I am inclined to agree with you d8veh, but there are certain aspects of this current catastrophic event which may have a political dimension.
'Danidl', you have the same rather irritating habit as Henry Kissinger in that you portray a character wishing to appear neutral but in reality, you run with the hares and hunt with the hounds.
Of course there is a political aspect to this tragedy - one only has to consider the cuts capitalist government has imposed on local councils, on emergency services budgets and all the forced outsourcing from direct labour to profit-motivated private companies.
This horrendous tragedy presents many features distinguishing it from simply a terrible accident to something far more sinister, something that may well in due course place the root cause at the door of the tory party and their economic policies.
My comments on this matter have drawn the wrath of the right-wing extremist contributors on this forum because all those who support far-right politics just will not hear a word against their beloved tory party. If anyone should be to blame for each and every ill in the UK, it is always the fault of someone else and not the tory government or their supporters. It seems that it must have been the poor, the sick, the pensioners, the homeless, the immigrants and the socialists who created all the problems which beset the UK.
It is no surprise that the far-right wish to silence those who seek to apportion responsibility where it belongs - such is the way of all fascists.
The scenes of volunteers helping to distribute aid to those made homeless is not something organised by tory HQ; it is an expression of humanitarianism, the basis of socialism, at work. This help is freely given by people who don't question the origins of those in need. However, I have been disgusted by some comments I have read on social media and heard elsewhere regarding the fact that Grenfell Tower was largely occupied by immigrants, many of whom were muslim, black, etc..........and some really extreme advice as to how we need more Grenfell Towers to sort these problems.
No doubt, that kind of remarks will be regarded by the right-wingers as fair comment, just as the murder of Jo Cox MP was so blithely accepted as just a bit of collateral damage in the bigger picture of achieving independence from 27 other states, none of which share the English language.
I didn't turn 'Brexit' into the poisoned chalice and hot potato it has become. Neither did I exert political influence in London by anything I may have said or done. Those who complain that this human tragedy should not be politicised really need to take a step back and examine, for example, the actions of Boris Johnson, particularly in regard to water cannon, fire station closures and their subsequent sale to his cronies for next to nothing - they need also examine the tory party's savage cuts to local authority budgets.
These things are nothing if not political choices and as a result of such political choices, we are faced with possibly the biggest human disaster in London since the 1950s rail crashes at Lewisham and Harrow & Wealdstone. Lessons were learned from those tragedies and changes implemented to prevent recurrence. Sadly, it appears that little has changed since the wake-up call of the 2009 Camberwell tower block fire.
Tom
