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Category Archives: Croydon North
MP Reed claims those who left borough broke ‘have now gone’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, checks the ‘facts’ where other local news outlets dare not look Steve Reed OBE, the MP who was Labour’s front bench spokesperson on local government at the time that the council for the area he is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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‘Turnip’ Steve Reed becomes the target for farmers’ tax protest
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on a new unwitting subject for a sharp parliamentary pen The last time a national newspaper dismissed a public figure as a “turnip”, Graham Taylor’s days as England football manager were numbered. Yesterday, it was Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon North, Croydon South, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon South, Farmers' protest, Inheritance Tax, John Crace, National Farmers' Union, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Guardian
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McSweeney’s new No10 job puts ‘Croydon Clique’ in charge
The sacking, or ‘resignation’ of Sue Gray, in the latest Downing Street coup was entirely predictable if you had already read a new book about Labour’s election victory, writes STEVEN DOWNES Anyone who has read Taken As Red, Anushka Asthana’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Alison Butler, Anushka Asthana, Brick by Brick, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Downing Street, Imogen Walker, Keir Starmer, Labour, Lambeth council, Morgan McSweeney, No10, No10 Downing Street, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sue Gray, Tony Newman
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People power! Reed’s ‘sinister’ complaint is dropped by police
EXCLUSIVE: Zionist-supporting Labour front-bencher claimed he feared for his life when a small group of grannies and mums staged a protest calling for an end of the killing in Gaza. By STEVEN DOWNES Two pensioners from Croydon who were called … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, David White, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon North, David White, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Israel, London, Marian Carty, Metropolitan Police, Palestine, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Zionist
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Finally Labour members will have a say in Croydon East saga
Columnist ANDREW FISHER looks forward to a rare moment of internal democracy in Croydon Labour this Saturday, as ordinary members in one scandal-hit CLP finally get the chance to choose their parliamentary candidate Being a Labour Party member in Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon West, Joel Bodmer, Johnson Situ, Labour, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy, Sarah Jones, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Actor Ainslie is Greens’ pick for Streatham and Croydon North
The Green Party has named Scott Ainslie as their parliamentary candidate for the new seat of Streatham and Croydon North. Ainslie is a former MEP (remember them?) and has been a councillor in Lambeth since 2014 for St Leonard’s ward, … Continue reading
Labour suspends Jewish councillor for voting for peace
Our Lambeth correspondent, KEN INGTON, on the latest scandal that threatens to cause ructions at Brixton Town Hall Labour has again outraged its own members for a purge of four councillors in Lambeth who refused to vote against calls for … Continue reading
Pensioners reported to police for protest on MP’s street
More than two months after a peaceful protest on the road where shadow cabinet member Steve Reed lives, two retired trades union activists have been called in for questioning Someone who lives on the same Upper Norwood street where Labour … Continue reading
‘Appalling’ and ‘a disgrace’: Crick’s verdict on Labour selection
The Labour Party’s parliamentary candidate selection process as conducted in Croydon East has been “appalling” and “a disgrace”. That’s according to veteran political journalist Michael Crick, the person behind the @TomorrowsMPs Twitter account that has been keeping a close track … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon North, Inside Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 General Election, BBC Newsnight, Channel 4 News, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon North, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Michael Crick, Podcast, Spotify, Steve Reed OBE, Under The Flyover
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Politics teacher Boutall is Tories’ ‘Lambeth South’ candidate
The Tories have picked Anthony Boutall, an assistant head at an Orpington grammar school, as their General Election candidate in the re-jigged constituency of Streatham and Croydon North. In his 20s, Boutall served as a councillor but in Bedford, not … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Anthony Boutall, Claire Bonham, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Anthony Boutall, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Bailing out the water companies is poor policy – and unpopular
Surveys have found that 69% of the public want the nation’s water companies taken back into public control. So why is it not the policy of Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, asks ANDREW FISHER “In advance of every significant privatisation,” wrote … Continue reading
Calls for Ruskin House to cancel ‘tasteless’ Keir-aoke event
Trades unionists in Croydon are calling on the management of Ruskin House – the HQ of trades unionism in the borough as well as the offices of the Morning Star newspaper – to cancel a planned campaign fundraiser due to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Gaza, Keir Starmer, Keir-aoke, Labour, Martin Angus, Morning Star, Palestine, Ruskin House, Steve Reed OBE
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Tories pick Fox for Croydon constituency that doesn’t exist
Local Conservatives bungle the announcement of their ‘token’ parliamentary candidate for a safe Labour seat. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Not for the first time, Croydon Tories and Mayor Jason Perry last night demonstrated that they really don’t know what … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Simon Fox, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West, Mayor Jason Perry, Simon Fox, South Norwood, Tory, Waddon
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Police pledge to arrest protestors gathered outside MPs’ homes
In a confidential Metropolitan Police letter, a senior officer lays out plans to arrest anyone who protests outside their MP’s home and also make it more difficult for constituents to lobby at their elected representatives’ offices. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Ade Adelekan, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan, Gaza, Israel, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Palestine, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Labour MP Reed receives written appeal from mosque leaders
It’s a simple enough question. “Members would be keen to understand why you feel that the killing of 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children, can be justified as part of Israel’s self-defence.”
