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Category Archives: 2020 London elections
Tin-eared Tories look to dump Bailey’s lacklustre Mayor bid
Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how the Conservatives are beginning to panic over their gormless candidate for London Mayor Reports emerged overnight that the Tories are giving serious consideration to dumping their candidate for London Mayor, Shaun Bailey. As … Continue reading
Progress supporter Fode is given London Labour’s top job
Amy Fode is to be Labour’s new interim director of the party’s London region, it has been reported. Fode’s appointment will be seen as the latest shift towards Blairite centrism under Labour’s new leader Sir Keir Starmer. Fode is to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections
Tagged Amy Fode, Labour, London, London Assembly, Sadiq Khan, Siobhain McDonagh MP
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Newman tells Labour to prepare for Mayor vote next May
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on how voters in Croydon seem likely to have another ballot paper when they go to the polls in 2021 Tony Newman, the council leader, made it clear to a meeting of Labour Party … Continue reading
Collins under fire for ‘right-wing dictator’ jibe at residents
More than a year too late, Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s dictatorial council leader, has begun to stir his senior councillors into parroting some kind of attack lines against the DEMOC campaign which is backing a referendum over whether to have … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, 2020 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory
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Tories sigh with relief as Stewart exits London Mayor campaign
Rory Stewart, the former Tory leadership candidate who was expelled from the Conservatives at Westminster because of his implacable opposition to Boris Johnson’s stance on Brexit, has withdrawn from the London Mayoral campaign. What do you mean, you didn’t know … Continue reading
Court ruling against airport expansion is problem for Newman
This morning’s Court of Appeal ruling that a third runway at Heathrow is unlawful could put Croydon’s council leader Tony Newman’s bollocks in a vice. For not only has the ruling managed to coalesce opposition, legally and environmentally, against airport … Continue reading
It’s time to vote for someone who ‘gets’ the climate emergency
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Worried about flooding locally, and climate change globally? PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, a Green Party candidate, says that these issues should be a central in the London Assembly elections Families and businesses are yet again being left to … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, Caroline Russell, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate emergency, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Tony Newman
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Davis will fight on – ‘You don’t need to be elected to do that’
Rowenna Davis, the candidate who missed out by 25 votes to stand for Labour in Croydon and Sutton in May’s London Assembly elections, says she will continue with her campaigning activism “to make a difference to people in… our capital”. … Continue reading
Cummings wins Labour’s Assembly selection race by 25 votes
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on a close-run thing Patsy Cummings, the councillor for South Norwood, will be Labour’s candidate in Croydon and Sutton for the London Assembly elections in May after winning a ballot of party members in the two … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Rory Stewart, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Tory
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Decision time for Labour comes too late for Davis or Cummings
Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE, on how a drawn-out selection process has hampered any prospects of electoral success for Labour in Croydon and Sutton in May’s elections to City Hall In a primary contest that has lasted longer than that … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 London elections, Elliot Colburn, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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