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The state of politics is a tragedy. It’s important that you vote
Have you been underwhelmed by the Croydon local election campaigns so far? ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, certainly has How are the campaigns going in Croydon? “What campaigns?” you might ask. Walking around my local neighbourhood (a knot of 20 roads … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Ben Flook, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Pusey, Rowenna Davis
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tory
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Green wins at local elections not a ‘shock’, says Underwood
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, in his monthly podcast, sits down with the Green Party’s mayoral candidate for the latest in our series of in-depth interviews with the candidates at next month’s Town Hall elections One of the candidates for Croydon Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Peter Underwood
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, local elections, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, The Andrew Fisher Interview
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The Mayor’s record in office has worse delivery than Royal Mail
With Tory Jason Perry’s election pledges dropping on residents’ doormats this week and Labour candidate Rowenna Davis publishing her manifesto, the claims and promises of the two front-runners for Croydon Mayor are examined here by ANDREW FISHER While incumbent Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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LibDem candidate Howard would axe chief exec role at council
EXCLUSIVE: In our latest Andrew Fisher Interview with candidates to become Croydon Mayor in the local elections on May 7, Richard Howard says that he would work on a cross-party basis at the Town Hall, would look at ways of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Executive Mayor of Croydon, Mayor of Croydon, Patreon, Rowenna Davis, S114, S114 notice, The Andrew Fisher Interview
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Perry has stabilised council finances in state of perpetual crisis
TV and radio politics pundit ANDREW FISHER, right, sat through three hours of false claims and spin at the Town Hall last night, as Croydon’s £87,000 per year lame duck Mayor still says he has done a decent job “I … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, SEND
Tagged 2026 council budget, 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Budget, Capitalisation direction, Commissioners, Conservative, Council budget, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, EFS, Exceptional financial support, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Tory
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Davis’s Valentine’s message: I’ll mend Croydon’s broken heart
EXCLUSIVE: Labour candidate issues public apology for ‘some things that my party has done in the past’ in crashing Croydon Council’s finances Rowenna Davis has revealed how she has been talking to a consortium of around 12 potential investors and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Alison Butler, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Executive Mayor of Croydon, Mayor of Croydon, Patreon, Paul Scott, Rowenna Davis, S114, S114 notice, Simon Hall, Spotify, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Tony Newman
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Reform backs policy that could see children killed on our roads
What is Nigel Farage’s political company of grifters proposing for Croydon? To remove current 20mph speed limits on our streets. Columnist ANDREW FISHER, right, lays out the science and the facts in the face of far-right rhetoric I’ve lived in … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Transport
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, 20mph, 20mph zones, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Reform, Donald Trump, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory
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In one-hour interview, pandering PM Starmer offers no answers
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, begins the New Year doing a spot of TV reviewing, and reveals how four of Croydon’s mayoral candidates will be invited to take part in his podcast interviews To start 2026, we were treated to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher
Tagged Andrew Fisher, BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, Laura Kuenssberg, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sir Keir Starmer, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Tory
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That was the year that was – and 2026’s prospects look bleak
ANDREW FISHER, in his final iC column of 2025, considers the past year in Croydon, and how that might affect next May’s Town Hall elections. PLUS: How Your Party’s grassroots are being denied money and data to be able to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Tory, Your Party, Zack Polanski, Zarah Sultana
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12,500 Croydon children lifted out of poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap. But what about homelessness?
