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Category Archives: Ken Livingstone
Who is paying for Boris’s election stunt in Croydon?
3.45PM UPDATE: scroll down for an update, and check out the comments, too. It is a sign that May’s London Mayoral election is to be a tough battle when a visit to Croydon expected tomorrow from incumbent mayor Boris Johnson … Continue reading
Paddick has more answers on policing, Clegg claims
Brian Paddick‘s police experience sets him apart from London Mayor candidates Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone was Nick Clegg’s message on his visit to Croydon on Friday, ANDREW PELLING writes It is a sad commentary on wider, deep-held perceptions of … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Brian Paddick, Croydon, Croydon Central, House of Reeves, Liberal Democrat, London, London Mayor, Nick Clegg, reeves corner, Tom Brake MP
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It’s scrum time for Ken, Boris… and for Brian Paddick
STEVEN GAUGE is a former Croydon council LibDem candidate who helped run Nick Clegg‘s election campaign in 2010. Now he is working on the 2012 London Assembly elections, in between getting in a ruck with what was once Surrey’s second-worst … Continue reading
Croydon misses out on Boris’s £32m Outer London awards
Of the 80 bids made for the London Mayor’s Outer London Fund’s current round, dishing out £50 million, there was not a single application for cash from Croydon Council. As they are fond of saying at the National Lottery, you’ve … Continue reading
Croydon 8/8: Local Tamils say “We have been doubly let down”
The local Tamil community, many of whom managed or owned the shops and businesses along London Road that were wrecked by the rioting on Monday night, has issued this statement: The Croydon Tamil community feels doubly let down by the … Continue reading
Election 2012: the battle for London’s middle ground
Barely has the dust settled on Londoners’ last rush to the polling stations (alright, we might be over-stating matters ever so slightly), but work is already underway in the two main party machines, and by LibDems where they have some … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues
Tagged Conservatives, Ken Livingstone, Liberal Democrats, London, Middle class, The Guardian, Tory
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Boris belatedly boards the Croydon Tram bandwagon
Spotted on a Croydon Tram last week was the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, accompanied by a beaming Croydon councillor (and London Assembly member) Steve “the £118,000 allowances man” O’Connell.
Boris to run for Mayor is good news for Croydon
Boris Johnson finally announced in unequivocal terms on LBC radio this morning that he will, after all, be seeking the Conservative party nomination to stand for a second term as London Mayor. Now whether Boris ultimately wins the election or … Continue reading
Ken Livingstone: “Fight the cuts, line by line by line”
Dave Hill spent a prolonged period in a darkened room last night with Tory blogger Iain Dale. Hill’s regular London column for the Guardian‘s website today doesn’t record whether he needed a thorough disinfecting afterwards. What it does state quite … Continue reading
Croydon Labour’s convenient three-way split in leadership race
In case you had not noticed, the Labour party has effectively been leaderless since around May 10, although Harriet Harperson, from the nearby Dulwich constituency, has done a sterling job in ridiculing “Call Me Dave” at Prime Minister’s Questions for … Continue reading
Ken’s back: Livingstone is enjoying new Standards
Mayor Boris and his spin doctor Guto Hari must have been frantic yesterday afternoon, when the City Hall porter brought through the day’s Evening Standard containing an extensive and mostly favourable interview with Ken Livingstone, conducted by the newspaper’s well-connected … Continue reading
Boris confirms he’ll run for London Mayor again in 2012
The least well-kept secret in London politics was outed today, when Boris Johnson finally confirmed that he would run for re-election as London Mayor in 2012.
Budget could hit Croydon council and shops hardest
Local schools, pools and libraries are all under threat of the swingeing cuts ordered by “Call Me Dave” Cameron’s new government, with the council’s controversial £450 million redevelopment scheme of central Croydon among the spending plans also up for discussion … Continue reading
