Saturday, 19 May 2018

And also...

Insert very long post about how I'm totally not interested in the wedding, with strand about how outraged I am that I'm not allowed to say this.

Grenfell

Am very disappointed by media fixation on flammable cladding. As Hackett said in her report, problem is that Building Standards are not enforced. Fixation on single element let's Government off the hook.

The Building Industry is rotten. Standards, whether fire, energy or ventilation are not enforced. Retrofit that makes homes worse, not better, is fitted every day. Will the Government bring in a regulator with teeth and fund an enforcement regime that changes this?

Can't see anyone in the media demanding that. So we ban flammable cladding and in a decade realise people are dying of avoidable cold and damp because we ignored the real, and known, problem. Epic example of missing the point.

Friday, 4 May 2018

Ten years

May 4th 2008. Kate and I got married. We are celebrating a decade together with cake.