It’s emerged that the local Council – the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – actually threatened a local blogger and action group with legal action for calling to attention the state of the building.

There’s a civil war going on in this country.

We’re told also that “Theresa May’s chief of staff ‘sat on’ report warning high-rise blocks like Grenfell Tower were vulnerable to fire”

David Collins of #GrenfellTower residents association gives a shocking account of the local councils refusal to heed residents safety fears. pic.twitter.com/cC47EWBUer — EL4C (@EL4JC) June 14, 2017

As Darren Cullen said on Twitter: “Any attempt to depoliticise an event like this is a political act in itself.”

As Loki says:

“Don’t allow people to obscure the issue here. This is about poverty and political exclusion.”

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If you can help with clothes, food, blankets, toiletries etc please donate to: St Clements Church, 95 Sirdar Rd, W11 4EQ #GrenfellTower