies actively trying to kill people of using coronavirus in terms of the inquiry in the way that it is being used to

church bells in london rang $72.00 times to mark the 3rd anniversary of the deadly grunfeld tower apartment fire each bell toll signifying each life lost by that massive blaze the fire which started as a small kitchen fire quickly took over the public housing apartment building making it the worst domestic blaze in the country since world war 2 over 80 churches across london person participated in that event. and president trump is now expected to sign an executive order on police reform a full report on that straight ahead and then over exports regina hamm brings us that tight race around 15 of the emirates if a process in utah and make sure you keep up with the latest news and catch up with anything you might have missed by downloading our brand new free app portable t.v. you can catch there 247 to catch me back in 2 minutes. tara read out turn on the t.v. on the about the world what's happened in the around me i see shows on the screen speak in last several days because the speaker who is near it sits at a c c c you who may be cooling it's just a little you know this is storm after playi

happen again as many as 2000 buildings are said still to bare the flammable cladding that allowed the grunfeld flames to whip up the side of the building and rage out of control with as many as 56000 building residents living at daily risk renfield tower and coronavirus have more in common besides lives from very different backgrounds in one of london's most multicultural settings imperiled then and in turmoil once more. you know all those escaped the fire with her family and wasn't able to complete her exams at a crucial stage in her school career the school is shut now because of the virus and has missed the chance to sit her a levels it's like what are the odds start i end up missing 5 months you sissies and then all of my a levels get cancelled it's a bit like why me i guess like people have had struggles in their life time everyone goes through their own battles so it's kind of like i'm no i'm not special it's me now in terms of. having finding something that keeps me going i guess everyone has something that keeps them going and i mean it's nothing particular for me it's just. i just kee

crews below and the government has made some progress at replacing cladding on other buildings like grunfeld but the labor party kissed ahmed the leader of the labor party pointed out in a video message to a church service here earlier that there are still 2000 buildings in the country with this clouding on some 56000 people it's estimated live in conditions at risk of a fire just like grenfell in the fire brigades union says look for the next fire may not happen in a bar like kensington in london a pretty rich bar it will be at many of the residents in the building were not they may not be attended by the number of fire crews who came here the victim the results there for next time could be far far worse and again it all adds to campaign is pointing to the need for change change which i say as i say 3 years on has been far too slow in coming. a british prime minister bros johnson has condemned a far right demonstration in london as a racist thuggery. thousands of people gathered in london on saturday claiming they wanted to protect statues it had been defaced during previous anti racism muc

lyme action or chance they were going underground ahead of tomorrow's 3rd anniversary of the grunfeld fire that killed 72 people in the london area where the poorest to live among the richest in the world to be a result of taurine a liberal austerity that put profit over people coming on the show in the wake of the grenfell and wind rush tragedies is the u.k. government institutionally racist we speak to hip hop artist and activist low key about the colonial mindset that lionizes winston churchill once our greatest briton now being branded led racist his stature is trouble for bristol to london is the time now to take back our problems over some more coming up in today's going on the ground 1st in the week of george floyd's funeral u.k. pm boris johnson born in the upper east side of manhattan in new york city had this to say when asked about president trump after saying the words black lives matter as for the other qualities of.

church bells in london rang $72.00 times to mark the 3rd anniversary of the deadly grunfeld tower apartment fire each bell toll signifying each life lost by that massive blaze the fire which started as a small kitchen fire quickly took over the public housing apartment building making it the worst domestic blaze in the country since world war 2 over 80 churches across london person participated in that event. and president trump is now expected to sign an executive order on police reform a full report on that straight ahead and then over at sports regina hamm brings us that race around 15 of the supercross in utah and make sure you keep up with the latest news and catch up with anything you might have missed by downloading our brand new free app portable t.v. you can catch their 247 and catch me back in 2 minutes. i like it when the hosts ask a question for the guests and then actually listens to the guests answer and moan and react to that answer a folks dentist will or hear i've got a new show. i'm a journalist it's all i know being a truth teller people say i make among come from good ne

church bells in london rang $72.00 times to mark the 3rd anniversary of the deadly grunfeld tower apartment fire each bell toll signifying each life lost by that massive blaze the fire which started as a small kitchen fire quickly took over the public housing apartment building making it the worst domestic blaze in the country since world war 2 over 80 churches across london person participated in that event. and president trump is now expected to sign an executive order on police reform a full report on that straight ahead and then over exports regina hamm brings us that race around 15. to cross in utah and make sure you keep up with the latest news and catch up with anything you might have missed by downloading our brain free app portable t.v. you can catch their 247 and catch me back in 2 minutes. the take away then from this heard steve where it's a 2000000000 dollar negative net worth company worth 400000000 and they're issuing international bankruptcy offering fresh deal of stock the take away the news the information the fact is has nothing to do a search the car rental company it wh

crews below and the government has made some progress at replacing cladding on other buildings like grunfeld but the labor party care starmer the leader of the labor party pointed out in a video message to a church service here are that there are still 2000 buildings in the country with this crowding on some 56000 people it's estimated live in conditions at risk of a fire just like grenfell in the fire brigades union says look in the next fire may not happen in a bar like kensington in london a pretty rich bar albeit many of the residents in the building were not they may not be attended by the number of fire crews who came here the victim the results there for next time could be far far worse and again it all adds to campaigners pointing to the need for change change which i say as i say 3 years on has been far too slow in coming well before the blaze both the fire department and an independent assessor had flagged dozens of safety issues in the turner residence had been warning of fire safety concerns for years the day after the fire then prime minister to resign they visited the scene she

grunfeld campaigners are calling on the government to outline a plan as well as set a concrete deadline for in moving dangerous cladding across the country. the elite. around half a 1000000 leaseholders currently live in buildings covered in dangerous materials a survey conducted by the u.k. calving action group found that 90 percent of those asked felt their mental health had worsened because of their living situation or meanwhile more than a quarter of respondents claimed they have been diagnosed with new mental health conditions and more than a 3rd have noticed their preexisting conditions worsened while almost a quarter say they have considered self harm or suicide well imagined by inability to care he lost his family. the bill thank you very much for joining us thank you indeed i know i know what the weather's like there in 3 years on and there are still buildings with traveling how do you feel about that. but it's a stove oh it's terrible you know but. and has a commitment will if in and challenging the government. 3 years on he still has. some money but some money is not good eno