HOW THE LEFT PEDDLED CONSPIRACY THEORIES
Lily Allen
I have never in my entire life seen an event like this where the death count has been downplayed by the mainstream media. Seventeen? I’m sorry but I’m hearing from people that the figure is much closer to 150, and that many of those people are children. Those are off the record numbers I’ve been given from policemen and from firemen.
Diane Abbott
I think we are going to find that the numbers of people that have died will be in triple figures, just because it’s a 23-storey block. – Shadow Home Secretary
David Lammy
What people say is that if you put the numbers out early, there could be civil unrest. That’s what they say. I am sympathetic to it, I am going to walk alongside those people. – Tottenham Labour MP
Amateur sleuth
It cannot be 80, it’s double that. They don’t want to give out three-digit numbers. Everyone has trust issues in Grenfell Tower. The authorities have lost my trust. People here are scared of the media, the council, the government. – Sajad Jamalvatan, student who launched his own investigation
Labour councillor
If this was a terrorist attack, they would have had the numbers out here already. They need to tell us the truth, because the people are angry and they’re getting angrier. – Beinazir Lasharie
Community activist
People are rightly feeling that [there is a cover-up] because of their circumstances. People need to know how the police have come up with the number of victims. – Ishmahil Blagrove