For all those who automatically add the word “cowboy” to the word “builder”,  phase two of the Grenfell report probably endorsed existing feelings of disgust, mistrust and annoyance. What other industry has been the subject of an outside, third-party review that used words like “failure”, “slapdash” and “dishonest” to describe its work?

The disgusting thing is that, looking back at 2017, the view expressed by Sir Martin Moore-Bick and his colleagues is correct in its assertion that 72 people died, in a raging inferno, that could and should have been prevented by a robust inspection process, a disciplined approach to construction and an ethos that placed pride above profit and safety above cynicism. Now I wonder if we are all tarred with the same broad brush applied by an adjudicator from outside our industry who is justifiably unsparing in his criticism.