Bonfire of the inanities? Just wait for the Grenfell circus
by Andrew Tettenborn, The Conservative Woman:
Public inquiries are all very well, provided they’re not too impartial and can be manipulated by those with the loudest voices and the most strident pressure groups behind them. This, at least, seems to be the view of a number of campaigners who, scenting blood, have decided to use the Grenfell inquiry to make as much political capital as possible.
Shrillest and silliest among these is a group called BMELawyers4Grenfell. This is an umbrella group. Its collaborators include interesting outfits such as Black Activists Rising against the Cuts (run by a “performance poet and artist”, daughter of a UN official and a 1960s agitator, in conjunction with with a race relations activist, previous senior adviser to Ken Livingstone and Respect candidate for Croydon North); and Blaksox, an organisation which is pleased, among other things, to characterise the war on drugs as a war on black people.
The demands of BMELawyers4Grenfell include the removal of the judge appointed to lead the enquiry (and, implicitly, a de facto veto over anyone suggested to replace him). But this isn’t all. In addition they want a “properly diverse expert panel” to advise on such matters as housing need, fire and safety construction: an odd demand, since presumably an expert is an expert whatever his colour or gender (unless they think black or female experts are more likely to favour black or female victims, which is about as insulting and patronising as you can get). And other things too, such as a single charity – no doubt controlled by activists – for all donations, not to mention a demand for immediate and unconditional UK citizenship for all undocumented survivors.
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