Category Archives: Steve O’Connell

Red Deer locals look north for help to rebuff Morrisons

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Another landmark Croydon pub is under threat of takeover from a supermarket chain. And our local councillors’ response – where they have bothered to respond – is effectively to shrug their shoulders and say there’s nothing that they can, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croham, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sanderstead, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Streatham-Croydon dig in for the future at Frant Road

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Redevelopment work on Streatham-Croydon’s stand and changing rooms has begun in earnest at Frant Road this week following a “breaking the ground” ceremony after the last home league game of the season against Old Rutlishians. Steve O’Connell, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Old Mid-Whitgiftians RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Steve O'Connell, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC | Tagged , , , , , , ,

X marks the spot: Croydon appoints firm in administration

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

News reaches Inside Croydon of what appears to be yet another epic fail by the leadership at Croydon Council. On February 11, at the Town Hall cabinet meeting, Mike Fisher, the council leader, and his “top team” decided to appoint … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Environment, Jason Perry, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Tax hikes, more borrowing and party splits: Tory Croydon 2013

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: There are signs of panic among Croydon’s ruling Conservatives, as the announcement of a hike in Council Tax has prompted in-fighting among party colleagues. Ahead of next week’s Town Hall budget meetings, ANDREW PELLING, below left, looks at … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Council Tax, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, John Laing Integrated Services, Kenley, Libraries, Mike Fisher, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Kenley road island could cause more deaths, says campaigner

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

The scene of another road accident, this time a fatal one, on the A22 Godstone Road in the early hours of Saturday, is now a matter of dispute between local residents, cyclists, Mayor Boris Johnson and his cycling “advisor” Andrew … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Community associations, Commuting, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Kenley, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Boris to close all but one police station in Croydon

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

If you still had any lingering doubt that our elected representatives are too often taking the public for a (very expensive) ride, then a brief exchange today between Steve “Three Jobs” O’Connell and a reporter from the Croydon Sadvertiser should … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, Norbury, Policing, Purley, Simon Hoar, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , ,

O’Connell headlines at Coulsdon’s mass debate

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

The pantomime season is clearly not yet over, as on Wednesday the Purley and Coulsdon Debating Society is hosting an event featuring local councillor Steve “Three Jobs” O’Connell and Inside Croydon’s very own Andrew Pelling. Oh yes it is… Pelling, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Community associations, Coulsdon, Kenley, Purley, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Westfield lobbyist Scully selected by Sutton Conservatives

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

Sutton and Cheam Conservatives have chosen a prospective parliamentary candidate with a strong Croydon connection – and it’s not Steve “Three Jobs” O’Connell. Paul Scully is to be the Conservative candidate to challenge Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Burstow, at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Whitgift Centre | 1 Comment

Crystal Palace tram decision is “disgraceful and inexplicable”

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

One of the country’s leading transport experts has described Mayor Boris Johnson’s decision not to fulfil his promise to deliver a tram extension to Crystal Palace as “disgraceful and inexplicable”. Christian Wolmar, the author of several books on transport policy … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon North, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Sutton’s Tories in meltdown as they face “yellow wash”

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

The Liberal Democrats defied all national trends and their party’s unpopular part in the ConDem coalition to hold Stonecot ward with a 7.7 per cent swing from the Conservatives in last Thursday’s Sutton Council by-election. If repeated in the 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in Lester Holloway, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Council forced to report monthly on Laing library performance

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

It took a special meeting at the Town Hall last week to insist that the management of Croydon’s public libraries should be monitored monthly, rather than the annual reporting period proposed by the Conservative-run council as its privatises the service … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Education, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Time to fight back against council’s arrogance and neglect

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

TONY NEWMAN, the leader of Croydon’s Labour group on the council, says local people demand change at the Town Hall Croydon has been shaken to its core by recent events, from the riots of August 2011, the unprecedented economic downturn … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tramlink | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Boris takes us for a ride but not by tram to Crystal Palace

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Transport for London is about to publish a seven-year investment plan that includes not a penny for the tram extensions promised in the London election campaign earlier this year by Mayor Boris Johnson and Steve O’Connell, the Assembly Member for … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tramlink, Transport, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Four Croydon police stations to close as Boris’s cuts bite

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

Four of Croydon’s police stations – Addington Village, Kenley, Norbury and South Norwood – are to be closed as London Mayor Boris Johnson wields the axe on the Met’s spending. And according to an internal Metropolitan Police document seen by … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Addington, Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Kenley, Mayor of London, Norbury, Policing, Sean Fitzsimons, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP, Wayne Lawlor | Tagged , , , , , , ,

MP Ottaway U-turns to sail off into the expenses-free sunset

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

“How do you know that a politician is lying?” goes the old musical hall joke. “Their lips move…” Croydon South’s absentee MP, Richard Ottaway, the avid expenses claimer who went sailing at Cowes in the week of the London riots, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon South, Richard Ottaway MP, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Steve O'Connell, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments