Tragedy – The New Armchair

2019: Unhappy New Year

Posted on January 8, 2019 by newarmchair

Looking forward to 2019. Looking forward to what? Economic and social meltdown, leading to major unrest. More religious terrorism. Rising criminality. More climate change storms. People calling each other “Nazis” and bigots. More cheating in areas of public life from sport to politics. People forced to watch more stupid superhero movies. Intolerance of refugees and […]

Grenfell Tower fire, one year on

Posted on June 11, 2018 by newarmchair

Why? Why did this preventable tragedy happen? Why weren’t the victims’ relatives, nor the general public told the truth over how many people perished that night? Why did the local council ignore repeated problems with the estate refurbishment? Why, after one year, only a handful of the survivors have been rehoused? Why, why, why?