Stormzy tweeted ‘job done’ after a petition calling on Theresa May to take action to build public trust in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry topped 100,000 signatures
Stormzy tweeted ‘job done’ after a petition calling on Theresa May to take action to build public trust in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry topped 100,000 signatures.
The petition called for a diverse panel to be appointed to the probe amid diminishing confidence in current chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick.
Backed by Brit Award winners Stormzy and Adele, it now has enough signatures to be considered for debate in Parliament.
Stormzy used his performance at the Brits this week to take aim at the PM over the tragedy and asked fans to support the cause.
The rapper said: ‘Yo Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell? Do you think we’ve just forgotten about Grenfell? You criminals!’
He added: ‘You got the cheek to call us savages, you should do some jail time, you should pay some damages!
‘We should burn your house down, we’ll see if you can manage it!’
After the petition hit the 100,000 milestone he tweeted: ‘Beautiful, legendary people. Job done’ with a love heart.
The devastating tower block blaze at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington (pictured six months since) claimed the lives of 71 people in June
After the petition hit the 100,000 milestone Stormzy tweeted: ‘Beautiful, legendary people. Job done’ (above)
Organisers Adel Chaoui, Karim Mussilhy and Sandra Ruiz, who were bereaved in the tragedy, said in a joint statement: ‘This week the public have shown they’ve not forgotten about Grenfell.
‘Just as they supported us in the immediate aftermath of the fire, when local and national government response was lacking, they’ve backed us again – and demanded the voices of the survivors and bereaved are heard.’
A public inquiry is under way into the causes of and response to the Grenfell Tower disaster, chaired by retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick.
The devastating tower block blaze in North Kensington claimed the lives of 71 people in June.
The request for additional panel members with decision-making powers was turned down in December by Mrs May, who feared the inquiry’s work would be hindered by any overhaul.
However residents and survivors are concerned the inquiry top team lacks first-hand experience of culturally complex areas such as North Kensington.
Stormzy used his performance at the Brits this week to take aim at Theresa May over the tragedy and asked fans to support the cause
The petition, backed by Brit Award winners Stormzy and Adele, called for a diverse panel to be appointed to the probe amid diminishing confidence in current chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick (pictured)
The petition’s organisers said on Friday: ‘It’s important for communities across the UK that the Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry holds those responsible to account and tackles the causes and neglect that led up to the fire, so that no community is ignored in the way we were and that changes are made, so an avoidable tragedy like this never happens again.
Stormzy has criticised the Prime Minister for her handling of the disaster’s aftermath
‘After speaking with Hillsborough families this week, Grenfell United are more determined than ever that this inquiry is set up in the best way to get truth and justice first time around – with an impartial, independent, decision making panel with the experience and expertise needed to sit alongside and assist Sir Martin Moore-Bick.’
Any changes to the inquiry’s top team could risk stalling the progress of Sir Martin, who is eager to publish an interim report into the causes of the blaze later this year.
In December the Prime Minister defended the inquiry after Ms Ruiz, Mr Mussilhy and a teenage girl, who all lost loved ones in the blaze, joined former resident Nicholas Burton to deliver the petition to Number 10.
The Prime Minister has powers under the Inquiries Act 2005 to opt for a panel-led inquiry, rather than relying on one chairman.
On Thursday Downing Street insisted Mrs May was ‘absolutely committed’ to supporting those affected by the fire.
The PM’s spokesman flatly denied she had been negligent about responding to the disaster in inner London, pointing out that more than £58million had been allocated to helping victims.