Tag Archives: Beddington Lane incinerator

Losing LibDems ‘expel’ pensioner – who was not party member

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on the first sign of recriminations among that borough’s ruling party MP Tom Brake and Sutton’s Liberal Democrats, still reeling from the shock of last month’s local elections in which they lost 12 council seats, … Continue reading →

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Independents’ Day in Beddington puts Dombey in the doldrums

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

Tony Newman is not the only south London council leader under increased pressure following the local elections. BELLE MONT delves into the detail of the results in Sutton, where the local LibDem leader used to boast that ‘independents don’t win … Continue reading →

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Sutton LibDems horrified by unreal McCoy’s car crash hustings

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Hustings held ahead of this year’s local elections here in south London have been noticeably… well, dull. Until Tuesday night over in Carshalton, where Sutton LibDems, fighting to retain control of the council, sent in one of their … Continue reading →

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Lambert: ‘Disgrace’ of Sutton’s destruction of green spaces

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

Thanks to Brexit, MEPs are now an endangered species. Tomorrow morning one of them, Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party representative to the European Parliament, will be visiting the River Wandle in Beddington to highlight the plight of local wildlife and … Continue reading →

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Labour look to sack Veolia and build council homes in Sutton

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Labour in Sutton tonight published its manifesto ahead of the local elections on May 3, including a promise to hold a public inquiry in what has become notorious as #SuttonBinShame, with the transfer of waste collection and street-cleaning services to … Continue reading →

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Sutton official in bid to oust conservationist from science group

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

BELLE MONT reports on an attempt by a council official to intimidate an environmentalist’s opposition to Viridor’s poor performance over the Beddington wetlands A senior council official responsible for Sutton’s environmental policy is demanding that a local conservationist should quit … Continue reading →

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Sutton’s latest horror: the Beddington chainsaw massacre

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

Sutton LibDems’ ‘green’ credentials have been exposed again as bogus, as they have ordered the destruction of hundreds of trees in a nature reserve, just when the wild birds are nesting for spring. BELLE MONT reports More despair looms for … Continue reading →

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