Grenfell Tower disaster parallels in House of Cards, 1993. from 70 video Watch Video
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Description: Originally broadcast on December 12th 1993, these edited excerpts from the BBC's 'House of Cards' are incredibly prescient, in light of the events of last Tuesday. The obvious satirical commentary of the show highlights the withering opportunism of governments and media alike to jump on such stories. The points are made in general, but I found the arguments around social injustice, and the nature of the cause of the tragedy - a gas explosion in a run-down tower block - particularly chilling. Esp
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