London fire: Lily Allen says death toll in Grenfell fire could be up to 150

Lily Allen had an appearance on Newsnight cancelled following comments she made about the Grenfell Tower fire on Channel 4 News. The singer was scheduled to appear on the political BBC series last night (15 June) but later announced she had been cancelled and replaced by “someone from the council” instead.

Lily Allen says death toll in Grenfell fire could be up to 150

Allen continued “Seventeen? I’m sorry but I’m hearing from people that the figure is much closer to 150, and that many of those people are children.

The singer was scheduled to appear on the political BBC series last night (15 June) but later announced she had been cancelled and replaced by “someone from the council” instead.

Allen had appeared on Channel 4 News earlier in the evening where she refused to hold back on her views regarding the catastrophic London fire which destroyed a tower block in Kensington and ended the lives of 17.

Source: London fire: Lily Allen pulled from Newsnight after controversial Grenfell Tower remarks | The Independent