Until all the historical background leading up to the Grenfell fire has been examined, we don't actually know what is true and what is not. To dismiss concerns regarding a number of issues as being "conspiracy theories" is, I think, blinkered. If there has been some wrongdoing, there is a fair chance that those involved, and others connected to them, would prefer that it did not come to light.
Hillsborough is a case in question. Police officers conspired with one another (at the behest of senior officers) to write matching reports which placed the blame for the tragedy on the victims, rather than on a number of other factors but particularly the actions of senior police officers.
Had it not been for the video recording of a New York man, the original - and some might say more convenient - account that Ian Tomlinson had "fallen over" during a London demonstration because he was drunk, would have been accepted as the truth. In fact, he was shown to have been hit from behind by a policeman and pushed over. The New York businessman who gave the film to the Guardian said:
"The primary reason for me coming forward is that it was clear the family were not getting any answers."
If this man didn't have the video film to prove his account, perhaps he would have been labelled as a "conspiracist".
For years, some people employed in the building trade claimed they were the subject of a "blacklist" because they had campaigned for fair and safe conditions at work. The major construction businesses that were cited vehemently denied those allegations, but they were eventually proved to be true.
