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If there were 600 people in the building you would have an average of 5 people in every flat
Wow you really are labouring on this point, seeing as there are no official records available would 500 be a figure you can get your head around? I did notice they weren't counting the people that threw themselves or children out of the windows as having died in the fire. That may have some significance.
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Wow you really are labouring on this point, seeing as there are no official records available would 500 be a figure you can get your head around? I did notice they weren't counting the people that threw themselves or children out of the windows as having died in the fire. That may have some significance.
You ended your post to me with a question mark should I not follow up ..I can get my head around many figures what I don't like is people pulling figures out of the air to suit an agenda

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You ended your post to me with a question mark should I not follow up ..I can get my head around many figures what I don't like is people pulling figures out of the air to suit an agenda
They were the figures as reported Cherie I did not pull them out of the air :/

It stands to reason that a block of 24 storeys is going to have more than a couple of hundred living in it.

''The 1970s-era Grenfell tower block is believed to have contained 120 flats and have been home to between 400 and 600 people. But undocumented migrants and visiting partners, friends, and relatives are not included in this figure.''

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Some people sub-let, have friends staying, have friends staying who are illegally here, have strangers staying, have family staying... I'm not sure how the government is supposed to know exactly how many people were in there at the time of the fire especially in light of the fact that it's going to take a long time for forensic tests on the remains to prove anything at all.
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Who suggested they should know who had guests?... They would however know who were the tenants/residents, if we are to factor in guests should there not be an over estimate not an under estimate though? :/
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Who suggested they should know who had guests?... They would however know who were the tenants/residents, if we are to factor in guests should there not be an over estimate not an under estimate though? :/
If I illegally sublet my purchased council flat which I should be living in myself am I going to alert the council? If I let someone not on the tenancy sleep on my sofa for a year am I going to alert the council, in your world Kizzy everyone is above board in their dealings apart from the government
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If I illegally sublet my purchased council flat which I should be living in myself am I going to alert the council? If I let someone not on the tenancy sleep on my sofa for a year am I going to alert the council, in your world Kizzy everyone is above board in their dealings apart from the government
Your hypothetical has little to do with the original issue..even if it wasn't ( for the sake of your scenario) the flat owners in residence someone undoubtedly WAS in residence.

What has this to do with how many are said to have died, why are you essentially accusing victims of such dishonesty without evidence?
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The cladding is the problem and its been applied illegally across the whole country in loads of councils , labour tory and others. Yes you can say the cutbacks to the public services should be discussed but would that have made a difference here to a 26 storey building with combustible cladding and one staircase and no sprinklers either?

Clearly we all know now every tower must have 2 staircases , sprinklers and none of this cladding

But to play the blame game from one party to another is a dangerous one here. I think corbyn is right to argue for more police and more firemen/women. But he and others must understand 1) How to pay for it and 2) How to reduce the insane waste of public resources across every council in the country which could also save billions

Councils and politicians simply do not work well enough together, the system is a hell of a mess, communication breakdowns everywhere, roads dug up endlessly, departments not communicating to one another, its all just so mindless...if anyone is to blame its the system itself
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I think all the quibbling over numbers is tasteless. To be blunt, and it makes me feel sick to think about it because it's awful, if the fire is hot enough there won't be any remains but ashes. Not even teeth or bone. It's going to take months to find out exactly how many bodies there are.

There is no way for anyone to know how many people were in the flats that night apart from the numbers of those reported missing and there might have been people in there that haven't even been reported missing yet for many different reasons. Such as no one knowing they were there, or people whose family live in another country etc.

To blame anyone (gov, fire brigade, police, council) for not knowing all the numbers and facts within a couple of weeks of the fire is ridiculous. How can they possibly know until an investigation is completed?
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Your hypothetical has little to do with the original issue..even if it wasn't ( for the sake of your scenario) the flat owners in residence someone undoubtedly WAS in residence.

What has this to do with how many are said to have died, why are you essentially accusing victims of such dishonesty without evidence?
I'm doing nothing of the sort, I'm trying to explain to you why it's not as simple as you seem to think it is to pull out a list of residents, and then to confirm who was there or not there on the night. If you can't accept that it is not a straight forward procedure that's your problem
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I'm doing nothing of the sort, I'm trying to explain to you why it's not as simple as you seem to think it is to pull out a list of residents, and then to confirm who was there or not there on the night. If you can't accept that it is not a straight forward procedure that's your problem
This to do with my original point that the building housed almost 600 people... You have gone to extraordinary lengths for whatever reason to suggest I'm wrong on that.
I appreciate that you don't share my view that the death toll from the fire/ inhalation of fumes/ falls from windows is higher than reported thus far.
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Not the residents but better than nothing..

