I can only imagine what it’s like to experience one of my children being murdered and then the police failing to do their duty and properly investigate the crime, all because of racial injustice.
Was she wrong to state what she did? Yes it was.
Is it understandable with her experiences that she came out with such bull shit? Of course it is.
The article in The Telegraph is yet another sad example of right wing media pushing a none story to stir up hatred towards people from a different political & social spectrum and ethnic background. The real issue here is the scandalous way a right wing council cut corners and saved money at the expense of people from poor working class backgrounds and the tragic loss of life as a result of it. Yet another example of the inequalities in society. The people responsible should be criminally prosecuted, yet once again nothing is happening and they are literally getting away with murder.
She can talk as much blathering crap as she wants as a member of the public and we could accept it. Christ knows everyone else does, and she has more reason than most.
Of course she has also experienced systemic racism in the police but that does not mean that her experience can be Homer Simpson make-up shotgunned across every member of every public body.
As a member of the House of Lords she has a duty to be in possession of actual facts before speaking in an inflammatory, conspiritorial and defamatory way, regardless of her history.
Perhaps her ire should be focused on the correct people?
I posted a similar comment regarding the article earlier in the thread. I think she was dangerously wrong, she should give a full apology for her comments and the telegraph know how this kind of story plays out. I'm not saying that because she was wrong that the paper, council or private contractors were right..