First hour news review: Bristol Arena plan for Filton â Mayor Marvin Rees explains why Temple Meads location was no good. General Election â why should people vote Labour? Brexit â will it ever happen? Benefits of being in the EU; how democratic is the European Commission â ATOS ex-boss, Thierry Breton, appointed as an EU Commissioner; should we have an elected President of EU? BBC Debate between Boris and Corbyn â them discussing Brexit â a poor question on foreign policy; poll showing Corbyn won debate.
Former Bristol West LibDem MP Stephen Williams stopped cladding safety review three years before Grenfell Tower atrocity: Bristol MP Stephen Williams was warned over tower block fire safety four years before Grenfell Tower tragedy - but said changes were not urgent - In March 2014, the parliamentary group wrote: "Surely⦠when you already have credible evidence to justify updating⦠the guidance⦠which will lead to saving of lives, you dont need to wait another three years in addition to the two already spent since the research findings were updated, in order to take action? "As there are estimated to be another 4,000 older tower blocks in the UK, without automatic sprinkler protection, can we really afford to wait for another tragedy to occur before we amend this weakness?" After further correspondence, Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Williams - who was then a minister in the department - replied: "I have neither seen nor heard anything that would suggest that consideration of these specific potential changes is urgent and I am not willing to disrupt the work of this department by asking that these matters are brought forward." The group replied to say they "were at a loss to understand, how you had concluded that credible and independent evidence, which had life safety implications, was NOT considered to be urgent".  Fire on a Bolton building with cladding like Grenfell: Bristolâs cladding situation on private and council buildings; Grenfell Tower fire â Stephen Williams, former Housing Minister, stopped an all Party group that was going to look at fire regulations around cladding. Virginia Roberts-Guiffre on ABC documentary â60 Minutesâ - the top elite of the world were encouraged to go with young girls at Jeffrey Epsteinâs houses for purposes of blackmail. BBC interview by Emily Maitlis with Prince Andrew. Labourâs housing policy.Â
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