Category Archives: 2020 London elections

Court ruling against airport expansion is problem for Newman

Posted on February 27, 2020 by

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 →

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It’s time to vote for someone who ‘gets’ the climate emergency

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

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 →

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Davis will fight on – ‘You don’t need to be elected to do that’

Posted on February 23, 2020 by

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 →

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Cummings wins Labour’s Assembly selection race by 25 votes

Posted on February 21, 2020 by

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 →

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Decision time for Labour comes too late for Davis or Cummings

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

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 →

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Windrush performer accuses councillor of failing to pay bills

Posted on February 5, 2020 by

A Labour councillor who is seeking selection to be her party’s candidate for Croydon and Sutton in May’s London Assembly elections has been accused of failing to honour fees amounting to hundreds of pounds agreed for a Windrush Generation stage … Continue reading →

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Copley appointment puts City Hall selection in the mixer

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

The announcement that Tom Copley is to be London’s deputy mayor for housing will stir up Labour’s selection and election battles for the London Assembly, with the city going to the polling stations in May. Copley, who has been an … Continue reading →

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