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Ex-Bristol MP & government minister Stephen Williams ignored Grenfell fire warnings
Weekly Program
 Bristol Broadband Co-operative  Contact Contributor
June 23, 2017, 1:39 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-74/
First hour: News review: with leader of the Green group on Bristol City Council and councillor for Bishopston and Ashley Down Eleanor Combley - Austerity;  Bristol Council affairs – The People Directorate, Corporate Parenting Panel, questioning council officers expertise;  fallout of  General Election 2017 – legitimate government?;  Green Party ideas for Bristol – transport, First Group, responsible for fatal Croydon tram crash where 7 were killed, wins Metrobus contract. Grenfell Tower disaster:  Tom Cook discusses TMOs and Bristol in 2009;  Grenfell Tower: Ministers were repeatedly warned of a tower block tragedy if no sprinklers fitted  - former Bristol MP, then Communities and Local Government minister Stephen Williams shrugged off fire safety warnings Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams, 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."  Government ministers ‘congratulated themselves’ for cutting fire regulations ;  Tory donors firm owned stake in refurb company accused of using cheap cladding on Grenfell Tower ; Kensington councils £274m reserves caused outrage after the Grenfell Tower fire.  Queens Speech – Dennis Skinner intervention – The Queen on Brexit; reaction to Queens Speech from Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn; Finsbury Park Mosque attack –  inspired by Tommy Robinson (of EDL) saying militias will take on Muslim extremists?

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