Category Archives: David White

Newman feels pressure as Fairfield selection referred for review

Posted on March 15, 2020 by

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 →

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Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Newman stifles report which alleges conspiracy over selection

Posted on January 25, 2020 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Lloyd’s legacy to Croydon offers a real breath of fresh air

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

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 →

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‘I think the council was right to give Brick by Brick a try’

Posted on June 10, 2019 by

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 , , , | 11 Comments

Former MP John Moore, the ‘Icarus of Thatcherism’, has died

Posted on May 24, 2019 by

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 →

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Enough to make you physically sick: Labour official Chukas up

Posted on October 22, 2018 by

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 →

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Corbyn’s ‘commonsense socialism’ is creating real change

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

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 →

Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Education, Housing, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We are now the political mainstream’

Posted on September 27, 2017 by

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 , , , | 6 Comments

Momentum makes gains but Newman’s still in Blairite civil war

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

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 →

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Labour pains as rival right-wing groups cling to control

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Tory candidate Barwell is caught breaking rules for a fifth time

Posted on May 14, 2017 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a serial offender Gavin Barwell is breaking the rules on use of parliamentary resources for electioneering. Again. Less than two years since the Tory career politician received a formal warning for abusing his state-funded … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, David White, Gavin Barwell | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Corbyn tells Croydon: We’re coming for you, Barwell

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

STEVEN DOWNES reports as the General Election campaign starts on a high street in south London It was just a couple of hours after the House of Commons vote which enabled the Tories to ignore their own Fixed Term Parliament … Continue reading →

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Nimby housing minister Barwell pimps Britain at MIPIM

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Gavin Barwell, the government’s Nimby housing minister, has outraged elected local councillors in Croydon and across the country with remarks he has made at MIPIM, the “booze and hookers fest” which doubles as the world’s largest gathering of property speculators … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Housing, Planning, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Bake Off fan Reed wants to have his cake and eat it

Posted on October 7, 2016 by

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 →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Catriona Ogilvy, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David White, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Little Progress in Croydon, as Newman backs another loser

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

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 →

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Corbyn supporters in Croydon Labour continue to be purged

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

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 →

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No joke: Croydon comedian Steel reads the bans for Labour

Posted on September 10, 2016 by

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 →

Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David White, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Labour officials continue to flout law over White’s suspension

Posted on August 31, 2016 by

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 , , , , | 15 Comments

‘Desperate’ Reed resorts to data-scraping to get desired result

Posted on July 29, 2016 by

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 →

Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

White has no case to answer after 10-week suspension

Posted on July 14, 2016 by

David White, the Secretary of the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party, has had the suspension of his membership lifted – just in time for the party to ban the CLP from holding any meetings for two months ahead of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Chilcot Report findings on Iraq War are damning for Blair

Posted on July 6, 2016 by

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 →

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White calls for apology after ‘grossly unfair’ Labour suspension

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

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 →

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Corbyn supporter White to campaign for ‘natural justice’

Posted on May 29, 2016 by

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 , , , , | 2 Comments