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People during a rally outside Kensington Town Hall in London, to bring attention to the lack of support and action over the Grenfell Tower fire, in November 2021
SINCE Russia attacked Ukraine, Europe has been full of demands to hold the rich and powerful to account for deaths inflicted on ordinary people.
France seized a superyacht from Russian oil baron Igor Sechin to widespread acclaim. Germany has frozen the yacht belonging to iron-ore and telecoms tycoon Alisher Usmanov after he was hit with EU sanctions because of Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
At Westminster, legislation to target Russian “dirty money” stashed in the City of London is fast-tracked through the Commons.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
STEPHEN ARNELL wonders at the family resemblance between former prince Andrew and his great-uncle ‘Dickie’
Solidarity is needed for the longest strike in NHS history, argues HENRY FOWLER of Strike Map
While Spode quit politics after inheriting an earldom, Farage combines MP duties with selling columns, gin, and even video messages — proving reality produces more shameless characters than PG Wodehouse imagined, writes STEPHEN ARNELL