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Newman supporters stage takeover of local Labour party
The ‘Starmerisation’ of the Labour Party last week saw supporters of Croydon’s disgraced former council leader rally to his cause. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Friends and supporters of Tony Newman staged a takeover of his local Labour Party last … Continue reading
Posted in Carole Bonner, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Evans, David White, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Jose Joseph, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alison Butler, Carole Bonner, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, New Addington, Paul Scott, Rob Elliott, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Viscount Stansgate
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Newman feels pressure as Fairfield selection referred for review
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how an internal party scandal is about to cause more discomfort for the Croydon council leader As council leader Tony Newman comes under increasing pressure over a range of policy failures, while the Democratically Elected … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Fairfield, Joyce Reid, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Newman stifles report which alleges conspiracy over selection
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on a leaked report over the rumbling row in Croydon Labour over a selection stitch-up that saw Tony Newman’s favoured candidate put forward for last November’s Fairfield council by-election A internal party report, leaked to … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Central, David White, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
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Lloyd’s legacy to Croydon offers a real breath of fresh air
DAVID WHITE on one of Croydon’s greatest, greenest assets For all its faults and challenges, Croydon is a great place to live. One feature which makes it great in my eyes is its parks and green spaces. All 127 of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, David White, Environment, Lloyd Park
Tagged David White, Friends of Lloyd Park, Lloyd Park
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‘I think the council was right to give Brick by Brick a try’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Not everyone thinks that the council-owned house-builder is doing a bad job. Here DAVID WHITE puts the case in favour of Brick by Brick The housing crisis is getting worse because of Tory government policies, not because of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Housing
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, David White, Labour
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Former MP John Moore, the ‘Icarus of Thatcherism’, has died
WALTER CRONXITE charts the career of someone once seen by Margaret Thatcher as her successor as Prime Minister The death has been reported this week of the first MP for Croydon Central, John Moore. Moore, who was Conservative MP for … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, David White
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, John Moore, Tory
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Enough to make you physically sick: Labour official Chukas up
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how the stresses and strains of Brexit are showing themselves in the local Labour Party A Labour Party official who works in Croydon MP Sarah Jones’s office yesterday courted controversy and internal party division … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David White, Jack Buck, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
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Corbyn’s ‘commonsense socialism’ is creating real change
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Labour Party’s annual conference ended in Liverpool with progress being made, writes DAVID WHITE “I am a socialist and one day so will the Labour Party be.” Those were the words of Donald Soper, the Methodist minister, … Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We are now the political mainstream’
CONFERENCE SKETCH: Something has changed in British politics in the past year, and it was palpable at the Labour Party conference. Party veteran DAVID WHITE reports from Brighton Transformed. I think that would be the word to describe the Labour … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, Croydon Central, David White
Tagged Croydon Central, David White, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour
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Momentum makes gains but Newman’s still in Blairite civil war
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest developments within local Labour parties, including in LibDem Tom Brake’s Carshalton and Wallington fiefdom Momentum, the grassroots movement established to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and values within the Labour Party, gained, well… some … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Andy Bagnall, Caragh Skipper, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Jo Milligan, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman
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Labour pains as rival right-wing groups cling to control
WALTER CRONXITE on the north-south divide over candidate selection for next year’s council elections A war of words has broken out between rival right-wingers in Croydon’s Labour Party, as they fight to retain positions, patronage and power following their stunning … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Fisher, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Emily Benn, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Bagnall, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jo Milligan, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
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Bake Off fan Reed wants to have his cake and eat it
It is probably fair to say that Steve Reed OBE, an erstwhile leading light in the Progress party-within-a-party, was not holding his breath waiting for a phone call from the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to offer him another job in … Continue reading
Little Progress in Croydon, as Newman backs another loser
WALTER CRONXITE says there were plenty of Croydon mentions at the Labour conference, but few signs that those in charge of the local party are about the embrace enthusiasm for the leadership any time soon As Croydon’s Labour politicians and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David White, Housing, Jane Avis, Jo Negrini, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Corbyn supporters in Croydon Labour continue to be purged
With a matter of days to go until voting closes in the latest phase of the never-ending Labour leadership contest, and the purge of Corbyn supporters within the Croydon Labour Party continues, with members suspended and told that their votes … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon North, David White, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Dabid White, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman
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No joke: Croydon comedian Steel reads the bans for Labour
Mark Steel, the stand-up comedian and broadcaster from Croydon who was barred from joining the Labour Party because of his support for another political group nearly a decade ago, has called for some Labour MPs to be banned for supporting … Continue reading
Labour officials continue to flout law over White’s suspension
With just three weeks until the polls close in the latest phase of the never-ending purgatory that is the Labour leadership contest, there continues an anxious wait for some party members and supporters in Croydon over when their voting forms … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, David White, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David White, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour
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‘Desperate’ Reed resorts to data-scraping to get desired result
First, he refused to speak to the members about the Labour leadership at his constituency party’s annual meeting. Then, he took part in a visit to central Croydon with Owen Smith, the challenger to Jeremy Corbyn, but didn’t bother to … Continue reading
Chilcot Report findings on Iraq War are damning for Blair
DAVID WHITE on the main findings of the Chilcot Report, published today, into the circumstances which led to the disastrous second Iraq War “I will be with you, whatever”: Tony Blair to George Bush in July 2002, months before the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White
Tagged Bliar, Chilcot Report, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tony Blair
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White calls for apology after ‘grossly unfair’ Labour suspension
David White, the erstwhile secretary of the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party who has had his membership suspended for two months without being informed what offence he is alleged to have committed nor who are his accusers, has written to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David White, Labour, London
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Corbyn supporter White to campaign for ‘natural justice’
David White, the local official who was summarily suspended without a hearing by Labour over his now notorious Ken Livingstone/Zionist/Hitler tweet, has received no information from the party regarding the procedure for any hearing, who has accused him, nor what … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Central, Croydon North, David White, Labour, Steve Reed OBE
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