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Category Archives: Evening Boris
Pro-pollution Scully to challenge Khan for anti-London Tories
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
Shared ownership is an unaffordable joke, says Standard
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
House prices are falling just as Brick by Brick comes to market
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
Standard practice: tram extension story goes off the rails
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 Evening Standard, London, Mayor, Merton Council, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London
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Steve Reed OBE to become the next editor of Inside Croydon
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 Appril Fool's Day, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Miserable Croydon ranked near bottom of happiness table
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 Croydon, Croydon Council, Evening Boris, Evening Standard, London
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Croydon’s silly season stats which do not stand up to scrutiny
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
Council backing for tour launch that calls Croydon a ‘crap town’
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
Bungling Boris loses £900m and jeopardises tram extension
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 BackZacAndCrack, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Tramlink, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Zac Goldsmith MP
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#WadGate takes to the airwaves with the Metroknobbers
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 Conservative, Croydon Council, JASON COBB, Lambeth, MetroKnobbers, Mike Fisher, Tory
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