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Sutton’s LibDems make a meal out of KFC planning decision
BELLE MONT threw a late shift last night at Sutton Council, and couldn’t even get a takeaway on the way home Cheam Village, the epitome of Surrey suburban quaintness, is not ready for a KFC. With or without its supplies … Continue reading
Posted in Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Cheam Village, KFC, Mary Burstow, Sutton Council, Tony Shields
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Sutton’s LibDems start campaigning on their green credentials
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on an outbreak of leafleting in Beddington by the LibDems, who somehow have forgotten to mention their industrial scale incinerator Sutton’s polluting, thieving and cage-fighting Liberal Democrat councillors and ex-councillors have swung into action, with … Continue reading
More police cuts on the way as borough commands merge
Another raft of police reorganisation has been announced and, like all such re-organisations, the change is not to make the service better, just cheaper. For once, there seems to be cross-party unanimity over the proposals, as no party appears to … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, Jeff Boothe, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Cage-fighting councillor pays up for LibDem fighting fund
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, has gone digging into the 10,500 probable reasons behind the prolonged absence from council meetings of LibDem cage-fighter Callum Morton With local elections less than five months away, the Liberal Democrats, who have enjoyed the … Continue reading
Posted in Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Callum Morton, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
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LibDem councillor goes AWOL and becomes a cage fighter
There’s concern for the well-being, and whereabouts, of Sutton LibDem councillor Callum Morton. Morton has been AWOL for months. He hasn’t been seen at a meeting of Sutton’s full council since September. But he has meanwhile managed to find the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Callum Morton, Liberal Democrats, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
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Incinerator company director to get a grilling at City Hall
A senior official from Viridor, the operators of the Beddington Lane incinerator which is about to start spewing goodness knows what into the atmosphere above Croydon, will be facing questions from London Assembly Members this afternoon. And while senior Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Refuse collection, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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Viridor about to use chimneys that Santa won’t want to visit
The industrial-scale waste incinerator at Beddington Lane is set to be fired up for the first time in the next couple of weeks, Inside Croydon has learned. “It’s the sort of Christmas present no one in south London would want,” … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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NHS Trust votes for St Helier closure, despite public opposition
The Tory Government is pushing ahead with plans to close the Sutton hospital where former Prime Minister Sir John Major was born NHS chiefs in south-west London want to close all acute, emergency and maternity facilities at two large hospitals, … Continue reading
Noxious Brake and the burning questions over red diesel
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on the latest bit of cant and crass hypocrisy from that borough’s most senior FibDem Having achieved the dubious accolade of being the answer to a Pointless question, MP Tom Brake seems determined to demonstrate … Continue reading
Salter conviction revives claims of council cover-up over fraud
Sutton Seniors Forum was a charity established 20 years ago by the parents of Ruth Dombey, now the LibDem leader of Sutton Council. Yesterday’s conviction of her former colleague Alan Salter for defrauding it of thousands of pounds has revived … Continue reading
Momentum makes gains but Newman’s still in Blairite civil war
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest developments within local Labour parties, including in LibDem Tom Brake’s Carshalton and Wallington fiefdom Momentum, the grassroots movement established to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and values within the Labour Party, gained, well… some … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Andy Bagnall, Caragh Skipper, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Jo Milligan, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman
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LibDem official causes scandal over undeclared donations
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, finds that the former chair of Sutton’s ruling party, John Drage, forgot to declare an interest during a multi-million-pound public tendering process. And not for the first time The Liberal Democrats on Sutton Council accepted … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Niall Bolger, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Elaine Drage, John Drage, Liberal Democrats, London, Niall Bolger, SHP, Smith & Byford, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton, Sutton Council, Sutton Housing Partnership
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‘Disgusted’ councillor accuses Brake’s LibDems of ‘cult’ status
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest break in the ranks in what was once a LibDem single-party state The barely disguised tensions within the Sutton Liberal Democrats were exposed during the General Election campaign, when one of their … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, Hamish Pollock, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Elaine Drage, Hamish Pollock, John Drage, Liberal Democrats, London, Tom Brake MP
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Candidates call for Commission inquiry into Brake’s charity link
The LibDems in Sutton have been having problems with charities lately. After one of their councillors pleaded guilty to siphoning off thousands of pounds from a local charity for the elderly, now election candidates are demanding that a local Muslim … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Charity, Church and religions, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Charty Commission, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Matthew Maxwell Scott, MCWAS, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tory
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Splitters! LibDems resort to panic appeal to ‘lend’ votes
KEN LEE reports from another battleground seat, where accusations over a ‘dirty’ campaign have been flying among the bluebottles around the unemptied bins of Sutton It’s all gone a bit Monty Python in the Carshalton and Wallington marginal seat, where … Continue reading
Viridor panel refuses grants to Beddington community groups
A £1million ‘hush fund’ announced for community groups by incinerator operators is being used to try to subdue local opposition, according to one activist. BELLE MONT reports Viridor, which has a £1billion public contract to operate the incinerator at Beddington … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton, Tory, Viridor
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Greens candidate kicked out of council meeting over new gift
BELLE MONT reports on a lively planning meeting at Sutton Council on Wednesday, when a parliamentary candidate chose to remind the councillors of a decision they took four years ago which is likely to have environmental consequences for generations Shasha … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Peter Underwood, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, London, Peter Underwood, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council
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LibDems having a Brake-down in Sutton as UKIP stand down
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on a development today which could alter the political make-up in south-west London for years to come The Regressive Alliance is alive and kicking in Sutton, where UKIP has opted to keep their General Election … Continue reading
Umunna gets the call as ‘special guest’ to pep up Reed’s rally
WALTER CRONXITE on the snail-like progress of Labour’s selection process, UKIP’s choice of Barwell’s bouncer as a General Election candidate, and news from neighbouring constituencies Nearly five years since he was selected as Labour’s candidate in the very safe seat … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon North, Croydon South, Kathleen Garner, Lambeth Council, Michael Swadling, Paul Scully MP, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Bonnie Ash, Carshalton and Wallington, Chuka Umunna, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emine Ibrahim, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake MP, Tory, UKIP
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‘There is no crisis in our schools’ says Sutton Tory candidate
ELECTION COMMENTARY: 500 head teachers from across the country have written to the unelected Prime Minister, Theresa May, to warn of the funding crisis her government is creating in our schools. But according to the Old Etonian standing for the … Continue reading
