Grenfell Tower fire wouldn't have happened "if it hadn't been so ugly" says Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, says that bad design was behind the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people.
Taking part in a debate about Beauty at Central Saint Martins on 24 January, the philosopher suggested that the recladding of Grenfell Tower, which contributed to the spread of the fire, would not have been needed if the building was better looking to begin with.
"If it hadn't been so ugly to begin with, the whole problem w