Rayner told Grenfell survivors and the bereaved last night that Grenfell Tower would be demolished. Many of them say they haven’t been informed or engaged with enough and are furious…
Survivor Emma O’Connor spoke to the Today Programme about how Rayner conducted the meeting:
“From my memory, from yesterday, it was: ‘I’ve made this decision. I’ll take questions now.’ So it went round, we had three questions at a time and then they would reply back to us, but they’re not answering questions like if the decision is reversible – to actually make sure that something can be erected at height, like to have a standing memorial.”
Despite persistent steer from presenter Anna Foster towards attacking the Tories the survivor focussed her anger on Rayner:
“You’ve had barely 16 people attend the other meetings that you’ve arranged and you’ve got more than 60% here so how did you come to that decision, but she never really answered how they’ve come to that decision.”
O’Connor went on to attack Reeves for promising deregulation at the same time. No one said politics was easy…
Starmer loyalist and Housing Secretary Steve Reed told Sky News that Starmer should not be replaced:
“We saw what the Tories did. They were in power for 14 years, and after 2016, I think we had nine education secretaries, seven chancellors, and five Prime Ministers. Doomscrolling through Prime Ministers doesn’t resolve the problem.”