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.I'm definitely going -- anyone like to hook up with me?Ruth
Greenfell Tower Facebook site proclaims:
PostsPlease join us on the silent walk tomorrow leaving from Kensington Town Hall. The walk will now begin at 7pm instesd of 6.30pm.
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
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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 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: 72Location: Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, L...Date: 14 June 2017; 2 years agoNon-fatal injuries: 74 hospitalised
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 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
Alan Wheatley
