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Category Archives: Boris Johnson
Boris in record-breaking form when it comes to broken pledges
Suitably in an Olympic year, Boris Johnson has set a world record for breaking an election pledge. Boris has shown more speed than Usain Bolt. On the very first morning of his first working day back in office at City … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, City Hall, Ken Livingstone, London, Mayor, Tory, Usain Bolt
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Election votes all add up to more change across Croydon
ANDREW PELLING, a former Assembly Member, crunches the first set of numbers from Thursday’s London elections and finds some interesting trends for politics in Croydon For a while on Friday, the Conservatives thought that they had lost out at City … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, Liberal Democrat, London, London Assembly
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London AM Steve O’Connell does a runner from Twitter
Just days after he was re-elected with a massively reduced majority as the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, Steve O’Connell, Britain’s most over-paid local councillor, has done a runner from Twitter. Since O’Connell likes to place himself above … Continue reading
Democracy fails as Ken and Boris both lack the X Factor
62% That’s the real figure that the chattering political classes of south London ought to be concerned about this weekend, after a minority of the people of Croydon and Sutton returned Steve O’Connell and Boris Johnson to City Hall. Turn-out … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Boris Johnson, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Liberal Democrat, London, Steve O'Connell, Sutton
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All bets are off, as O’Connell is on cruise control for election
ANDREW PELLING, a former London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, gazes into his crystal ball to see what tomorrow’s Mayoral and GLA elections might have in store The bookmaker Paddy Power is already paying out on a Boris win … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, Liberal Democrat, London Assembly, Sutton
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Croydon questions: Louisa Woodley, Labour
Inside Croydon has put a set of questions, mostly on policy, to all the candidates to become Sutton and Croydon’s GLA member. Here we have the final candidate’s responses on the record, publishing their responses in full, unedited, and without … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Health, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Tramlink, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Greater London Authority, Labour, Liberal Democrat, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton, Thornton Heath
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“Scandalous” waste of millions on roadwork chaos
At a time of austerity, when we are told that the people in charge of Croydon Council are seeking absolute value for our money, making every penny count, it is not unreasonable still to expect public works to be done … Continue reading
Racist article by councillor’s husband is widely condemned
STEVEN DOWNES, the editor of Inside Croydon, reports on a disturbing story that a leading Croydon councillor did not want you to see Community and political leaders in Croydon have today called on London Mayor Boris Johnson and the Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon South, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, George-Hilley, London, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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Folly of a debate sees dour O’Connell bat out his innings
Croydon got its own version of the election hustings this week for its London Assembly candidates. ANDREW PELLING was one of the few who went along to Folly’s End Sixty-five assorted political activists, journalists and council officers rather rattled around … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Activities, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Dudley Mead, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Margaret Mead, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, London, O'Connell, Steve O'Connell, Winston McKenzie
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Boris has no answers for campaigning Croydon teenager
Last night’s London Debate on ITV means that the Mayoral candidates – or at least some of them – have now appeared in four televised hustings across various channels. You do wonder whether even the capital’s chattering classes bothered to … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Commuting, Crime, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, ITV, Johnson, London, London Mayor, Mayor
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Croydon questions: Steve O’Connell, Conservatives
Steve O’Connell has been the Conservative Assembly Member for Sutton and Croydon since 2008. The former mortgage salesman is now a full-time politician, according to the Daily Mail “Britain’s best-paid councillor”, collecting £115,000 in 2011 in publicly funded allowances from … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Kenley, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Sutton
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Assembly candidate O’Connell doesn’t care who runs libraries
ANDREW PELLING gets some conflicting answers from candidates at Croydon and Sutton election hustings Steve O’Connell, the Conservatives’ London Assembly candidate, shocked a Croydon election hustings meeting when he told them that he does not care who runs public libraries. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Commuting, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Libraries, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, O'Connell, Steve O'Connell
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South Norwood residents campaign to save police station
Residents at a public meeting have called upon their councillors to speak out against the proposed closure of South Norwood police station. With a London-wide election coming up in which reducing policing levels under Mayor Boris Johnson is a key … Continue reading
Latest leaflet blunder is example of flawed funding system
Oh dear. You know things are not going as well as they might when you get a grudging expression of sympathy on Twitter from Clare Hilley, the Conservative councillor for Waddon ward whose main claim to fame remains vomiting down … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Clare Hilley, Croydon South, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath
Tagged Brian Paddick, Conservative, Ken Livingstone, Labour, London, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell
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Victory for pedestrians as Waddon crossing is saved
Inside Croydon can claim another campaigning victory, with the decision announced this week by Transport for London to retain the pedestrian crossing on the busy Purley Way by Waddon Park Avenue and Alton Road. Proposals to remove the crossing by … Continue reading
Wake up Waddon: this really is a £1bn incinerator
Belated congratulations to Nick Hitchens, of the Croydon Guardian, who managed to get the three Waddon councillors on the record to explain why they broke their election promises to “… oppose any incinerator being built in Croydon or on the … Continue reading
Will Ken promise to block Beddington incinerator scheme?
Eddie Izzard‘s visit to promote Ken Livingstone’s six promises for the capital was accompanied by the buzz that Labour’s candidate for London Mayor will add a special seventh promise especially for Croydon and Sutton: he will block the Beddington Lane … Continue reading
Eddie Izzard adds a laugh to Croydon campaigning
Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader has more than once suggested that there is already a clown in charge at City Hall, but this morning there will be a real comedian at East Croydon station, when Eddie Izzard will be urging south … Continue reading
South Norwood police station under threat of closure
South Norwood police station looks set to be closed, the latest in a series of blows for the fabric of Croydon society. After the axing of Croydon’s art activities, the possible “out-sourcing”asset-stripping of the borough’s libraries and the closure of … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Croydon South, David Musker, Kenley, London-wide issues, Policing, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Croydon, Kenley, London, London Assembly, Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Police Authority, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell
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Hold very tight, please. Ding, ding: All aboard the Boris bus
So, after ordering the new trams that are too long for the Tramlink platforms, now we come to the “new Routemaster” bus with faulty doors… Peter Watts, who writes the excellent London history and culture site The Great Wen, got … Continue reading
