Labour Lambeth names housing block after the IRA
Lambeth Conservatives are calling for a full inquiry and an apology to victims of IRA terrorism after Labour-controlled Lambeth Council pen pushers allowed a new housing block to be named "IRA COURT.""This is an insensitive blunder by Labour Lambeth Council pen pushers," says Conservative Lambeth Leader Councillor John Whelan.
"It will distress families and relatives of people whose lives were blighted by IRA terrorism on the British mainland and in Northern Ireland. It is also a reminder of when Labour extremists ran the Council in the early 1980s and were soft on terrorist incidents. The name must be withdrawn and replaced by something more appropriate. Finally, the Council should issue an unreserved apology to victims of IRA crimes."
The 101-flat building at 214-240 Norwood Road, near West Norwood Fire Station, is to be operated by Notting Hill and Ujima Housing Associations and was built by Mizen Construction. It is almost ready for occupancy and will also host an NHS clinic and an All Bar One wine bar. Lambeth Council is nominating tenants to live their from its housing list.
Cllr Whelan adds that his attention was brought to this blunder by a leading member of the Asian community in West Norwood who was appalled that such "a monument to terrorism" could be created at a building whose construction was financed by UK taxpayers' money through the Housing Corporation.
Labels: Housing, John Whelan, Labour Lambeth, Thurlow Park ward, West Norwood Fire Station
posted by Cllr John Whelan on Friday, May 02, 2008
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