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Category Archives: Boris Johnson
A&Es fail to assist police with enquiries on knife crime
John Goulston, the chief executive of Mayday, could find himself summoned by Mayor of London Boris Johnson to explain why Croydon’s biggest hospital has not been helping the police with their enquiries, in a capital-wide scheme intended to help to … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Crime, Croydon CCG, Knife crime, London Assembly, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Purley Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Conservative, Croydon, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayday Hospital, Mayor, Purley Hospital, St Helier Hospital, Tory
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‘Fourways junction’: TfL’s latest botch for Purley Way traffic
Transport for London wants to re-configure the Fiveways junction on the A23 Purley Way, turning it into “Fourways” by diverting Denning Avenue away from one of the worst traffic choke points in south London. How this will reduce the number … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon South, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London, Mayor, Purley Way, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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Suspicious Viridor put up smokescreen at incinerator site
They are building an industrial-scale incinerator on a site close by what was officially designated Metropolitan Open Land, a status which implies some sort of public access. And over the next 25 years, they expect to be paid £1 billion … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Shasha Khan, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, Shasha Khan, Sian Berry, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Greens and Boris back schemes for clean energy in schools
A school in Upper Norwood is being prevented from generating more green energy and supplementing its education budgets with cheap electricity because of changes in Government policy. Data suggests that better use of existing renewable energy technology across all of … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Environment, Jenny Jones, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Schools, St Joseph's College
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Friends of the Earth, Green Party, Jenny Jones, Mayor, St Joseph's College, Tory
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City Hall keeps National Sports Centre on amber for months
The future of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace, which was subject to an expensively drafted con-consultation run by CSM Strategic, a company of which the Lord of the Olympic Rings himself, Sebastian Coe, is the executive chairman, remains … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London, London Assembly, Lord Coe, Mayor, Member of parliament, National Sports Centre, Sebastian Coe, Tory
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Dis-Connected Croydon prepares to fritter away another £1.6m
Dis-Connected Croydon, that multi-million-pound scheme which has already left a trail of uneven paving, narrowed or closed cycle lanes and park benches conveniently placed near to open-all-hours off licences around the borough, is about to find more ways of spending … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Mayor of London, People for Portland Road, Planning, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, Stanley People's Initiative
Tagged Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Dis-Connected Croydon, Labour, South Norwood, Tory
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Assembly’s O’Connell failed to comment on Purley Way report
The man once labelled as “Britain’s most over-paid local councillor” has come under fire for failing to serve his constituents in Croydon and Sutton and not managing to register any comments in a public consultation held by Transport for London. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Joy Prince, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London Assembly, Purley Way, Richard Ottaway, Steve O'Connell, Sutton, Tory, Waddon
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Could do better: council chief gets low marks and no Marx
Tony Newman has got his bucket and spade ready for a weekend break at the seaside. As WALTER CRONXITE delivers his mid-term report on Croydon’s Labour council, he’s not expecting the Town Hall leader to bring him back a stick … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, CVA, Fairness Commission, Fly tipping, Housing, Mark Watson, Mayor of London, Nathan Elvery, New Addington South, Paul Scott, Phil Thomas, Policing, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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Norbury fire engine facing axe as Boris plans more cuts
Further Tory cuts to public services could see the lives of Londoners, including Croydon residents, put at risk with the capital served by 13 fewer fire engines, if a proposal from London Mayor Boris Johnson is passed at a City … Continue reading
£85m Boris Flyover scheme might yet be overtaken by events
Transport for London’s plans for more and wider roads around the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way may be delayed so long that the £85 million Boris Flyover to the Croydon Flyover might yet fail to be built, with any final … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2016 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Environment, Joy Prince, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Joy Prince, Labour, London Assembly, Robert Canning, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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TfL’s Dingwall tram loop wastes millions on ‘gold-plated’ pipes
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Transport for London has announced that it will steam ahead with its costly Dingwall Road tram loop, on the basis of a consultation which offered no real alternative and got just a couple of hundred positive responses. JOHN … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Caroline Pidgeon, East Croydon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, New Addington South, Planning, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, TfL, Tramlink, Trams, Transport for London, UKIP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Councillors finally oppose Waddon flyover ‘monstrosity’
WALTER CRONXITE has trawled through the council’s audio recording of a Town Hall meeting which was never webcast, and discovered a breath of fresh air over Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s £85 million proposal to build a flyover to the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Health, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Kathy Bee, Labour, Mayor, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Council has no proper benefit analysis on £148,000 cycle race
Transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, crunches some numbers and finds that Croydon Council forked out £148,000 for one night’s cycle racing in the town centre and has absolutely no idea whether they got value for money Here’s a combination of words … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Athletics, Boris Johnson, Boxpark, Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Guardian, Croydon Harriers, Cycling, Cycling, Environment, Jo Negrini, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sport, Tony Newman, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Londoners left to count the cost of part-time Tory Mayor
The announcement over the weekend that London’s fleet of Boris Buses are to have windows retro-fitted to their upper decks, because the air-conditioning in the £350,000-a-time Roastmasters has never worked, offers as good a reason as any for our Transport … Continue reading
Khan-do attitude sees off challenge from Blairite baroness
Sadiq Khan, the south London MP who had financial backing for his campaign from a Croydon property developer, has been selected to be Labour’s candidate to run for London Mayor next year. The announcement, made at the Festival Hall at … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, John Wentworth, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sutton Council, Tessa Jowell, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator
Tagged Anwar Ansari, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Dame Tessa Jowell, Labour, Member of parliament, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Tory, Zac Goldsmith MP
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Cyclists appeal after council abandons trial road closure
Disconnected Croydon, the borough that runs consultations without trying too hard to tell its residents, is soon to develop a reputation for abandoning trials midway through, before they have run their course. The bollards in the centre of the road … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norbury, Planning, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Labour, Mayor, Norbury, Norbury Avenue, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Give south London under-11s free travel, says Shawcross
Primary school children in London should be allowed to use public transport for free during the summer holidays, according to a London Assembly Member who has called for those living “south of the river” to be allowed to have free … Continue reading
Palace users call on Coe to honour his legacy promises
Within a day of Sebastian Coe winning election to one of the most powerful positions in world sport, users of the under-threat facilities at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre have issued a challenge to the double Olympic gold medal-winner to … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Boris Johnson, Community associations, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Park, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sport
Tagged Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, Crystal Palace Park, IAAF, Lord Coe, Sebastian Coe
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If you want change, then now’s the time to vote for change
First, the declaration of interest. I have known Christian Wolmar since 1986, when we both experienced what it was like to work for Robber Maxwell. But when I suggest that all of Croydon (perhaps with the exception of serving Tory … Continue reading
Hustings where a Dame turned into a pantomime villain
Inside Croydon’s Editor, STEVEN DOWNES, managed his own bit of entryism to report from the far-left corner of last night’s Labour hustings at Ruskin House There was an end-of-term feeling about it all. And with the headmistress missing, there was … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Croydon Central, Cycling, Housing, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sarah Jones MP, Tessa Jowell, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Dame Tessa Jowell, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London, Mayor, Tory, Westfield
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