Queen meets Grenfell Tower residents as anger builds over Theresa May’s no-show
The Queen and Duke of Cambridge visited a Grenfell Tower relief centre on Friday to meet volunteers, residents and community representatives.
The Queen and The Duke are meeting members of the emergency services, as well as local residents and community representatives. pic.twitter.com/Mx9ZaVNSU7
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) June 16, 2017
The visit only served to highlight Theresa May’s failure to meet with survivors of the tragedy the day before. Here’s what people were saying about it online today.
1.
The Queen has just arrived at the relief centre to meet those affected so I think the “security fears” argument for May is rather redundant
— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) June 16, 2017
2.
I am ashamed of our Prime Minister. Utterly ashamed.
— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) June 15, 2017
3.
Our Prime Minister just doesn’t seem to be very good at being a Prime Minister. Gets it wrong so frequently.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 15, 2017
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The Queen is visiting relatives of the Grenfell Tower disaster. So a 91-year-old woman has got there quicker than Theresa May.
— Gordon Rayner (@gordonrayner) June 16, 2017
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This is the moment things changed. This young lad just destroyed Andrea Leadsom and an absent Theresa May. pic.twitter.com/s9ROWJGSBh
— Rachael (@Rachael_Swindon) June 16, 2017
6.
May refuses to meet victims because of security worries but The Queen who is a million years old does it because that’s what human beings do
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) June 16, 2017
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“Theresa May couldn’t meet with the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire because of security”
The Queen to Theresa May: pic.twitter.com/xs5kKnM97E
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) June 16, 2017
8.
The May-sort-of-visit worse than the ‘lower the flag in Buckingham Palace’ calls 20 years ago. A potentially dangerous moment in the U.K.
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) June 16, 2017
UPDATE
Theresa May later paid two visits to the area today, to a hospital and a church, but didn’t stop to talk to people who had been waiting outside to talk to her.
