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Croydon Tories take their revenge on Fisher over #WadGate

Posted on September 13, 2017 by insidecroydon

There was blood on the shag pile at Croydon Tory HQ over selections for next May’s local elections. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the high casualty rate among some of the council’s one-time big beasts Mike Fisher, until 2014 … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Chris Wright, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Heathfield, James Thompson, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Purley, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, Shirley, Tory | 8 Comments

#WadGate II, the sequel: Tory Fisher hasn’t paid back a penny

Posted on May 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

Three years on from #WadGate, the Town Hall allowances scandal which brought down the leader of the Croydon Conservatives, and Mike Fisher has not paid back a penny of the public money that he paid himself secretly in his final … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher | Tagged #WadGate, Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Shirley, Tory | 2 Comments

#WadGate Fisher gets rejected again, this time in Bromley

Posted on October 30, 2015 by insidecroydon

“Whatever happened to Mike Fisher?” no one at Inside Croydon Towers has ever asked. Fisher was the leader of Croydon Conservatives who mismanaged the council for eight years, until he was caught with his hand in the Town Hall cookie … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2016 London elections, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Croydon South, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Shirley, Steve O'Connell | Tagged #WadGate, Conservative, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Tory | 1 Comment

Report covers up council’s role in #WadGate scandal

Posted on January 21, 2015 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has overseen a cover-up of the role of senior public officials in the #WadGate scandal, in which over the course of a year the now former council leader, Mike Fisher, was allowed to trouser an extra £13,000 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Julie Belvir, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Shirley, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged #WadGate, Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan, Whitgift Foundation | 1 Comment

#WadGate report delayed as inquiry seeks more information

Posted on December 20, 2014 by insidecroydon

Mike #WadGate Fisher, and the rest of Croydon’s Tories, have at least another three weeks to wait for the outcome of the inquiry into how the former Conservative council leader managed secretly to claim an extra £11,000 in Town Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell, Julie Belvir, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Julie Belvir, Labour, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory | 1 Comment

#WadGate takes to the airwaves with the Metroknobbers

Posted on September 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

The #WadGate bandwagon rolls on, with the Daily Boris audaciously claiming “to reveal today” the story which Inside Croydon published last Saturday, five whole days ago – and all based on a Tory party press release, no less. But hey, … Continue reading →

Posted in Evening Boris, Inside Croydon, Local media, MetroKnobbers, Nathan Elvery | Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, JASON COBB, Lambeth, MetroKnobbers, Mike Fisher, Tory | 3 Comments

Barwell claims Labour knew about #WadGate for months

Posted on September 10, 2014 by insidecroydon

Tony Newman, the Labour leader on Croydon Council, knew all about the back-pay claim of his Tory opposite number Mike Fisher for at least three months, a local MP claimed today. Fisher, for eight years the leader of the council … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Nathan Elvery, Sara Bashford, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Barwell, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan | 4 Comments

#WadGate: Labour announces inquiry into Tory leader’s cash

Posted on September 9, 2014 by insidecroydon

Tony Newman, the Labour Leader of Croydon Council, this morning pushed himself front and centre of a campaign to hound his predecessor Mike Fisher out of public office, when he took the credit for announcing an “independent” inquiry into how … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, URV, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Barwell, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Kenley, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan | 2 Comments

#WadGate: Fisher pocketed £15,250 from fire authority, too

Posted on September 8, 2014 by insidecroydon

Mike Fisher, who has resigned as the leader of the Conservatives on Croydon Council after being caught red-handed secretly claiming an extra £10,000 in allowances on top of his £53,000 wedge, was all the time also receiving an additional £15,250 … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Council Tax, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Shirley | Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tory | 5 Comments

#WadGate: The questions that Barwell has failed to answer

Posted on September 7, 2014 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES, editor of Inside Croydon, on how a local MP has been working furiously to save his own political skin So, the Tory narrative on #WadGate has been set. “It’s all Mike Fisher’s fault. He is terribly sorry. And … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Julie Belvir, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Sara Bashford, Shirley, Simon Hoar, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Cameron, Gavin Barwell, Kenley, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Vidhi Mohan | 9 Comments

#WadGate: O’Connell and Mohan join Fisher’s Infamous Five

Posted on September 6, 2014 by insidecroydon

Mike Fisher was not alone among Croydon’s senior Conservative councillors in looking at claiming an increase in his allowances. And at the front of the queue for a bigger hand-out at the expense of Council Tax-payers was Steve O’Connell, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Fairfield, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Shirley, Simon Hoar, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon | Tagged Andrew Pelling, Barwell, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell, Kenley, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon | 3 Comments

#WadGate: Fisher is forced to resign as Croydon’s Tory leader

Posted on September 6, 2014 by insidecroydon

Mike Fisher, for eight years the leader of Croydon Council, was forced to quit as the head of the Tories at the Town Hall on Friday night, less than 72 hours after he was exposed as having secretly claimed an … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Osland, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Shirley, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged #WadGate, Andrew Pelling, Barwell, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Shirley, Tony Newman, Tory | 10 Comments

