Category Archives: David Osland

‘Britain’s FBI’ to investigate corruption in Lawrence case

Posted on October 18, 2015 by insidecroydon

Was there perhaps some uncomfortable shuffling in their seat by a senior Croydon Conservative on Friday, when it was announced that the National Crime Agency, described as “Britain’s equivalent of the FBI”, has started an investigation into allegations of corruption … Continue reading →

Posted in Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, David Osland | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Tory | Leave a comment

Newman goes missing at the making of piece of black history

Posted on October 8, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our man in the Town Hall chamber with a Yorkie bar and half-finished crossword from that day’s Metro sticking out of his jacket pocket, reports on Monday’s council meeting, where all promises of doing civic business in a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Osland, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell, Hamida Ali, John Wentworth, Lynne Hale, Mike Fisher, Pat Ryan, Planning, Taberner House, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory, Whitgift Foundation | 2 Comments

Labour councillors demand free vote over Osland honour

Posted on October 6, 2014 by insidecroydon

Tony Newman, the Labour leader of Croydon Council, could face some angry party colleagues in the Town Hall chamber tonight if they are forced to vote through a borough honour for former councillor David Osland. Osland, a Tory councillor for … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon Council, David Osland, Knife crime, Tony Newman | Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, David Osland, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, Stephen Lawrence, Tony Newman, Tory | 4 Comments

Croydon Council to honour former police commander who was criticised over Stephen Lawrence racist murder investigation

Posted on October 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

The Labour leadership on Croydon Council “should be ashamed”, according to a leading black activist, over their decision to award one of the borough’s highest civic honours to a former senior Metropolitan Police officer who was heavily criticised over his conduct … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Coulsdon West, Crime, Croydon Council, David Osland, Eddy Arram, Graham Bass, Janet Marshall, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Shirley North, Tony Newman | Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, McPherson Report, Metropolitan Police, Police, Stephen Lawrence, Tony Newman, Tory | 1 Comment

“Book Token” promoted as Pollard completes Tory takeover

Posted on September 21, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Tory councillors yesterday duly anointed Tim Pollard, the “loyal deputy” who did just enough to cause the downfall of Mike Fisher over #WadGate, as their new leader. With no one else from the 30-strong group of Conservative councillors prepared … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David Osland, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Libraries, Mike Fisher, Richard Ottaway MP, Sara Bashford, Tim Pollard | Tagged Conservative, Mike Fisher, Sanderstead, Sara Bashford, Selsdon and Ballards, Tim Pollard, Tory | 1 Comment

#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 North, 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

New job for former top cop Osland in Croydon Tories’ coup

Posted on September 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

Some within the Croydon Tories are attempting a coup to sack the local Conservative Federation’s chairman and replace him with the controversial retired senior policeman who was criticised in the inquiry into the brutal death of Stephen Lawrence. According to … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Ian Parker, Mario Creatura, Mike Fisher | Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation | 1 Comment

Conservatives snub hustings as sham candidates exposed

Posted on May 16, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: Not content with forgetting about an entire ward in the north of the borough in their own advertisement last week, this week Croydon’s Tories deliberately snubbed the voters of Thornton Heath when not a single one of their … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Thornton Heath | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Thornton Heath, Tory | 4 Comments

Thornton Heath lawyer wants to give major parties a wigging

Posted on May 13, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: It is not just some among the black and minority ethnic Conservatives in Croydon who feel that they have been overlooked by their own party. Thornton Heath lawyer Dwain Coward, previously a Labour supporter, has become so disillusioned … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Coulsdon West, David Osland, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath, Woodside | Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Osland, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Stephen Lawrence, Thornton Heath, Tory, UKIP | Leave a comment

These councillors voted last night to build on a Croydon park: next month they will want you to trust them with your vote