ANDREW FISHER pores over the fine detail in the Budget, including more income tax, lower energy bills and frozen rail fares, and highlights some of the important areas that were not addressed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves Just over a year … Continue reading
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Streeting’s ‘manoeuvres’ do nothing to reduce NHS waiting lists
While the NHS in Croydon is slipping back on one of its key performance measures, the health secretary has been busy positioning himself for a possible new job. ANDREW FISHER on the conflicted priorities of the Labour government At the … Continue reading
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website helped to launch a campaign for fair funding … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Tory, Waddon
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How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, by Paul Holden, has already been a deeply impactful book which has claimed the scalp of Downing Street’s director of strategy and, quite plausibly, No10’s director of communications, … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, Patreon, Paul Holden, Spotify, Steve Reed OBE, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy
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We have been betrayed by broken promises, deceit and scandal
EXCLUSIVE: One of the first journalists to be given access to the book which has been sending shockwaves along Downing Street and making headlines on Fleet Street, Inside Croydon columnist ANDREW FISHER reviews The Fraud Lots of books are written … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Inside Croydon, Paul Scott, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Fisher, Brick by Brick, Brixton Town Hall, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Downing Street, Jo Negrini, Keir Starmer, Labour, Lambeth council, Morgan McSweeney, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, No10, No10 Downing Street, Paul Holden, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Tony Newman
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iC subscribers get 20% off book that’s rocked Downing Street
Inside Croydon’s paying subscribers qualify for a massive 20% discount on a new book which has sent shockwaves through Downing Street and Westminster. The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy has already seen at least … Continue reading
MP Reed caps off his high-profile week with a flood of protest
CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Bringing Croydon’s trains back into public ownership and putting more emphasis on apprenticeships are among some of the announcements made by Labour figures in Liverpool, where ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, was checking out the queues for Steve Reed’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, Croydon College, East Croydon, Education, Heidi Alexander, London-wide issues, LSBU campus, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Transport
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Build Baby Build, Croydon, Croydon College, Donald Trump, Heidi Alexander, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Liverpool, London, London Borough of Croydon, LSBU Croydon Campus, MAGA, Mayor of London, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Morgan McSweeney, New Addington, President Donald Trump, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed OBE
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Labour’s scandals and dramas reflected in Croydon politics
The 2025 Labour Party Conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday. Here, our columnist, ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, the party’s former director of policy, assesses the state of Labour little more than a year into Keir Starmer’s government. And he takes … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Natasha Irons, New Addington, New Addington North, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Waddon, Zack Polanski
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, Bridget Phillipson, Conservative, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dead candidate, Fairfield, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Party Conference, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Lucy Powell, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, New Addington, Reform UK, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory, Your Party, Zack Polanski, Zarah Sultana
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How we’ve managed to make a bad, sad situation much worse
There’s a new level of toxicity around the intertwined issues of race, immigration and asylum seekers, and in this latest Andrew Fisher Interview, our columnist talks to Dr Maya Goodfellow, the academic and writer, about how far-right rhetoric has been … Continue reading
Our Corbyn podcast exclusive is followed up by the nationals
Inside Croydon’s latest exclusive podcast, Andrew Fisher’s interview with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been followed-up widely on social media and by the national press. More than 125,000 people have interacted with our online posting in less than 48 … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Brexit, Croydon, David Evans, Islington North, Jack Blackburn, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, National Executive Committee, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The Times, Your Party, Zara Sultana
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Exclusive: Corbyn talks on Your Party, Labour and David Evans
In our latest premium content podcast, Andrew Fisher interviews Jeremy Corbyn MP, who talks about the formation of the new Your Party and how it might contest local elections in 2026. The former Labour leader also talks about the ‘control … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Brexit, Croydon, David Evans, Diane Abbott, Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John McDonnell MP, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, National Executive Committee, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Your Party, Zara Sultana
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After the riots, survey finds we are not an ‘island of strangers’
Have we really lost our sense of community? Or are we all just people separated by our mobile devices? Our columnist ANDREW FISHER, right, looks at some interesting data from a piece of academic research PLUS: Jeremy Corbyn stands up … Continue reading
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Tagged allotments, Andrew Fisher, Angela Rayner, Citizens UK, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, immigration, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, More in Common, Rachel Reeves, Reform UK, Southport, Streatham and Croydon North, This Place Matters, Tory, UCL, University College London
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You can take Steve Reed to water, but you can’t make him think
ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, in his latest column for Inside Croydon, looks at the case for ending the ‘legalised larceny’ that is water privatisation, as the environment secretary sinks deeper into the mire The review commissioned by Steve Reed, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel 4 News, Clive Lewis MP, Croydon, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Feargal Sharkey, Great British Railways, Heidi Alexander, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Nationalisation, Private Eye, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, Water nationalisation
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London is a success. That’s why the right really hates our city
Earlier this month, in a corruscating piece of writing, Ian Dunt, author and columnist for The i Paper, tried to explain the phenomenon of right-wing politicians – including Croydon South MP Chris Philp – and commentators who have taken to … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Ian Dunt, immigration, Podcast, racism, Reform UK, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The i Paper, Tory, Under The Flyover
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Vote for these benefit cuts and you deserve to lose your seat
More than 22,000 people in Croydon claim PIP or the health element of Universal Credit. So why aren’t Croydon’s MPs opposing the government cuts? ANDREW FISHER, right, looks at the storm gathering at Westminster for the Prime Minister Politics is … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Blackadder, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Keir Starmer, Natasha Irons MP, Personal Independence Payments, PIP, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Universal Credit
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Austerity has been a ‘false economy’ says economics professor
In our latest Andrew Fisher Interview, our columnist discusses Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review with Jo Michell, Professor of Economics at the University of the West of England in Bristol Given the news around Croydon Council over the past few … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, austerity, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, Government Spending Review, Jo Michell, Labour, Labour Government, Podcast, Professor Jo Michell, Rachel Reeves, Spending Review, Spotify, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, University of the West of England
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