Helena thank you for continuing the threads - in such a concerned and respectful way.
I posted on the very early ones - about my fears that Grenfell would become like Hillsborough - with families gaslighted and gaslighted and disrespected and treated like they didn't matter for decades - treated like they were worthless, like the questions they had were worthless, treated like they were the liars and the troublemakers. And I hate to say it but I can see my fears playing out.
That treatment of the families today, showing that footage without warning - just like the treatment of families at the original Hillsborough inquests. Disrespected and treated like an afterthought.
And there are so many parallels; it's easy to 'other' victims when they're poor, when you can attach a bunch of negative stereotypes to them, when the powers that be have so much to lose that saving face and saving their own skin becomes the primary driver and truth, fairness, honesty, respect, justice fall away.
I cannot bear to read or watch the details of Grenfell. The horror of waking up that morning to the news that dozens had burnt to death, like caged animals, in full view of the wealthiest borough of the country appalled me. In the 21st century, in one of the richest countries in the world that was allowed to happen and the powers that be are making mealy-mouthed platitudes and fancy arguments to try to deflect from that sick fact.
And it will be like Hillsborough. It will be decades before someone eventually admits how these innocent lives were stolen from them by corporate greed and corporate neglect. It's shameful.