Category Archives: 2012 by-election

Croydon Tories proudly announce new signing: John Loony

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

The recruitment drive by Croydon Conservatives, after nearly a year’s hard work, has delivered its first significant new member: John Cartwright, also known as John Loony, the habitual deposit-loser for the Monster Raving Loony Party at elections across the borough … Continue reading →

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Barwell, the “race card” and some uncomfortable facts

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Last month, ANDREW FISHER criticised Gavin Barwell for “playing the race card” by linking immigration to unemployment during the by-election campaign, something the Croydon Central MP tried to ridicule. Yesterday, the publication of the 2011 Census results provided some hard … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Nero tendency: fiddling over the election figures

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

The few visitors to the public gallery for this week’s council meeting at the Town Hall were treated to a couple of innovations. With the assistance of council officials, Conservative councillor Lynne Hale was able to intersperse her speech with … Continue reading →

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Reed victory sends danger signals to Croydon’s Tories for 2014

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: There was a reason for Steve Reed’s campaign to focus so much on the state of our streets. It was because Labour are planning to clean-up at the next council elections, say ANDREW PELLING Eddy Arram, the neutral … Continue reading →

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Croydon North by-election: Reed wins with 65% vote share

Posted on November 30, 2012 by
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Pelling predicts: Croydon by-election will set a record of sorts

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING, a former Croydon MP, councillor and London Assembly member, has been following the by-election campaign and here analyses the high points and low marks of the past six weeks in a giant constituency which today will set a … Continue reading →

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Pelling predicts: by-election a battle for minor places

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

As the polling stations open across Croydon North this morning, Andrew Pelling, Inside Croydon‘s chief political correspondent, is predicting that the by-election will be won by Labour’s Steve Reed with an increased share of the vote. The parliamentary by-election is … Continue reading →

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A week’s a very long time in politics for unbriefed Jasper

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

By Steven Downes, Editor, InsideCroydon.com Lee Jasper, after admitting that he has been using fake Twitter accounts to boost his by-election campaign, showed today that if elected as an MP he could struggle to keep pace with the volume of … Continue reading →

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Cooper condemns government’s betrayal of London Road

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Yvette Cooper, the shadow Home Secretary, has condemned the London Mayor’s plan to divert millions of pounds of riot compensation cash from Croydon’s victims of rioting in order to cover-up his planned cuts in policing. On a visit to Croydon … Continue reading →

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UKIP’s “appalled” local chairman asks Croydon “to forgive”

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Less than two days before voting begins in the Croydon North by-election, Winston McKenzie has been disowned by his own party’s local chairman who told Inside Croydon that he and other local UKIP members are “appalled” by their candidate’s homophobic … Continue reading →

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Green leader visits Upper Norwood to back candidate Khan

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

They make politicians in a tougher mould in Australia, as Natalie Bennett, the British Green party’s new leader, demonstrated yesterday when she was in great robust form when she came to support Shasha Khan, her party’s candidate for the Croydon … Continue reading →

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Election questions: Lee Jasper, Respect

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

The Croydon North by-election is on November 29, and Inside Croydon has put to candidates a set of questions. We will be putting the responses on the record, published without the artifice, interruptions and grandstanding of the usual hustings. We … Continue reading →

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UKIP disowns Croydon candidate’s homophobic comments

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Another year, another party looks in prospect for Winston McKenzie, if anyone will have him now, after he was disowned last night by his own UK Independence Party over his latest homophobic comments. McKenzie’s “colourful” political career has seen him … Continue reading →

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Reed’s regeneration record leaves Vauxhall cross

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

Steve Reed, Labour’s candidate for Thursday’s Croydon North  by-election, wants to be judged on his record in Lambeth. SEAN CREIGHTON talks to community groups about the council leader’s job creation claims A key claim in Steve Reed’s campaign to be … Continue reading →

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Jasper admits to using Twitter bots to drive election bid

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

Lee Jasper, the Respect (George Galloway) candidate for Thursday’s Croydon North by-election, today conceded that his campaign has been using controversial “Twitter bots”, programs to automatically generate Tweets, to give a false impression of the popularity of his campaign. “You … Continue reading →

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