Category Archives: Evening Boris

Pro-pollution Scully to challenge Khan for anti-London Tories

Posted on January 14, 2023 by insidecroydon

The Conservatives in London, under threat of being wiped out as a political force at the next General Election (with the possible exception of Croydon South), are positioning themselves as the pro-car, pro-pollution party in a desperate effort to win … Continue reading →

Posted in 2024 London elections, Evening Boris, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Shared ownership is an unaffordable joke, says Standard

Posted on October 24, 2018 by insidecroydon

Things must be bad when even London estate agents’ weekly booster pages identify how one of the housing market’s on-trend deals is failing to deliver. Today’s Homes and Property advertorial section in the Evening Standard (Editor: Gideon Osborne) lays into … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Evening Boris, Housing, Local media, London Assembly, London-wide issues | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

House prices are falling just as Brick by Brick comes to market

Posted on September 1, 2018 by insidecroydon

A collapse in house prices, even in London and the south-east, could put more pressure on the Town Hall’s creaking finances, thanks to chief exec Jo “We’re Not Stupid” Negrini’s cunning plan of spending public money on building 1,000 homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Evening Boris, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Standard practice: tram extension story goes off the rails

Posted on September 28, 2017 by insidecroydon

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the difference between what is really happening, and what an advertising feature in the rag edited by trainee journalist Gideon Osborne says Transport for London has spent the past 24 hours trying to calmly damp … Continue reading →

Posted in Evening Boris, Merton, Sutton Council, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Steve Reed OBE to become the next editor of Inside Croydon

Posted on April 1, 2017 by insidecroydon

Steve Reed OBE, the former deputy chair of Progress and, since 2012, the MP for Croydon North/Lambeth South [delete to taste] is to be the new editor of Inside Croydon, it has been announced today. The former leader of Lambeth … Continue reading →

Posted in Evening Boris, Local media, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Miserable Croydon ranked near bottom of happiness table

Posted on October 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

It’s official: Croydon is one of the most miserable places to live in London. Well, when we say “official”, we actually mean that the Evening Boris says so. But they did get their source statistics from the Office for National … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Evening Boris, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Croydon’s silly season stats which do not stand up to scrutiny

Posted on September 3, 2016 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The infamous maxim that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth has flourished in Croydon this week. STEVEN DOWNES is just glad the silly season is over Thank goodness it’s September. I wouldn’t usually … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Advertiser, Croydon Council, Evening Boris, Jon Rouse, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tech City, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Council backing for tour launch that calls Croydon a ‘crap town’

Posted on July 8, 2016 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council Tax-payers have spent at least £3 million over the past five years for an official press office which as well as churning out the latest news from the council, also has the responsibility for “moulding” and improving the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cinema, Croydon Council, Environment, Evening Boris, History, Planning, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Bungling Boris loses £900m and jeopardises tram extension

Posted on March 14, 2016 by insidecroydon

Financial and project mismanagement on a multi-million-pound scale under Boris Johnson means that whoever is elected to succeed London’s Tory Mayor in May will not have so much money available for major capital projects, such as the much-promised Tramlink extensions … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 EU referendum, 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Evening Boris, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Zac Goldsmith MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

#WadGate takes to the airwaves with the Metroknobbers

Posted on September 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

The #WadGate bandwagon rolls on, with the Daily Boris audaciously claiming “to reveal today” the story which Inside Croydon published last Saturday, five whole days ago  – and all based on a Tory party press release, no less. But hey, … Continue reading →

Posted in Evening Boris, Inside Croydon, Local media, MetroKnobbers, Nathan Elvery | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments