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Category Archives: Jeet Bains
Tory councillor blocks Croydon followers as he heads to Luton
Croydon councillors’ attempts to stand for parliament have in most cases been rejected, as our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, reports If there was any lingering doubt that many of our council’s politicians are in it for themselves and anything … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Gareth Streeter, Jeet Bains, Shirley
Tagged Devon North, Gareth Streeter, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luton North
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Meeting called over failed Addiscombe one-way scheme
The Addiscombe traffic balls-up is set to be discussed at a public meeting next week. The organisers were unable to confirm whether a proposal to change the name of Lebanon Road to “Alderman Watson Boulevard” will be on the agenda. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Community associations, ECCO, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, HOME, Jeet Bains, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Maddie Henson, TACRA
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon Council, ECCO, Jeet Bains, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mark Watson, TACRA, Tory
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‘Addiscombe West Bypass’ proves to be a car crash of a policy
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on the continuing angst caused by traffic levels off the Addiscombe Road The wretched legacy of Mark Watson’s time of power and influence within Croydon Council is still being felt by some of the former … Continue reading
Tories on target to win back control of Town Hall in… 2118
Some of the spin being put on the outcome of the local elections would make Comical Ali blush with shame, as WALTER CRONXITE reports In the week since the local elections, both political parties have been making inflated claims of … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Jeet Bains, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Conservatives, Labour, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Boundary changes seem to cement Town Hall’s political divide
Calling in the Boundary Commissioners may have fixed the political map of Croydon for years to come, as WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, reports Labour’s generally underwhelming result in the Croydon council election last week does not look so bad … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jeet Bains, Maddie Henson, Sarah Jones MP, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, UKIP, Waddon
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Say it ain’t so, Joe: Lee has changed his tune on policing
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Croydon’s Tories seem confused about the home address of one of their local election candidates, while another has previously campaigned for more spending on police and youth facilities, when he was a LibDem parliamentary election candidate. WALTER CRONXITE … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Thornton Heath
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Coulsdon councillor Bains gets bumped in Tory selections
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, reports that in the latest Croydon game of musical chairs, the music hasn’t stopped yet Jeet Bains, the subterraneanly low-profile Conservative councillor for Coulsdon West, looks to be the first casualty of the enforced re-selections … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, James Thompson, Jeet Bains, Luke Clancy, Margaret Mead, Mario Creatura, Purley, Selsdon & Ballards, Sue Winborn, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jeet Bains, Labour, Margaret Mead, Purley, Sue Winborn, Tory
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Housing association applies to bulldoze Coulsdon cottages
Some of the last surviving buildings associated with Cane Hill Hospital, located in a conservation area in Coulsdon, are under threat of demolition – because a developer says that they “are not economically suited for the area”. In this instance, … Continue reading