#WadGate the Movie. Or Mike Fisher: My Part In His Downfall

Posted on September 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

@ArfurZTowcrate clearly has too few followers on Twitter. This piece of (albeit derivative) brilliance deserves a much wider audience. Do read the sub-titles…

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher | Tagged #WadGate, Adolf Hitler, Barwell, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tory | 1 Comment

#WadGate latest: Fisher’s deputies put pressure on him to go

Posted on September 4, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the Town Hall allowances scandal does not reflect well on councillors of either of the political parties Say what you like about George Galloway (keep it polite, please), but he does have one phrase which … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford, Shirley, Steve Reed MP, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Cameron, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory | 1 Comment

Battle to win the narrative sees a fight for 17% ‘don’t knows’

Posted on March 25, 2022 by insidecroydon

With a little more than a month before the Town Hall elections, ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, sifts through the shifting opinion polls, nationally and across London, to see what we can learn about how people might vote in Croydon Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Val Shawcross | Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, Labour, Mike Fisher, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Val Shawcross | 1 Comment

The time might be right for Croydon’s own Independents’ Day

Posted on May 24, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council’s political duopoly has failed, so often and so miserably, that the time might have come for the borough’s long-suffering residents to try a different approach to running the Town Hall, says TIM RODGERS, pictured right It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jo Negrini | Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, Tim Rodgers, Tony Newman, Tory | 3 Comments

Newman’s Town Hall power is challenged by residents’ groups

Posted on July 1, 2019 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how neighbourhood associations have decided that they won’t any longer accept being ‘contemptuously ignored’ by those in power in the borough Council leader Tony Newman and the troika who control the Town Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Mario Creatura, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman | Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mike Fisher, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Tory | 9 Comments

O’Connell’s ‘reap what you sow’ remarks branded ‘terrifying’

Posted on October 8, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how a Tory councillor has been forced into a climbdown after appearing to voice support for right-wing thugs after their assault on peaceful protesters There was cross-party condemnation last night for Steve O’Connell, the Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Tom Copley | Tagged Conservative, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Steve O'Connell, Tory | 1 Comment

Newman breaks the law to keep councillors’ pay hike secret

Posted on July 6, 2018 by insidecroydon

By 10am today, Croydon Labour’s council leader Tony Newman had still failed to release the detail of his proposals to award himself – and his closest political chums – a whacking great pay rise. Newman’s plan to increase Croydon councillors’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Tony Newman | Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory | 6 Comments

VOTE 2018: How you voted in the Town Hall elections

Posted on May 3, 2018 by insidecroydon

ELECTION LIVE BLOG: Our Croydon exit poll showed Labour 50%, Tories 37%… But keep coming back here through the night for ward-by-ward results and election news from across Croydon, Sutton and the rest of London Keep refreshing your page. The … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Ashburton, Bromley Council, Fieldway, Gavin Barwell, Maddie Henson, New Addington, New Addington North, Shirley, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Winston McKenzie | Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP | 12 Comments

Pollard’s manifesto makes election a question of honesty

Posted on April 6, 2018 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Four years ago, the Conservatives in Croydon demonstrated their contempt for the electorate by not even bothering with a manifesto. This time round, as political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports, what they have produced is simply not very credible … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Carillion, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Libraries, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Mike Fisher, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Shirley, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre | Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, North Shirley, Paul Scott, Purley, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre | Leave a comment

Tories accused of breaking their own rules over selections

Posted on February 9, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on complaints of undemocratic interference in the candidate selection process, and too much influence from the local party leader in those allowed to stand in May’s Town Hall elections At least four of Croydon’s longest serving … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Fairfield, Helen Pollard, Ian Parker, Mike Fisher, Purley, Shirley, Steve Hollands, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Chris Wright, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Gareth Streeter, Ian Parker, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Tory | 1 Comment

Croydon’s leadership may be resigned to change at the top

Posted on September 19, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on last night’s potentially defining meeting of the council The body language spoke volumes. There, sitting behind council leader Tony Newman, the Labour councillors’ heads were down, the arms folded. Facing unremitting questioning after Ofsted … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged Alisa Flemming, Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory | 5 Comments

Vast majority of Croydon Tories (about a dozen) vote Perry

Posted on September 15, 2017 by insidecroydon

Jason Perry has been elected overwhelmingly to be the new deputy leader of Croydon Conservatives. When we say “elected overwhelmingly”, we mean just by Tory councillors. A maximum of 29 of them. That’s because Sara Bashford has now got a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, South Croydon, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tory, Vidhi Mohan | Leave a comment

O’Connell’s 2020 vision is to stand down from City Hall role

Posted on September 12, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest decision by a Tory politician to jump before they get pushed by the electorate Steve O’Connell, the third-rate local politician with the first-rate public allowances income, has decided not to stand for re-election to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 London elections, Crime, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell | Tagged Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), London Assembly, Steve O'Connell | 1 Comment

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