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Re:The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporat... by chrisseaton on Sunday December 06, 2020 @11:59AM (#25324726)
> my guess is if the tower wasn't in the richest neighborhood of London, the council wouldn't give a shit about its insulation and energy savings

This seems backward to me - why do you think a council with more financial pressure care less about their bottom line, and a council with less financial pressure care more?

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Re:The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporat... by nerdponx on Sunday December 06, 2020 @12:03PM (#25324757)
Maybe pressure from constituents to stop wasting money on projects for undesirable folk.

At least, that's what I would expect here in the USA.

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Re:The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporat... by tomatocracy on Sunday December 06, 2020 @07:30PM (#25328064)
As a resident of RBKC, I can tell you that this was literally never an issue in local elections before Grenfell. Issues people really cared about were things like people driving Ferraris/Lambourghinis with the silencers/mufflers removed down residential streets late at night.
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