I write regarding the dreadful Grenfell tower.

From the start, it was clear that some dreadful cladding material allowed the fire to spread. The internal safeguards that had allowed this tower block to evade disaster since 1974 did not work this time around. Whoever allowed this retro fit to proceed, when, in the US, such materials were declared illegal in 2013, should expect to spend the rest of their lives in prison. That includes members of Parliament, members of the local council and those who approved this unlawful activity.

In Malta, it is clear safety standards need to be revisited urgently to ensure any such dangerous cladding is urgently removed from high-rise blocks, or, indeed, anywhere else like schools and hospitals. In the UK, it seems plain to me that this cladding experiment was targeted at the poorest members of the community. If it works for them it should work for the rest. It is morally wrong to experiment in this way on poor people who seem to have had no right to challenge decisions made “in their best interests”.

The UK government needs to ensure that never again do we target the weakest members of our community with experiments that cost human lives. I am regrettably confident that, in the UK, every legal device will be used to shelter the guilty from exposure to the full judicial process.

I hope and pray that the guilty politicians will be exposed as the charlatans they truly are and that substantial damages will be claimed from them. Theresa May will need to spend less time on Brexit nonsense and more time on domestic issues like this one. Or else reap the whirlwind of public discontent.