Category Archives: Evening Boris

Shared ownership is an unaffordable joke, says Standard

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

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 , , , | 3 Comments

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

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

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

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

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

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

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

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