Councillors in rage over rave snub
By thisislocallondon – Friday 03 November 2000
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Angry councillors protested outside Parliament this week after a Government minister pulled out of a meeting to discuss the recent rave in Tolworth.
A delegation of Epsom councillors, politicians and residents had arranged to meet with Home Office minister Charles Clarke to seek assurances that a rave which kept thousands of residents in the north of the borough awake for two nights would not be repeated.
Residents were furious at Kingston Police’s decision to contain rather than evict the 2,000 illegal ravers on Tolworth Court Farm at the start of September, whose music could be heard as far away as Ashtead.
Mr Clarke had agreed to meet the delegation on Wednesday, but councillors have been informed that he will now only meet with Sir Archie Hamilton MP behind closed doors.
Councillor George Crawford said last week: “We intend to be there for the meeting at 10am on Wednesday morning. Whatever happens, I’m certainly going up and we will at least make some sort of showing.”
