Thursday 6 June 2019

Grenfell Council Officers Accused Of ‘Racism Or Snobbery – Take Your Pick’


In an extraordinary address to the Commons, MP for Kensington & Chelsea Emma Dent Coad has accused officers of Kensington and Chelsea Council of “racism or snobbery – take your pick” during a debate on the response to the Grenfell disaster. The House heard Dent Coad pledge to continue exposing the council’s “duplicity and blatant lies, incompetence and cover-ups.” She catalogued examples of a “feudal” attitude officers – some senior –  took towards residents of Grenfell and its surrounds, including:
·         “It’s like Little Africa down there” and “it’s full of people from the Tropics”
·         References to residents as “Muzzies”
·         Warnings of Kensington and Chelsea becoming an “Islamic Caliphate”
·         Money spent on mental health dismissed by “they all look fine to me”
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