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Friday, 13 December 2019

WALKING! Grenfell silent walk this Saturday 14 Dec - 2.5 years on

Ruth of Fuel Poverty Action, London writes the afternoon after Boris Johnson [the former Mayor of London who had gutted the London Fire & Rescue Service in the name of 'cost cutting'] was elected back as Prime Minister:
Now more than ever, for obvious reasons, it's important to have a huge turnout on 14 December, walking in a spirit of remembrance and continuing resistance, come hell or high water.  And taking inspiration from this unvanquishable community.
https://www.facebook.com/GrenfellSilentWalk/  
I'm definitely going -- anyone like to hook up with me?
Ruth

Greenfell Tower Facebook site proclaims:

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Grenfell Tower - Silent Walk
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Please join us on the silent walk tomorrow leaving from Kensington Town Hall. The walk will now begin at 7pm instesd of 6.30pm.
Scanned image of Grenfel Silent Walk that commemorates 14 June 2017 fire that engulfed a high rise tower block in West Central London
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As it's very difficult for me to get to London from Hereford these days, I can at least blog this message in solidarity as a means of 'hooking up' with Ruth and whoever, and can perhaps do a 'silent walk' in Hereford at about the same time -- 7pm Saturday, 14 December 2019.

Clarifying what this is about for a global readership

 In the past week, this blog site has received a global readership, probably attracted by my use of GE2019 'search labels' for blog posts.
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To help educate such readers a little about the Grenfell Tower disaster, I refer such readers to

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Grenfell Tower fire - Wikipedia


https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Grenfell_Tower_fire
Grenfell Tower was part of the Lancaster West Estate, a council housing complex in North Kensington. The 24-storey tower block was designed in 1967 in the Brutalist style of the era by Clifford Wearden and Associates, and the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council approved its construction in 1970.
Deaths‎: ‎72
Location‎: ‎Grenfell Tower‎, ‎North Kensington, L...
Date‎: ‎14 June 2017; 2 years ago
Non-fatal injuries‎: ‎74 hospitalised
‎Grenfell Tower Inquiry · ‎Piper Alpha · ‎Cladding · ‎Summerland disaster
I also add in closing that Fuel Poverty Action, London, has a campaign for proper Safe Cladding and Insulation Now (SCIN) https://www.fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/affiliation-2/
and I believe that after London Government Office Region voters in 2016 showed strong support for the UK to Remain in the European Union, memories of his London Mayoral legacy consolidated the tendency for London voters in 2019 to go against the national trend toward a biassed mass media-induced fervour for Boris Johnson as Prime Minister instead of Jeremy Corbyn.
https://ge2019.electoral-reform.org.uk/region/london

And walking helps 'get my brain and all of my being in gear' for what to do next!

Alan Wheatley
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