Yes, rebuild the Crooked House brick by brick – and buttress local planning, too | Simon Jenkins
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Communities need to be given more power to protect assets like historic pubs, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • @seacockerOPEnglish
    21•1 year ago

    Even the demolition contractor, whose digger was actually booked before the pub caught fire, is embarrassed.

    I didn’t know that part. Shocking.

    • ChrisEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      Pretty obvious that was the case, but good to have it confirmed.

      100% they didn’t want it there, but it had to look like an accident.

      • ThenThreeMoreEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I’ve just read the Wikipedia article. They did a really shitty job of making it look like an accident!