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brings up two results (a Reddit post from 2022 that quotes Knowledge (XXG), and the Knowledge (XXG) article itself). There are documentaries about this event that repeat the claim (one of which got me to check whether it was true), but they may all just repeat what's in the Knowledge (XXG) article.
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That's only true if we only take this particular risk and this particular building into account. There may be many risks that would have appeared to be of similar magnitude in many projects with associated savings. We would be required to analyse these risks according to a formula to establish if
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If this is real then surely we can point to a reliable source? Otherwise this stuff should be removed ASAP. I also want to mention that the rest of what was written in that July 2021 edit was later removed, and is now part of the
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four victims were later found to have died from "injuries consistent with falling from a height". These deaths were classed as 'suicides', despite being a direct consequence of the fire.
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A woman threw her baby from a floor into the arms of a man below, seconds before her window exploded in a fireball. The baby was caught and survived with a broken leg
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the £150 M settlement was partly funded by Aconix. It's not clear if this is double counting their liability. The same applies to the other 21 defendants.
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Kensington's expenditure on new property is partly funded by their insurance. It's not a loss in any event, it's capital expenditure to acquire assets.
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the mathematical expectation is positive. I don't believe anyone at the Guardian would suggest this is the way to make decisions.
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Just a suggestion, but maybe the list of similar fires should be a separate article, with this page a member of it?
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I'm a bit chary about the "4000 x" although it is sourced to the Guardian. Three main reasons:
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It's also not true if the same cladding could have been fitted in a different way, safely.
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It's implying that it would have been financially cheaper to "do the right thing".
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I agree. It's out of place here, although there is relevance. All the best:
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This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the
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A news item involving Grenfell Tower fire was featured on Knowledge (XXG)'s
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The moral argument is not about saving money, it's about saving lives.
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The part about the "suicides" was added by an IP user in July 2021.
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FACT CHECK Refs prove text. EG: Old estimates. Dynamic pages.
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The "citation needed" tag was added by me a few minutes ago.
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A fact from this article was featured on Knowledge (XXG)'s
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Condense repeated arguments. Pair claims with refutations.
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History: Background, The Fire, Aftermath, Consequences.
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at the time (April 22, 2019). There are suggestions on
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Further detail behind the references could be dug out.
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Done, and thanks for chiming in. We can add it back
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