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Category Archives: Tony Harris
Council finally starts work to clear its own Waddon fly-tip
Less than 48 hours after Inside Croydon reported how Croydon Council had blighted a youth centre in Old Town with five years’ worth of blatant fly-tipping, workers were finally dispatched by Fisher’s Folly to start the work to clear the … Continue reading
Tea-time leaflet leaves Easter egg over faces of Waddon Tories
Direct from an election meeting where the most impressive thing was Eddie Izzard’s new glasses, WALTER CRONXITE, our man on Katharine Street with the rolled up copy of the local free paper and an e-cigarette tucked behind his ear, reports … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Labour, Mike Fisher, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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Council spends £200,000 on dropped kerbs in flood-risk area
Senior Conservative politicians have ordered Croydon Council staff to cold-call house-holders in a marginal ward to offer to build dropped kerbs with a hefty discount provided on the rates. At the same time that council staff and the emergency services … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Joy Prince, Parking, Phil Thomas, Property, Robert Canning, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Phil Thomas, Tory, Waddon
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Building problems force another closure at Waddon pool
The swimming pool at Waddon Leisure Centre is part-closed again, for the second time in just a couple of months. The Waddon Leisure Centre was opened in January 2013, but has been prone to a range of snagging issues with … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Swimming, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Tory councillor Hilley jumps ship before 2014 elections
It was Enoch Powell who said that all political careers end in failure. In the case of Croydon councillor Clare Hilley, that failure has just come a little sooner than she might have hoped. The Waddon Tory will not be … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Clare Hilley, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Hilley, Labour, Steven George, Tory, Waddon
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Flawed inspection regime highlights health risks of incinerators
Four years ago, Simon Hoar, a cabinet member in the Conservative group that controls the Town Hall, was distributing leaflets in Waddon ward offering a solemn promise that he and his colleagues, if re-elected to the council, would stop the … Continue reading
Labour uses shock tactics at Carshalton Environmental Fair
The Labour party in Carshalton and Wallington courted controversy on Monday at the Carshalton Environmental Fair by wearing face masks and industrial suits to protest against the decision by the local council to grant planning permission to the Beddington Lane … Continue reading
Incinerator campaigners to take battle to judicial review
Environment campaigners in south London want to use a judicial review to challenge the decision to allow Viridor and Sutton Council to build a waste incinerator on Metropolitan Open Land at Beddington Lane. The decision was announced on Wednesday by … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Incineration, Labour, London, Metropolitan Open Land, Recycling, Viridor
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Jones makes final call on Boris to reject Beddington incinerator
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is expected to announce his final decision on the Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane tomorrow. Jenny Jones, the Green party London Assembly member, today called on the Mayor to firmly reject the incinerator plan … Continue reading
Selling himself cheap: Councillor Hoar’s a wanted man
This was spotted by our loyal reader in North End yesterday, at the Green Fair… Clearly, Councillor Simon “I’m cheap, but I’m not free” Hoar’s reputation is sinking lower than ever.
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Croydon, Incineration, London, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Ex-MP Pelling selected to run for Labour in Waddon
They used to call Bill Clinton “the Comeback Kid”. But Andrew Pelling could soon become known as Croydon’s Comeback Kid, following the former Tory MP and council’s Conservative leader’s selection last night as one of three candidates to stand for … Continue reading
Councillor acts as delivery boy for £1bn incinerator company
A senior Conservative councillor in Croydon has refused to answer questions about why he spent much of Saturday distributing leaflets in his ward, apparently as an overpaid delivery boy on behalf of multi-billion rubbish burners Viridor. Simon Hoar, councillor in … Continue reading
Investigation called for over councillor’s planning interests
Julie Belvir, the Borough Solicitor, Croydon Council‘s senior legal officer, is expected to investigate the conduct of Waddon councillor Clare Hilley. Last month, Inside Croydon published an email from Hilley in which she offered her “planning expertise” to a leading … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Environment, Housing, Julie Belvir, Planning, Property, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Code of Conduct, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, Taberner House, Taylor Wimpey, Waddon
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Dr Toxic’s latest hit is a real Song for Europe (and Waddon)
It’s unlikely to be at No1 when the next charts are announced, and Justin Beiber has little to fear. But Dr Toxic’s little ditty might just end up becoming an ear-worm for the Waddon councillors who sought election on a … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Music, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, England, Incineration, Landfill, London, Waddon, Waste management
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Leisure centre opens – and charges locals £44 per month
Olympic legacy? Not at the Waddon Leisure Centre, opened yesterday by Croydon Council inviting a Paralympic champion from… Sutton. The public facility – built at a cost of £15million, or one-tenth of the price we are paying for the Council … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Fusion, Leisure services, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon Council, Gym, Jamie Ward, Leisure centre, London, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Croydon’s Labour group prepares for 2014 elections
The Croydon election campaign is underway. The campaign for the 2014 local council elections, that is. Though we are 20 months out from the next local elections, it is notable that the Croydon Labour party is organising so early for … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Council Tax, Croydon Council, New Addington, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
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Greens call for Croydon residents to act now on incinerator
The local Green party is calling on Croydon and Sutton residents to ensure that they take part in the consultation process for the Beddington Lane incinerator, with the deadline for objections to be submitted next Tuesday, September 18.
Wildlife and fire puts the heat on Beddington incinerator plans
Tuesday’s massive fire at the Beddington Lane sewage works and some rare migrating birds are to be used by campaigners to strengthen their arguments against plans for a £1billion waste incinerator scheme on the site. The London Fire Brigade warned … Continue reading
Waddon residents land a coo with Thomas’s promises
Waddon has a big pigeon problem, apparently. But the area’s bird shit-lined, often flooded, dark and threateningly unpassable pedestrian underpasses, the scene of at least two mugging attacks in recent weeks, are to get a council-run makeover. “And that’s a … Continue reading
