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RAAC is reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
A material commonly used in Europe, but which was badly made in the UK - with inadequate reinforcement and a tendency to corrode.
Failing without warning.
Used in schools, hospitals...
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RAAC is reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete.
A material commonly used in Europe, but which was badly made in the UK - with inadequate reinforcement and a tendency to corrode.
Failing without warning.
Used in schools, hospitals...
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..bridges, social housing and other places between the 1950's and the mid 1990's.
Alarms were raised in 1996 about it, and its use stopped.
Plans were put in place to replace affected buildings
Plans dumped in 2010.
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Alarms were raised in 1996 about it, and its use stopped.
Plans were put in place to replace affected buildings
Plans dumped in 2010.
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In 2018 SEVERE warnings were raised - and ignored by government.
In fact, it was not until last year that letters were sent out to schools asking THEM to look at their buildings.
A request for update earlier this year in Parliament was ignored.
And now?
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In fact, it was not until last year that letters were sent out to schools asking THEM to look at their buildings.
A request for update earlier this year in Parliament was ignored.
And now?
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Now we have had 2 school buildings collapse in the summer.
Mere days before English schools reopen.
But AFTER Scottish schools already did.
Now we see the callousness of government clearly.
And the fear in their eyes that they be judged as they should be.
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Mere days before English schools reopen.
But AFTER Scottish schools already did.
Now we see the callousness of government clearly.
And the fear in their eyes that they be judged as they should be.
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It has been a torrid time for the Tories - but there is no hiding from this.
They took out threatening adverts to force children into covid unsafe environments, only for those environments to be seen to be even MORE deadly.
THEIR inaction is plain.
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They took out threatening adverts to force children into covid unsafe environments, only for those environments to be seen to be even MORE deadly.
THEIR inaction is plain.
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They should reap the whirlwind - never be trusted with ANYTHING again.
Each and every one of them.
There are no excuses. This is not politics.
Damn them to Hell.
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Each and every one of them.
There are no excuses. This is not politics.
Damn them to Hell.
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