Posted on April 25, 2014 by insidecroydon

When you last had a chance to vote for the local council four years ago, were you asked for your views on the council building on public open space so that the developers could make more than £100million in profit? … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Business, Chris Wright, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, David Osland, Environment, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Lynne Hale, Planning, Property, Richard Chatterjee, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Sue Winborn, Taberner House, Tim Pollard, URV | Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, John Laing, Labour, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Thornton Heath, Tory | 11 Comments

Tories pick ‘Osland of the Yard’ to stand in Thornton Heath

Posted on April 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

The Conservatives have announced that they will be fielding a former senior police officer who headed the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation as a candidate in Thornton Heath ward at next month’s Town Hall elections. Croydon’s Tories are so short on … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Broad Green, Coulsdon West, Crime, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Osland, Fieldway, Gavin Barwell, Norbury, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside | Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, racism, racist, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence, Thornton Heath, Tory, Waddon | 3 Comments

Residents appear helpless to halt the ‘Curse of Coulsdon’

Posted on April 6, 2014 by insidecroydon

Ignored and unheeded, the residents of Coulsdon appear to have few options in their opposition to aspects of the Cane Hill housing development, writes ANDREW PELLING None of the Conservative party’s six Coulsdon councillors attended Friday’s Community Centre meeting, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Cane Hill, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Justin Cromie, Planning, Terry Lenton, URV | Tagged Andrew Pelling, Cane Hill, CCURV, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, Surrey, Tory | 1 Comment

Cromie pays price of conscience as Parker focuses on 2015

Posted on March 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

Rumours of local Tory defections to UKIP – none of which have yet been substantiated – continue to be aired, after a week in which two more Conservative Croydon councillors were unceremoniously de-selected by their party. Justin Cromie and Ian … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Badsha Quadir, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, David Osland, Donald Speakman, Gavin Barwell, Graham Bass, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Justin Cromie, New Addington, Purley, Terry Lenton, Tony Pearson | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Justin Cromie, New Addington, Purley, Tory, Waddon | Leave a comment

Fisher holds fire on Tory selections to force through budget

Posted on February 20, 2014 by insidecroydon

In 14 Thursdays’ time, on May 22, you will be able to vote for up to three people who you want to help run your local services until 2018. Yet the Conservatives who have controlled Croydon Town Hall for the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Greens, David Osland, Eddy Arram, Gavin Barwell, Graham Bass, New Addington, Purley, South Croydon, Tony Pearson | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, London, Mayor, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Phil Thomas, Purley, South Croydon, Tory | 3 Comments

Residents’ association to field candidates in local elections

Posted on December 11, 2013 by insidecroydon

Coulsdon’s version of UDI* looks to be a step closer, with at least one of the area’s large and very active residents’ associations determined to have its members stand in next May’s local council elections. Richard Thurbon, the chairman of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, David Osland, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association | Tagged Cane Hill, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon, London, UK Independence, UKIP | 3 Comments

Police called to sikh temple as controversy dogs councillor

Posted on October 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

For the second time in less than two months, the police had to be called to a disturbance at a meeting involving Jeet Bains, the Conservative councillor for Coulsdon West. On Friday evening, Bains was attending the Croydon gurdwara, on … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Coulsdon West, Crime, David Osland, Jeet Bains, Policing | Tagged Bains, Black History Month, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Guneet Singh, London | 1 Comment

Angry Coulsdon residents want to break away from Croydon

Posted on October 4, 2013 by insidecroydon

Signal of quite how disliked and badly run our council has become, one whole district of the borough is looking at reversing 50 years of local government history and declaring a south London version of UDI. Residents in Coulsdon are … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, David Osland, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association | Tagged Boris Johnson, City Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, London | 5 Comments

Councillor’s unanswered questions over Stephen Lawrence

Posted on June 24, 2013 by insidecroydon

The allegations of a smear campaign conducted against the family of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence by undercover police officers has made front-page headlines and led the national news bulletins on television and radio for the past day. The Guardian report … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Coulsdon West, Crime, Croydon Central, David Osland, Gavin Barwell | Tagged Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, David Cameron, Gavin Barwell, Lawrence, London, Scotland Yard, Stephen Lawrence | Leave a comment

