UK politics is in chaos. Who is fighting for YOU?
Here are some thoughts on the lack of choice facing us in the upcoming General Election. Tell me what you think needs to change here: Your opinions matter!
Author: emma
What future for the Left?
What kind of leadership does the Left need?
Grenfell Tower Future
One Kensington
Emma’s book, One Kensington, is out on 22 September. It lays bare the appalling mismanagement and incompetence that has made Kensington and Chelsea a grim symbol of the inequality that we should rightly be ashamed of. With the atrocity of the Grenfell Tower fire in the heart of the book, it illustrates the neglect by society of our most vulnerable members – but ends with a message of hope from our communities. Any profits will be given to local charities. […]
The most unequal borough in Britain
Revisited Inequality and inequity in Kensington and Chelsea click to download report pdf
Sorry, not sorry 26.4.21
As Kensington and Chelsea Council heads for the Grenfell Inquiry, Emma Dent Coad reports on the latest developments It is truly disheartening to watch Kensington and Chelsea Council position itself in advance of the Grenfell Inquiry in mid-May, for the questioning of former Leadership team members. We Councillors are sent daily news updates, carefully curated and framed to appear less damaging than they are in reality. We say the Grenfell Tower fire was an atrocity; the Council calls it a […]
Grenfell council tries to sue 1.2.21
It is beyond ironic that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, facing possible criminal manslaughter charges in relation to the Grenfell Tower fire, is attempting to sue two manufacturers of products involved in the atrocity of the Council’s own making. One is Whirlpool, the manufacturer of the fridge that overheated and started the fatal fire. The other is Arconic, the manufacturer of the cheaper flammable cladding that RBKC first specified, and then turned a blind eye to, when […]