Category Archives: Commuting

Subaru sports car makes British debut at Croydon showrooms

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

The only Subaru BRZ in the UK has just arrived in Croydon for its British debut. Kinghams, the South Croydon dealership, received the new model yesterday, and has it on public view for the next four days only.

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Croydon questions: Louisa Woodley, Labour

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Inside Croydon has put a set of questions, mostly on policy, to all the candidates to become Sutton and Croydon’s GLA member. Here we have the final candidate’s responses on the record, publishing their responses in full, unedited, and without … Continue reading →

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“Scandalous” waste of millions on roadwork chaos

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

At a time of austerity, when we are told that the people in charge of Croydon Council are seeking absolute value for our money, making every penny count, it is not unreasonable still to expect public works to be done … Continue reading →

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Folly of a debate sees dour O’Connell bat out his innings

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Croydon got its own version of the election hustings this week for its London Assembly candidates. ANDREW PELLING was one of the few who went along to Folly’s End Sixty-five assorted political activists, journalists and council officers rather rattled around … Continue reading →

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Boris has no answers for campaigning Croydon teenager

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Last night’s London Debate on ITV means that the Mayoral candidates – or at least some of them – have now appeared in four televised hustings across various channels. You do wonder whether even the capital’s chattering classes bothered to … Continue reading →

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Croydon questions: Steve O’Connell, Conservatives

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Steve O’Connell has been the Conservative Assembly Member for Sutton and Croydon since 2008. The former mortgage salesman is now a full-time politician, according to the Daily Mail “Britain’s best-paid councillor”, collecting £115,000 in 2011 in publicly funded allowances from … Continue reading →

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Croydon questions: Abigail Lock, Liberal Democrats

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Abigail Lock is a former Sutton councillor who is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for our area at the London Assembly in the elections on May 3. In the latest in our series, she answers Inside Croydon’s questionnaire We have circulated … Continue reading →

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Not everyone recognises a good thing on the election trail

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Saturday morning, what do you do? Bit of shopping, perhaps? Ken Livingstone was in the market for some more votes in his campaign to be elected as London’s Mayor on May 3 as he spent a couple of hours touring … Continue reading →

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Assembly candidate O’Connell doesn’t care who runs libraries

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING gets some conflicting answers from candidates at Croydon and Sutton election hustings Steve O’Connell, the Conservatives’ London Assembly candidate, shocked a Croydon election hustings meeting when he told them that he does not care who runs public libraries. … Continue reading →

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Croydon questions: Gordon Ross, Green Party

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Inside Croydon has circulated all the Sutton and Croydon candidates standing for election to the London Assembly with a set of questions. Over the coming days, we will be publishing the candidates’ responses in full, unedited, and without the artifice, … Continue reading →

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