May & Corbyn visit site of London tower fire, but PM avoids talking to survivors

‘A tale of two leaders. Prime Minister Theresa May made a private visit to the site of the Grenfell Tower blaze on Thursday, limiting her interactions to emergency workers. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, meanwhile, met with survivors and volunteers.
The PM arrived in the west London borough of Kensington and Chelsea on Thursday morning. She had initially planned a public engagement but in the end decided to appear privately.
She was shown around the cordoned-off area and met firefighters and police officers, but left before speaking to any local residents or victims of the tragedy, in which 17 people are confirmed to have died.
The cursory call left many angry at the PM’s perceived lack of “leadership,” including TV presenter Piers Morgan.
“If it’s true Theresa May didn’t meet ANY survivors or relatives of the dead on her #Grenfell visit today, that’s an absolute disgrace,” Morgan wrote on Twitter.’
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