The Blame Game and The Demonisation of Theresa May

Jun 23, 2017 by

by David Robertson, theweeflea:

Heading for Australia I wrote about Leaving the Country – Reflections on a Hysterical Britain  Whilst enjoying being here it seems that the collective hysteria gripping the country back home seems to be increasing.  None more so than in the reaction to the horrific fire tragedy at the Grenfell Tower.  Over 70 people are dead or missing, all apparently as the result of an electrical fault with a fridge.  It is a time for mourning…but in the messed up emotional world that is the UK at the moment, it is not mourning but blaming that is the name of the game.

Who is to blame?  

  1. Jeremy Corbyn?   – one report was that he voted in favour of exempting tower blocks built before 2007 from requiring sprinklers.  Not true.  This was just another example of fake news.

Corbyn is seen as a hero  – he was the one hugging the people and showing his compassion.  But all is not quite what it seems.   There appears to be a somewhat cynical manipulation of this tragedy for party political ends and that is very dangerous.   The Labour party is not entirely clean on this one.  Grenfell tower was a council built property, built under a Labour government but most astonishing is the fact that the new Labour MP for Kensington, sat on the local board that oversaw the safety of Grenfell Tower .  That is a far bigger scandal. Labour MP was on Housing Committee overseeing Grenfell

And Sadiq Khan – He is the Labour mayor in charge of the city.  Khan has a record of having taken £10,000 in donations from a property firm which was found guilty of putting tenets lives at risk.    Is it not a bit strange that some people are quick to blame the Prime Minister of the country who has no direct responsibility for housing in London, but have said nothing about the mayor of the city where it occurred, who does?

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