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...ing-about-fire
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I think all the quibbling over numbers is tasteless. To be blunt, and it makes me feel sick to think about it because it's awful, if the fire is hot enough there won't be any remains but ashes. Not even teeth or bone. It's going to take months to find out exactly how many bodies there are.

There is no way for anyone to know how many people were in the flats that night apart from the numbers of those reported missing and there might have been people in there that haven't even been reported missing yet for many different reasons. Such as no one knowing they were there, or people whose family live in another country etc.

To blame anyone (gov, fire brigade, police, council) for not knowing all the numbers and facts within a couple of weeks of the fire is ridiculous. How can they possibly know until an investigation is completed?
Agreed - it's just a cheap and tasteless excuse to attack the Government and invent a whole host of conspiracy theories.
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This to do with my original point that the building housed almost 600 people... You have gone to extraordinary lengths for whatever reason to suggest I'm wrong on that.
I appreciate that you don't share my view that the death toll from the fire/ inhalation of fumes/ falls from windows is higher than reported thus far.
Extraordinary lengths? I've merely reiterated what you said in your posts, no one knows how many people were in the building and my view is speculation is not helping anyone
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I think all the quibbling over numbers is tasteless. To be blunt, and it makes me feel sick to think about it because it's awful, if the fire is hot enough there won't be any remains but ashes. Not even teeth or bone. It's going to take months to find out exactly how many bodies there are.

There is no way for anyone to know how many people were in the flats that night apart from the numbers of those reported missing and there might have been people in there that haven't even been reported missing yet for many different reasons. Such as no one knowing they were there, or people whose family live in another country etc.

To blame anyone (gov, fire brigade, police, council) for not knowing all the numbers and facts within a couple of weeks of the fire is ridiculous. How can they possibly know until an investigation is completed?
Numbers?..... These are people! :/

I am not the only person querying why the body tally was estimated so low initially or why there was not a more joined up response to account for the residents.
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Extraordinary lengths? I've merely reiterated what you said in your posts, no one knows how many people were in the building and my view is speculation is not helping anyone
Speculation?... We're on a discussion forum this isn't a COBRA meeting :/
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Numbers?..... These are people! :/

I am not the only person querying why the body tally was estimated so low initially or why there was not a more joined up response to account for the residents.
And I'm not the one talking numbers and tallies.

Since my post wasn't a response or quote of you I see no reason for you to assume it's all about you.
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Whether is was or wasn't is irrelevant, I chose to make a point based on my opinion on it.

I objected to the suggestion there was quibbling over 'numbers', personally I would have liked to have seen the council offer something as to the tenants and residents registered to Grenfell.
The lack of a response and subsequent media blackout of council meeting suggests to me they have something to hide.
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I would be worried about more than the cladding.
What about the insulation and the air chimney?
They would have been better off just painting the outside and spending the money on improving the inside of the flats.
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Apparently councils are not to get any funding to fix these death traps. So they have to find a lot of money from already stretched budgets :/ So cutting corners elsewhere no doubt
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Apparently councils are not to get any funding to fix these death traps. So they have to find a lot of money from already stretched budgets :/ So cutting corners elsewhere no doubt
I do think councils waste a lot of money Vicky,for example the council in charge of the area I live, post glossy monthly magazines full of adverts etc, cardboard flyers every month about the council ,wrapped in cellophane and glossy calendars every year sent to 1000s of residents, I've noticed they have had all their vans painted with illustrations on the side,all which must cost 1000s of pounds, which is unnecessary imo,I would guess all councils do this and people I talk to are annoyed as they don't bother with repairs like they should,so ,I do think the money they have,they waste.
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Oh yes councils do waste money. But even so, I think something like this should be properly funded tbh. Not all councils will have such waste and may not be able to fin d the funds to actually sort this problem without cutting corners elsewhere which could lead to another scandal in a few years time. I am of the opinion that lives and safety matter more than money tbh.
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Better to spend money bribing the DUP than it is to make sure that these buildings are safe to live in, it's only the working class that live there after all...
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Bored of this now, it was weeks ago.

There's still people who were hit by floods in Cumbria two years ago, that are still out of home, thankfully they're not still barking on about that everyday on the national news.
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