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Commissioner orders council to answer FoI over libel threats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A year-long struggle with the council has revealed the possibility that Jo Negrini was breaking the law when using the Queen’s solicitors in a failed attempt to have news reports removed from this website The Information Commissioner … Continue reading
Fix! Internal Labour inquiry confirms selection stitch-up
EXCLUSIVE: After the local Labour Party tried to cover-up the scandal of their botched handling of the Fairfield ward by-election last year, the resulting inquiry criticises the ‘questionable integrity and competence of paid party officers’. By STEVEN DOWNES An internal … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Croydon, David White, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Woman assaulted by Labour councillor: I want to reopen case
The woman who was subjected to vicious domestic violence by a sitting Croydon Labour councillor has spoken out publicly for the first time since her ordeal. The violent attack, which took place last September, led to the resignation of Niro … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Fairfield, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Clark, Fairfield, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
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It is time for some difficult conversations, not virtue signalling
KEN TOWL on a tale of two (or is it three? Or four?) online petitions “What, another one?” is my default reaction these days to online petitions. There seem to be more of them than ever, perhaps a symptom of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Fairfield, Ken Towl, Niro Sirisena
Tagged #BLM, Black Lives Matter, Chris Clark, Churchill mural, Ken Towl, Niro Sirisena, Winston Churchill
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Newman fails to gag website over councillor’s resignation
By STEVEN DOWNES Tony Newman, the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, has tried to have news reports removed from this website with a threat of a libel action which has been robustly rejected by Inside Croydon. It … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Inside Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Harbottle and Lewis, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
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Newman switches planning chair before remote meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest behind-the-scenes shenanigans going on at the Town Hall The fix is in. Two days before the Croydon planning committee is due to meet for the foregone conclusion of approving a Brick by Brick … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Homes, Housing, Niro Sirisena, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Toni Letts, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Fairfield Homes, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Paul Scott, Toni Letts, 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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Council leader delayed reporting violent incident to police
Croydon’s council leader Tony Newman has admitted that he failed to report, immediately, allegations of serious violence against a young woman. Instead of going to the police straight away, Newman spent more than 24 hours working on a cover-up of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Clark, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
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Labour councillor spent council funds after he quit Town Hall
Niro Sirisena, the Croydon Labour councillor who resigned at the end of September after “a serious incident” which placed him subject to police investigation, continued to spend public money after he’d quit the council. Before his unexplained disappearing act from … Continue reading
Labour win Fairfield by-election despite 10% vote drop
WALTER CRONXITE crunches the numbers after a council by-election where the biggest losers were the residents of Croydon Jack Buck, the Labour Party paid employee who fixed the Fairfield ward selection so that his friend, Caragh Skipper, could be nominated … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Mario Creatura, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Boris Johnson, Caragh Skipper, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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Fear of confrontations at polling stations after activist incidents
Jo Negrini, the council’s chief executive who also serves as the borough’s chief returning officer in charge of the organisation and conduct of elections in Croydon, has received requests to arrange for additional security at the polling stations for tomorrow’s … Continue reading
Labour election worries: ‘We’re heading for an unholy Buck up’
Jack Buck, the Labour Party employee who last month was at the centre of a candidate selection fix for the Fairfield by-election, has ordered party members in the borough to ignore that scandal and to turn out for canvassing sessions. … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Tory
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‘He’s running scared’: Newman cancels Town Hall meetings
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, reports from the Town Hall, where the council leader is playing hard to get Tony Newman, Labour’s leader on Croydon Council, has cancelled December’s full meeting of the council, using the General Election on December 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon Central, Dawn Butler MP, Fairfield, John Healey MP, Jose Joseph, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Tory
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Creatura reported for fly-tipping during his rubbish campaign
Those who suspected that next week’s Fairfield council by-election might turn out to be… well, a bit rubbish, have been proved right. A pile of dumped Tory leaflets were discovered in the town centre last week, slowly turning to mush … Continue reading
Momentum demand inquiry into Fairfield selection scandal
Nearly a month since their self-proclaimed founder resigned as a councillor following a “serious incident”, Croydon Momentum have finally broken their silence over the scandal and shambles of the Labour Party selection for the Fairfield ward by-election. In their belated … Continue reading
Labour meeting to consider move to boycott Fairfield campaign
The pressure on Tony Newman as leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council continues to mount, as one of Croydon’s three constituency Labour parties will this week consider a motion that “deplores the behaviour of the council leadership” over … Continue reading
Tawdry affair of Fairfield candidate coup and the double agent
EXCLUSIVE: The scandal surrounding Labour’s candidate selection for the Fairfield by-election looks set to worsen after a lengthy mea culpa was issued by the Local Campaign Forum, as WALTER CRONXITE reports The two most senior officials in Croydon Labour’s LCF … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Croydon Central, Dan Frost, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Labour, Mike Higgs, Tony Newman
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Ex-Labour councillor Rendle stands for LibDems in Fairfield
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on one of the more intriguing twists to emerge from the nominations for next month’s council by-election It is often said that the Liberal Democrats in Croydon stage their meetings in a phone box. To … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Green Party, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Niroshan Sirisena, Tony Newman, Tory
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Newman accused of ‘evil stitch-up’ over Fairfield candidate
STEVEN DOWNES reports on allegations of bullying and racism within the Croydon Labour Party after the local leadership fails to nominate a democratically selected candidate for a ward by-election The Labour Party in Croydon is in turmoil today, after council … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman
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Surrey Street stall-holder picked to run in Fairfield by-election
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest blow to the leadership of the local Labour Party Jose Joseph, a stall-holder in Croydon’s historic Surrey Street Market, was selected last night to be the Labour Party’s candidate in the Fairfield ward … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Green Party, Jayde Edwards, Jose Joseph, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman, Tory
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Labour councillor subject to police investigation, says Newman
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest snippet of what passes for public accountability in the mysterious case of the vanishing deputy cabinet member. And how Inside Croydon is setting the council agenda – again The “serious incident” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Humayun Kabir, Jo Negrini, Mario Creatura, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Tory
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Newman loses key vote over Fairfield ward candidate selection
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest attempt by a local political party to fix the outcome of an election process It is not only the local Tory leadership who manage to use party rules and procedures in their efforts … Continue reading
Fireworks for Fairfield: council by-election called for Nov 7
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE hears the starting gun for a five-week campaign which will present a series of unwelcome challenges for Blairite council leader Tony Newman Remember, remember, the seventh of November Gunpowder, treason and plot Or something like that. … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Fairfield, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Surrey Street Market, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Councillors expect answers over Sirisena’s ‘serious incident’
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the growing disgust among the council’s ruling Labour group at the conduct of a former colleague, but also discomfort at the way their leadership handled the councillor’s shock resignation The majority of Croydon’s 40 remaining Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
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