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Category Archives: Clare Hilley
Protesters to take Croydon’s burning issue to the streets
A wide-ranging alliance of Croydon and Sutton residents and businesses will march on Croydon Town Hall next Sunday, May 13, to oppose the council’s £1billion plan to build a waste incinerator in Beddington Lane. The demonstration will start at 11am … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Outside Croydon, Schools, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Conservative, Croydon-Sutton, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton, Viridor
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Racist article by councillor’s husband is widely condemned
STEVEN DOWNES, the editor of Inside Croydon, reports on a disturbing story that a leading Croydon councillor did not want you to see Community and political leaders in Croydon have today called on London Mayor Boris Johnson and the Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon South, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, George-Hilley, London, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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Latest leaflet blunder is example of flawed funding system
Oh dear. You know things are not going as well as they might when you get a grudging expression of sympathy on Twitter from Clare Hilley, the Conservative councillor for Waddon ward whose main claim to fame remains vomiting down … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Clare Hilley, Croydon South, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath
Tagged Brian Paddick, Conservative, Ken Livingstone, Labour, London, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell
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Wake up Waddon: this really is a £1bn incinerator
Belated congratulations to Nick Hitchens, of the Croydon Guardian, who managed to get the three Waddon councillors on the record to explain why they broke their election promises to “… oppose any incinerator being built in Croydon or on the … Continue reading
Councils’ huge compensation bill if incinerator is cancelled
ANDREW PELLING reports on a local residents’ meeting in Sutton where the consequences of Croydon’s secret negotiations and broken promises over the Beddington Lane waste incinerator were made plain If residents persuade their local councils to drop the proposals to … Continue reading
TfL to remove pedestrian crossing on Purley Way
There was a time, not so long ago, when pedestrians were supposed to be the top priority for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. No longer, it would seem: as well as Croydon having some of the capital’s most dangerous … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Waddon
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You’re dung for! Coulsdon and Waddon on sludge lorry route
There will be only five more years of stink for north Croydon residents and Purley Way shoppers to suffer when the malodorous winds blow from Beddington sewage farm. That’s the hope that Thames Water officials imparted to two public meetings … Continue reading
Secret meeting planned to decide on deadly £1bn incinerator
Next week, Croydon Council is to make a £1 billion decision, which could threaten the long-term health of generations of local people. All the decisive discussions will be conducted in secret behind closed doors. The ruling Conservative group’s “cabinet” will … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Dudley Mead, Environment, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Planning, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Waste incinerator, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Phil Thomas, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
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Vandalism in Town Hall, all to “protect” Councillor Fisher
Further confirmation, as if any were needed, of our opinion that the Philistines have truly taken over the asylum. The photograph above was taken this week in the previously splendidly grand entrance hall to the 115-year-old Grade II-listed Croydon Town … Continue reading
DrupalCon starts with organiser disowning Hilley’s hubby
DrupalCon – the week-long conference being staged at Fairfield Hall for users and fans of an open-source content management system – gets underway today, with 1,800 delegates expected to give a much needed boost to Croydon hotels, bars and restaurants. … Continue reading
Did Hilley’s hubby get council to pay for “volunteers”?
Take a look at this collection of facts, and decide for yourself whether any of them are related: The Fairfield Halls in Croydon is not owned by the council, yet earlier this year, it received a £1.5 million grant from … Continue reading
Sadvertiser gives Inside Croydon a silly boost in traffic
Inside Croydon would like to thank Glenn Ebrey, editor of the Croydon Sadvertiser (our nickname which even the paper’s own staff now uses). Despite having to deal with at least two recent complaints about his paper to the Press Complaints … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Local media, Waddon
Tagged Conservative Party, Councillor, Croydon, London, Press Complaints Commission, Town Hall, Waddon
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Sticking together is easier said than done for Clegg & Co
As the Sunday newspapers and TV commentators complete their post mortems of Thursday’s referendum and local elections, one thing is abundantly clear: any campaign backed by the Daily Mail and Murdoch news machine, plus vast amounts of Conservative party cash, … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon
Tagged Conservatives, Daily Mail, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Paddy Ashdown, Vince Cable, Waddon
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Calm down dear: Hilley goes silly over man on the tracks
David Cameron is not the only politician who sometimes struggles to concentrate on showing that, really, honestly, he does have the “common touch”, and that he is not just an Old Etonian from an immensely privileged background who actually has … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Planning, Waddon
Tagged Conservative Future, Croydon, David Cameron, Waddon, Young Conservatives
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Croydon’s Tories take to the streets to oppose AV
Croydon’s almost unseen and unheard Liberal Democrats had better get active, and quick, otherwise the fundamental concession that their party leaders have managed to squeeze out of Call Me Dave and his Old Etonian millionaire chums for putting them in … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon South
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Get your HardHat on: Councillor Hilley gets a new job
An exciting new job for the ambitious Clare Hilley, Waddon’s newest Tory councillor. As well as claiming nearly £12,000 for her council duties, and holding a leading position in “Conservative Future” (that’s the re-branded and re-named Conservative youth wing), Hilley’s … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Waddon
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Tory councillors oppose parking changes. Sort of
Inside Croydon would like to apologise to its reader. For six months or more now, Inside Croydon has been reporting on certain events surrounding Croydon on the basis that the council was being run according to policy decisions of the … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Parking, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Waddon
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