In message , at 10:49:00 on Thu, 13 Jul
2017, "Dave Plowman (News)" remarked:

Much as Grenfell is a tragedy, I really wish politos would do some
research before jumping on the latest bandwagon.

What research topic did you have in mind?

I saw a report cited yesterday that 1800 fires a year (throughout the
country) are started by faults in kitchen appliances. The previous
serious fire in a London tower block was caused by a fault in a TV.

An earlier statistic from the London Fire Brigade was that they attend
two fires in a tower block per day.

The costs of doing thorough checks on all wiring and appliances on a
frequent enough basis to be of use would surely be horrendous? And if a
dodgy appliance is found, what do you do about it? Stick a 'do not use'
label on it? Or replace it with a new one? At whose cost? Even if say a
dodgy appliance was found and removed, what's to prevent the tenant or
whatever simply buying a used untested one? Or even a new one which isn't
well designed?

All of these issues are not insurmountable when it comes to gas
appliances.

And why just rented homes? Some of the flats in the Grenfell tower were
privately owned.

The same rules ought to be applied to every flat in a communal building
such as Grenfell.
--
Roland Perry