Posted in Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Central, Croydon Federation of Mosques, Croydon North, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anwar Ansari, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Federation of Mosques, Croydon North, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Labour, Muslim, Palestine, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tory, West Bank
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Demo threat sees Labour fund-raiser for MP Reed ‘postponed’
EXCLUSIVE: Major fund-raising event has been cancelled over fears of protest against shadow cabinet member by local Muslims angered by Starmer’s failure to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. By STEVEN DOWNES The Croydon Labour Party has cancelled a gala … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon North, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Gaza, Israel, Labour, Palestine, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, UNICEF
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Green King wants to be the toast of new Croydon West seat
Marley King has been named by the Green Party as their parliamentary candidate for Croydon West. King has in the past worked for the NHS as a social prescriber and she is also trained as a mental health first aider. … Continue reading
Labour pledge goes walkabout as Reed drops right-to-roam
After the latest U-turn and Orwellian excuses, ANDREW FISHER suggests that when out canvassing, Labour activists need to encourage the public to vote for them quickly, before the policies change With bigger issues going on at Westminster and around the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon North, Environment, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Andrew Fisher, BASC, Croydon, Croydon North, Keir Starmer, Labour, Right to Roam, Steve Reed OBE
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Only one Croydon MP attended mosques’ emergency meetings
The day after 100,000 marched through the capital protesting against the ethnic cleansing conducted in Gaza, the borough’s Muslim communities staged public meetings to raise their concerns over the situation in the Middle East and rising levels of Islamophobia in … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, London-wide issues, Policing, Purley, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Federation of Mosques, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gaza, Genocide, Hamas, Israel, Labour, London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Palestine, Purley Mosque, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, terrorism, Thornton Heath Mosque, Tory
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Starmer’s Labour conference left lots of unanswered questions
A party preparing for government probably wants its annual conference to be dull. But as ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, discovered among the freebie tickets and the oil industry and hunting lobbyists in Liverpool at the Labour Party conference this week, … Continue reading
Bonham gets chance of Croydon North re-match against Reed
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest candidate to be confirmed for the upcoming parliamentary election The only Liberal Democrat to be elected as a councillor in Croydon for 20 years has been selected as her party’s candidate at … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Claire Bonham, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham, Streatham and Croydon North
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Bodger’s back! Reed’s chum being lined up for Croydon East
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest anti-democratic and secretive stitch-up going on behind-the-scenes in the local Labour Party “Welcome to Croydon East” says the less-than-charming email to members to announce the creation of a Constituency Labour Party, in … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon West and South Norwood, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Norbury, Tony Newman
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Starmer reshuffle sees Croydon MP Reed shunted to DEFRA
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on how today’s Labour front bench job creation scheme might be taken as proof that turds do somehow manage to rise to the surface… Steve Reed OBE, the right-wing MP who shunted another Labour MP out … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Environment, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Keir Starmer, Labour, Lambeth South, London Borough of Croydon, LTNs, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Norbury, Tooting, Tory, ULEZ, Uxbridge
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Tories U-turn as they look at re-opening borough’s rat runs
Long-standing road closures which have often provided welcome traffic calming measures for decades could be under threat in the latest move by an increasingly desperate Prime Minister, reports JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, is refusing to … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Steve Reed MP, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Rat runs, Rishi Sunak, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Waddon
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