Enough Is Enough - Knock The Bloody Thing Down!

Angela Rayner has been accused of ignoring the concerns of bereaved Grenfell families over plans to demolish the tower block where 72 people died.

It's still standing? Good grief, the fire was in 2017! Knock the eyesore down and be done with it! 

What should happen to the site of the catastrophic fire has always split opinion, with some bereaved and survivors feeling the tower should remain in place until there are criminal prosecutions over the failings which led to the fire.

You should all know by now that's almost certainly never going to happen.... 

Grenfell United claimed Ms Rayner 'refused to confirm how many bereaved and survivors' had been spoken to about demolishing the tower, saying she was ignoring their voices 'on the future of our loved ones' gravesite.

She does that to everyone, you're not a special case. 

The Government has previously said structural engineering advice remained unchanged 'in that the building (or that part of it that was significantly damaged) should be carefully taken down'. It is expected more details will be set out by the end of the week.

The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, published in September, concluded the disaster was the result of 'decades of failure' by government and the construction industry to act on the dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings.

And like every other failure of government and regulation, no-one will lose their job over it.  

Are We To Believe He Married Well, Then?

The video shows an attractive middle-aged woman wearing a plunging green vest top and designer sunglasses, opening the double-height doors to a white stucco mansion. She smiles and guides the camera into a vast hall: it's clear that whoever owns the £4 million, six-bedroom property must be rich.

A WAG? Some oligarch's arm candy? No, Reader, you'll never guess who...! 

...the third wife of Scotland Yard's most notorious corrupt ­commander, Ali Dizaei.

Well, you could knock me down with a feather!  

Less than a decade ago, after finishing a ­second term behind bars, Dizaei was said to be on his uppers — pleading with a judge to allow him to have more of his police pension (some of which had been confiscated) because he was penniless following his incarceration.

Did he win the Euromillions, then? 

According to Land Registry records, he jointly owns the Surrey pile with his wife. The Dizaeis have given it an extensive make-over, conservatively estimated to have cost several hundred thousand pounds.

For whatever reason, Dizaei and his wife are keen to flaunt their wealth to the world. Maybe the disgraced police officer has a point to prove to his former colleagues at the Met?

If so, I suspect it's one they already know full well; crime pays after all.  

I Thought This Would Be Bigger News...

The former Labour MP Jim Devine has become the third parliamentarian to be jailed over the expenses scandal after being sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment.

The 56-year-old former trade union convenor made false claims totalling £8,385, "knowing full well just how wrong it was and the effect that false claims were having on the public's belief and confidence in parliament", Mr Justice Saunders, passing sentence at the Old Bailey, said.

I guess he's lucky there's a war on, eh?

Devine's offences were "less serious" than those committed by the former Labour MP David Chaytor, who received 18 months in January, and were committed over a shorter period of time, Sanders said.

His defence tried his best:

The offences were "entirely out of character" as he was a "man of integrity and honesty", though Millar accepted that might sound like a paradox.

Well, no, 'paradox' wasn't the first word that came to mind, actually...