7 years after the Grenfell fire, Emma Dent Coad who was the MP of Kensington at the time, spoke to Counterfire about why she’s running as an independent in the 2024 election
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Chris Nineham
Chris Nineham is a founder member of Stop the War and Counterfire, speaking regularly around the country on behalf of both. He is author of The People Versus Tony Blair and Capitalism and Class Consciousness: the ideas of Georg Lukacs.
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