Woodside Labour councillor Jewitt fails to win selection

Posted on June 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Labour party’s selection process for candidates to stand at next year’s Town Hall elections claimed its first casualty on Wednesday night, when Karen Jewitt, councillor for Woodside ward, failed to be selected. Jewitt has been a Croydon councillor … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Coulsdon West, David Osland, Eddy Arram, Graham Bass, Karen Jewitt, Paul Scott, Phil Thomas, Purley, Selsdon & Ballards, Tony Newman, Uncategorized, Woodside | Tagged Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Labour, New Addington, South Norwood, Tory | Leave a comment

Lawrence inquiry officer to chair council’s ethics committee

Posted on May 30, 2013 by insidecroydon

Local community leaders and politicians have reacted with disgust and anger at the news that the council’s ethics committee for the next year is to be chaired by David Osland, the former senior police officer who once advised colleagues in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon West, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, David Osland, Mike Fisher, Patricia Hay-Justice | Tagged Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Advertiser, Croydon Central, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Stephen Lawrence | 1 Comment

Inside Croydon 2012: what our loyal reader’s been reading

Posted on December 31, 2012 by insidecroydon

The following is the Inside Croydon 2012 Hit Parade, and needs to be read in the “voice” of Alan “Fluff” Freeman. For younger readers, think Smashy and Nicey… It’s the top 20 posts published on this site in the past … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Allders, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, David Osland, East Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Football, Gavin Barwell, Health, History, Inside Croydon, Lawrence Okoye, Restaurants, Roy Hodgson, Rugby Union, Sanderstead, Shirley Oaks Hospital, Sport, Tony Pearson, Tramlink, Transport, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre | Tagged Allders, Andrew Pelling, Croydon, England, Gavin Barwell, Hamsey Green, London, Whitgift Centre | Leave a comment

Senior councillor goes west as Tories consider their futures

Posted on December 6, 2012 by insidecroydon

Phil Thomas, one of the “big beasts” of local Croydon politics for the past decade and the architect of the Conservatives’ 2006 Town Hall election win, is moving from the borough and will not be seeking re-election in 2014. “He’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, David Osland, Dudley Mead, Graham Bass, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Parking, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Simon Hoar, Transport, Waddon | Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Selsdon, Tory, United States | 3 Comments

Conflicts highlighted before Tory councillor left committee

Posted on September 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

The continuing claims of Croydon’s leading political figures that they really do avoid any potential conflicts of interest with their outside appointments are starting to ring ever more hollow, after it emerged that one Conservative councillor has left the Town … Continue reading →

Posted in Cane Hill, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, David Osland, Housing, Ian Parker, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, URV, Waddon | Tagged Carter Ruck, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Waddon | 1 Comment

Hammerson gets green light for £50m scheme at Centrale

Posted on May 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s planning committee last night gave approval for Hammerson‘s £50million redevelopment scheme for their Centrale shopping mall in North End. But the approval only came after the councillors on the committee were given firm guidance – in effect a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Centrale, Cinema, Coulsdon West, David Osland, East Croydon, Housing, Jason Perry, Parking, Planning, Property, Restaurants, Ruskin Square, South Croydon, Transport, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged Centrale, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | 2 Comments

Corruption inquiry into Lawrence case could call on Osland

Posted on April 25, 2012 by insidecroydon

That Theresa May, the Home Secretary, is considering a public inquiry into allegations that police corruption undermined the hunt for the killers of Stephen Lawrence may be of interest for Croydon councillor David Osland. Osland, a Conservative councillor for Coulsdon … Continue reading →

Posted in Coulsdon West, Crime, Croydon Central, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, London-wide issues, Policing | Tagged Bernard Hogan-Howe, Death of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, Gavin Barwell, Home Office, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Lawrence, London | Leave a comment

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