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Category Archives: Shasha Khan
Holy smoke: Sutton to investigate Viridor ‘gift’ to church
Sutton Council has bowed to public pressure and is to look into the controversial £275,000 donation from the charitable arm of Viridor, the industrialists who were granted permission by the local authority to build and operate a massive waste incinerator … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Church and religions, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Greens, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Mattey, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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20mph zones under threat from UKIP activists, warns Khan
What appears to be a UKIP-led campaign against 20mph speed limits on residential streets in the north of the borough has been condemned, after stickers and posters have been placed – often unlawfully – around Croydon. In a display of … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Norbury, Parking, Selhurst, Shasha Khan, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged 20mph zones, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Morgan, Shasha Khan, South Norwood, Tory, UKIP
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Greens’ housing spokesman takes Chance as London Mayor
While local Labour groups go through the motions of “nominating” Dame Tessa Jowell towards becoming the party’s candidate for London Mayor next year, and the Tories – with the exception of Michael Gove’s former flatmate Ivan Massow – feign disinterest, … Continue reading
LibDem’s visit to Sutton is a case of Lamb to the incinerator
Norman Lamb, the full-time Paul O’Grady impersonator and some time MP for North Norfolk, is visiting Wallington today to recruit Tom Brake’s support and so ensure that he will have the backing of at least one-quarter of the Liberal Democrat’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Liberal Democrats, London, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tom Brake, Tory, Waddon
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Carshalton candidates gang up on Brake over incinerator
If Tom “Thanks very much for the £275,000 gift to a local church” Brake doesn’t manage to hang on to his Carshalton and Wallington parliamentary seat in the General Election on Thursday, then whoever replaces him as MP seems likely … Continue reading
Reed is getting sniffy over Progress policies and Mansion Tax
You might think that Steve Reed OBE, the fortunate incumbent in a 12,000-vote Labour majority Croydon North parliamentary seat, might be a relaxed mood going into next week’s General Election. He ought to be. Just don’t let anyone at tonight’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Vidhi Mohan, Waste incinerator, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Blairite, Conservative, Croydon North, Green Party, Labour, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Vidhi Mohan
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Judge rejects incinerator appeal as focus turns to Viridor ‘gift’
A High Court judge this morning dismissed the latest, and possibly last, appeal under a Judicial Review by the Stop the Incinerator Campaign against Sutton Council’s decision to grant planning permission for an industrial-scale waste incineration plant to be built … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, incinerator, Julie Belvir, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Tony Newman, Viridor, Waddon
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Environment secretary Davey helps Brake dine out with Viridor
More evidence has emerged of ties between incinerator operators Viridor and senior members of the Liberal Democrats in Sutton, including Tom Brake, until last month the deputy Leader of the House in the ConDem coalition. At least three executives from … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, John Drage, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Stop the Incinerator, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tom Brake, Viridor, Waddon
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Ex-councillor claims coercion over £1bn incinerator decision
Serious doubts have been expressed over the fairness – or lack of it – of Sutton Council’s planning process for the Beddington Lane incinerator, after a former councillor and member of the committee that granted permission for the waste incineration … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Environment, Nick Mattey, Paul Burstow MP, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Stop the Incinerator, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Sutton Council, Viridor, Waddon
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Tom Brake link to church donation from incinerator company
It has suddenly got very heated in Sutton over the Beddington Lane incinerator. The Liberal Democrats, who control Sutton Council, have today suspended one of their councillors, Nick Mattey, after he dared question their plans to allow incinerator operators Viridor … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Guardian, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Green Party, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Tom Brake MP, Waddon
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The brave letter that got Sutton councillor suspended
NICK MATTEY was elected as a councillor for Beddington North ward in Sutton last year for the Liberal Democrats. Today, he was suspended from the party for sending his group a letter about the proposal to build a waste-burning incinerator … Continue reading
Nick Clegg feels the heat from anti-incinerator protestors
Nick Clegg, soon to be the ex-Deputy Prime Minister and possibly also soon-to-be an ex-MP and ex-leader of the Liberal Democrats, was forced to abandon a carefully stage-managed photo-op outside St Helier Hospital in Sutton this afternoon, when protestors from … Continue reading
Election candidate ‘insulted’ by exclusion from hustings
This week’s televised General Election debate with seven party leaders could never have happened in Croydon if left to one local group, who have patronisingly decided that a hustings with more than three candidates would take too long and be … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Vidhi Mohan, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Croydon North, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Selhurst, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, TUSC, UKIP
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Croydon North election hustings, Selhurst, Apr 14
Selhurst Community Connectors are staging a family-themed Croydon North election hustings on April 14, from 6pm, at the Gingerbread Corner Child Care Centre, Grenaby Avenue, CR0 2EG. Three Croydon North candidates will be taking part: Steve Reed OBE (Labour), Shasha … Continue reading
High Court judge rejects community appeal against incinerator
The battle to stop the building of an industrial incineration plant on a nature reserve at Beddington Lane could be drawing to a close, after the Stop the Incinerator Campaign’s appeal against the refusal of its Judicial Review was turned … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon Council, Green Pary, Labour, Shasha Khan, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor
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Part B agenda, but no Plan B, at councils’ incinerator meeting
WALTER CRONXITE, our man with the Army surplus gas mask and an anologue stopwatch, was at a controversial Town Hall meeting last night. But not for long… Stuart Collins, the deputy leader of Croydon Council and cabinet member in charge … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Joy Prince, Planning, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Kingston, Merton, Sutton, Viridor, Waddon, Westfield
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Incinerator deal could collapse as Viridor get greedy
There has been an extraordinary development in the saga of the Beddington Lane incinerator, with the Sutton Guardian newspaper reporting that the £1 billion local authority contract is under threat because developers Viridor want the incinerator to be bigger, busier, … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Beddington Lane, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, incinerator, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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VIDEO: Power of protest sees public questions on agenda
The South London Waste Partnership, the joint committee of four boroughs – Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Kingston – that wants to start industrial-scale waste incineration in the midst of a high-density residential area, is to hold its next meeting in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Joy Prince, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Hague and Morley are added to Selhurst by-election slate
Croydon’s Green Party has selected the group’s co-leader, Tracey Hague, as their candidate for the council by-election in Selhurst ward. At the weekend, the Liberal Democrats became the last of the major parties, and UKIP, to announce who would be … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, David Wood, Gerry Ryan, Gordon Ross, Selhurst, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Wood, Geoff Morley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Selhurst, Tory, Tracey Hague, UKIP
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Stop the Incinerator Campaign public meeting, Jan 10
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign – waiting for a puff of white smoke to go up from the High Court, if not from the proposed Beddington Lane incinerator – is staging a public meeting this Saturday, January 10, in central … Continue reading
Greens call for 12% fares cut and publicly run railways
Shasha Khan, the Green Party’s parliamentary candidate for Croydon North, was canvassing rail commuters this morning, as they were returned to work after the Christmas break and were hit by a double whammy of another above-inflation fares hike and badly … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, East Croydon, Esther Sutton, London-wide issues, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Shasha Khan, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Esther Sutton, Peter Underwood, Shasha Khan, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon station
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Labour’s Newman waves white flag over Viridor incinerator
Just six months in to their new administration, and the Town Hall’s Labour leadership has confirmed that its “ambitious” promise “to make Croydon the cleanest and greenest borough in London” is in shreds, as they have abandoned all opposition to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Bernard Weatherill House, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Nathan Elvery, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, incinerator, Labour, Shasha Khan, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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