We are investing in Britain’s future by cutting the red tape that holds businesses back.

Oct 21, 2025 · 9:21 AM UTC

Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
I watched the documentary about Grenfell and I still don’t understand how no one’s been held accountable for the lives lost that day. All those lapses, all the politicians who did nothing. That the governments intends to do even less is heartbreaking.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Appallingly bad taste. You think MORE building regulations would have averted Grenfell? You obviously don't have a clue what you're talking about.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Oh God. That’s so poignant. Was anybody ever prosecuted over Grenfell?
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Fire deaths in England consistently half of what they were in the 90s in spite of a fast growing population. Grenfell was a terrible aberration, which is clear from the data. Your posting is emotive, but it is a cheap lie that uses the Grenfell victims for likes. Nasty boy.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
There's a difference between cutting unnecessary red tape and purposeful negligence to save money. This is a ridiculous equivalence and I think you know that
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Problem is... no matter how much "red tape" is placed if the people operating often do so with negligence and bad faith. No matter what, the urge to be "competitive" makes every aspect of UK business operations more harmful and less considerate.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
that is exactly what i instantly thought too.
Replying to @Keir_Starmer
like cutting through a few more building regulation Safety and Health red tape killer codes?
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
But he never mentions this
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
For all the uninformed replies on here: Grenfell happened for several reasons:
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Starmer is a vile, cynical opportunist. Words alone cannot convey my contempt for him as a politician and as a person.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Red tape doesn't stop Ethiopian migrants from buying faulty fridges...
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Of course the right-wing response is that Keir is over-regulating lmao
Replying to @Keir_Starmer
Kier you gotta stop talking like we are thick. Cutting red tape…..you have done the exact opposite and every small business owner in Britain knows this. We got more rules, more costs, more hassle on the very people who graft and keep this country afloat. The new day one rights and dismissal laws mean that every little shop or builder need a lawyer just to hire or let someone go. You whacked up wages but never gave a cut in business rates. There been no NI relief and no VAT help, basicallly just shoving the bills on the people who create the jobs. You froze the VAT threshold so more firms get dragged into the tax net…… basically a stealth grab on the self-employed. You promised to fix planning and rates and you haven’t shifted a thing. And don’t even get me started on the inheritance tax on farmers… These are people that are putting food on our tables. The very people battling against losing all the food coming from over seas an abroad. Our high streets are dieing and you need to be looking into giving more relief on business rates… I could go on all day. And yes I know you didn’t start in great position but a lot more can be done than just listening to your analysists who have never actually run a business. Please don’t act like ya doing us all a favour when shops are closing, cafes are folding and family firms are dying at an alarming rate. Small business are the back bone of Britain. The butcher, the builder, the café, the market stall. They are the real people, who have got no safety net. You should be helping them breathe, not strangling them. You don’t “invest in the future” by bleeding out the people who build it. Bosh❤️
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
You're either purposefully misunderstanding, or you're so retarded that you don't understand the difference between bat tunnel regulations and fire safety regulations.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
And as a result of a complete over reaction to that fire, nothing gets built. Housing starts has collapsed in London, because high rises has to have two staircases so all have to be re-designed, re-approved and are less economically viable. Red tape is killing this country, not rare tower block fires.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Good to see you using a tragedy to make some half-arsed, incredibly lazy point that seems to rely on anything that is a ‘regulation’ being an unalloyed good that will literally kill people if removed. Idiot hack.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Commercial advertising (corporate propaganda) has convinced way too many for too long that “business leaders” are society’s saviours. It’s time to turn the tables on neoliberalism.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
You are unaware of what is happening to the construction industry right now as a result of Grenfell. Any building above 6 storeys has to go through 3 stages of regulations to be open to have residents now. Right now it takes an age to be approved at stage 2 due to new regs.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Every neocon fraudster politician has uttered the same phrase. Assisting the rich, cutting social services, making private industries unaccountable, allowing maximum profits, and allowing corruption to run rampant, completely discredited system.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
"""Red Tape""" = Essential Governance Infrastructure (!!!) The Ex-Criminal Defence Barrister is about to ensure that Britain doesn't actually have a future. Except for those, actually perpetrating the asset-stripping. @EuropeanPowell
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Exactly. There is nothing wrong with proper processes. "Red tape" is not obstructive, and removing it generally helps the dishonest.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
As someone who has worked with Grenfell survivors I cannot believe you would cheapen their intense pain. This government has increased funding to make buildings safer, increased regulation so this never happens again, and committed to all recommendations from the inquiry.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
What a horrendous comparison that has no relevance.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Too much red tape -> not enough housing supply -> people are forced to accept to live in shody places -> more accident risks. The UK as the most restrictive planning laws and most dreadful housing in Western Europe, save Ireland perhaps. Easily predictable.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
*posts photo of government owned building on fire*
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
thats health and safety red tape is stupid shit like bat protection
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
"The Metropolitan Police investigation into what happened at Grenfell Tower [2017 fire claimed the lives of 72 people] is still ongoing. They Met has said it expects it to conclude by the end of 2026." bbc.com/news/articles/c98wk5…
Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
and how did the red tape do at preventing that fire?
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
A simply terrifying spectacle which left a blackened stump on the horizon for all to see when entering West London at that time. May God have mercy on all the souls that perished in that terrible event and may they never be forgotten.
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Also see the railway crashes under Railtrack and the private operators..
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
He sounds like a Tory!
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
Yeah if only we had more regulations on private business' then the government operated housing towers wouldn't combust!
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
“No regulation can ever be bad because a building burned down”
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
The red tape is actually why upgrading our housing stock has been so slow, contra safety. Had a miniature version of this issue when replacing my front door. Installing a new fire compliant door = endless delays or costly planning application. Keeping old one? No problem
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
lucky reform weren't in charge ' they wouldve used cardboard boxes
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Replying to @PhilipProudfoot
That is so powerful and so resonant. 'They' view us as expendable.
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