Category Archives: David Evans
Minister Reed received hacked files from Labour candidate
While Steve Reed undertakes a witch-hunt against Green election candidates, his own party has selected someone who admitted distributing 77MB of illegally hacked data – including passing the stolen material to Reed himself. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES One of the … Continue reading
Four face cybercrime charges over Croydon selection scandal
A former councillor close to Tony Newman and Simon Hall and a friend of cabinet minister Steve Reed are among those due in court next month following a lengthy police investigation. By STEVEN DOWNES Joel “Bodger” Bodmer and former Fieldway … Continue reading
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
The Fraud: Croydon East selection fix case handed to CPS
LABOUR SCANDAL: Senior figures in the local party face an anxious wait to discover whether they will be charged over attempts to fiddle the 2023 parliamentary members’ ballot. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor The Daily Torygraph is reporting this morning … 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
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
Labour Party ends suspension of ex-council leader Newman
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After more than four years, the two men who presided over what at the time was the biggest financial collapse in the history of local authorities in England have been allowed back into their political party. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Comedy satire brings Croydon Labour vote fraud to the stage
You’ve seen Inside Croydon: The Movie (and if you haven’t, why not?). Now comes a comedy satire on stage, which the playwrights say they have based on Inside Croydon’s reporting, which was “incredibly insightful” and “a source of comedic and … Continue reading
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
Lord Evans of Penge completes clique’s stranglehold of Labour
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE gives his crystal ball a polish after one of his easier predictions came to pass Friday’s announcement of another raft of political peerages was the latest move to consolidate a takeover of the Labour Party by … Continue reading
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
Evans’ farewell speech to Labour calls for them to goose step
So, farewell then, David Evans – soon, no doubt, to be Lord Evans of Penge. The Croydon-based political consultant and fixer in Liverpool yesterday gave a final speech to the Labour Party Conference after four years as their General Secretary. … Continue reading
Labour Party chief’s consultancy business is in deep trouble
EXCLUSIVE: Might the failure of David Evans’s Croydon-based business offer some clues to the effectiveness, or otherwise, of his time running the party machine for Keir Starmer? By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Whatever might be planned by David Evans … Continue reading
Evans above! Labour’s General Secretary to stand down
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the end of an error David Evans, the former key aide to Tony Bliar and one-time Croydon businessman who was installed as party General Secretary after Keir Starmer became Labour leader, is to stand down … Continue reading
Labour vote-fixing whistleblower outs himself at CLP meeting
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: Nearly eight months late, grassroots members finally got to have a democratic say over who their local officials should be – with intriguing revelations at the constituency’s annual meeting. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES “Mr Anonyvoter”, Mark Henson, … Continue reading
Labour figures at centre of police probe now seek your votes
VOTE-RIGGING SCANDAL: 50 days have passed since the Labour Party admitted someone had been tampering with the personal details of around 500 members in Croydon. With the London elections next week, two figures at the centre of a live police … Continue reading
Labour refuses to deny suspensions over Croydon East ‘fix’
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: The interim chair of a new CLP will not be presiding over an important meeting to be held next month, members have been informed, as the party is accused of vote-rigging ‘on an industrial scale’. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Union leaders join calls for Labour to abandon Anonyvoter
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: More allegations of rigged votes in dodgy Labour candidate selections trace the affair straight back to Croydon and the deal done between a ‘Newman Numpty’ councillor and party General Secretary David Evans, reports STEVEN DOWNES Momentum, the … Continue reading
Irons picked by Labour amid Croydon East police investigation
CROYDON EAST SELECTION: After more than six months of scandal and voter fraud, grassroots party members finally got to have their say this morning over who their parliamentary candidate will be. By STEVEN DOWNES Natasha Irons was this morning selected … Continue reading
Scotland Yard’s cyber crime unit investigating Croydon Labour
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: ‘Day of shame’ as Information Commissioner and Met Police confirm investigations into allegations of vote-rigging in Croydon East selection. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Labour is subject to a criminal investigation over allegations of vote-rigging in a … Continue reading
Bodger busted as Labour’s Croydon East selection resumes
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: Controversial figure dropped from contest to be Starmer’s party’s nominee for safe seat. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Joel “Bodger” Bodmer, a political ally of MP Steve Reed, has been eliminated from Labour’s selection for the new Croydon … Continue reading
Croydon East members claim Labour has still not emailed them
SELECTION FRAUD CASE: Readers have contacted this website after they failed to receive official notification from their party. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Labour’s shambolic handling of its parliamentary selection for the new Croydon East seat has taken another downward spiral, … Continue reading
Labour admits serious breach of private data in Croydon East
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Labour Party has admitted that there was an attempt at electoral fraud conducted in its parliamentary selection in Croydon East, involving the compromising of the personal data of more than 500 members. In a message … Continue reading
Mounting complaints of suspected fraud in Labour’s selections
VOTING FRAUD SCANDAL: Two weeks since party officials cancelled a selection meeting at less than 48 hours’ notice, members have been kept in the dark over a promised ‘investigation’. By STEVEN DOWNES Two weeks since Labour announced an emergency suspension … Continue reading
