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Category Archives: Tim Pollard
‘We’re doomed!’ Local Tories shut down discussion on Brexit
KEN LEE reports on how the Conservatives have decided to block their usual mass debates As new splits, divisions and dissent over Brexit rent the Conservative Party asunder at Westminster, here in Croydon, local Tories have shut down all discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Brexit, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Tory
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4.88% Council Tax increase gets backing from Croydon Tories
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the opposition group last night supported tax increases in the ‘last Blairite council in London’ The Conservative “opposition” group on Croydon Council last night voted with the majority Labour councillors to see Council … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Health, Helen Redfern, Ian Parker, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Niro Sirisena, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Helen Redfern, Ian Parker, Jason Cummings, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, Niro Sirisena, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Stuart Millson, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Public’s Town Hall questions on Binmageddon get censored
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, sat through nearly four hours of Monday’s Town Hall meeting, so that you didn’t have to… A mere 90 days since the last full meeting of the council, and most of the borough’s councillors … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bernadette Khan, Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Niro Sirisena, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Simon Brew, St Andrew's, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Veolia, Waddon, Wandle Park, Whitgift Centre
Tagged #Binmageddon, #CroydonBinChaos, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Waddon, Westfield
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Council gets more secretive over its councillors’ declarations
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a strange reversal of previous open and transparent Town Hall policy, which is deliberately keeping cabinet members’ interests under cover The Labour group which is running Croydon Council is becoming more secretive by the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Badsha Quadir, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Jason Cummings, Louisa Woodley, Mario Creatura, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Badsha Quadir, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Paul Scott, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tory
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Tories Brew up a nice little earner with £26,000 party subsidy
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the thousands of pounds of public money given by the council to the local Tory and Conservative parties Meet Simon Brew. You may never have heard of him before, but through your Council Tax over … Continue reading
Posted in Pat Clouder, Purley, Simon Brew, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Purley, Purley and Woodcote, Simon Brew, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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MP-backed curry house has avoided massive tax and VAT bills
STEVEN DOWNES reports on how a recently re-elected Tory councillor has been overseeing a restaurant business which has left a trail of debts over the past decade A Croydon Conservative councillor, who runs an “award-winning” restaurant, has meanwhile seen five … Continue reading
Posted in Badsha Quadir, Chris Philp MP, Restaurants, Tim Pollard
Tagged Badsha Quadir, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Purley, Selsdon, Tory
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Tories on target to win back control of Town Hall in… 2118
Some of the spin being put on the outcome of the local elections would make Comical Ali blush with shame, as WALTER CRONXITE reports In the week since the local elections, both political parties have been making inflated claims of … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Jeet Bains, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged Conservatives, Labour, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Pollard: Losing on planning legal appeals is ‘money well spent’
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Our eager Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, spent the evening at a debate in Old Coulsdon, so that you didn’t have to Not content with overseeing the publication of an uncosted local election manifesto that contains at least … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Coulsdon, Tim Pollard, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Coulsdon, Labour, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Pollard’s manifesto makes election a question of honesty
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Four years ago, the Conservatives in Croydon demonstrated their contempt for the electorate by not even bothering with a manifesto. This time round, as political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports, what they have produced is simply not very credible … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Carillion, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Libraries, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Mike Fisher, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Shirley North, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, North Shirley, Paul Scott, Purley, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Speakman quits Tory party and launches attack on ageism
EXCLUSIVE: WALTER CRONXITE on the latest recriminations over party selections for the local elections next month Donald Speakman, a Tory councillor in Purley for the past 16 years, has resigned from the Conservative Party and has started a campaign to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Badsha Quadir, Donald Speakman, Purley, Purley Pool, Simon Brew, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Labour, Mario Creatura, Purley, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Council contempt for public in Orwellian Town Hall meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE watched the latest travesty of a council meeting, so you wouldn’t have to Will they never learn? Monday night saw the Town Hall chamber holding the last full meeting of the council before the local elections … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Queens Gardens, Shirley North, South Norwood, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick Action Group, Conservative, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Tory
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Tory Dick has commitment issues over election and pulls out
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on further last-minute candidate shuffling It is not just Labour who seem to have difficulties with selecting their candidates for the Town Hall elections on May 3. Croydon Tories have discovered commitment issues. In New … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Ace Nnorom, Fieldway, Neville Dick, New Addington, New Addington North, Philip Sheppard, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Neville Dick, New Addington, New Addington North, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Purley debating society gets all political before local elections
Local elections must be coming, because the Purley and Coulsdon Debating Society has gone all political with its topic for April. As the event, on Monday April 16, is being staged in true-blue Coulsdon, it is probably unsurprising that the … Continue reading
Tories accused of breaking their own rules over selections
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on complaints of undemocratic interference in the candidate selection process, and too much influence from the local party leader in those allowed to stand in May’s Town Hall elections At least four of Croydon’s longest serving … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Fairfield, Helen Pollard, Ian Parker, Mike Fisher, Purley, Shirley North, Steve Hollands, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Chris Wright, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Gareth Streeter, Ian Parker, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Khan or Quadir: the parties name their Mayor candidates
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the private deliberations of the political party duopoly at the Town Hall as to who gets to wear the Trumptonesque outfits for the next year The next Mayor of Croydon will be Bernadette Khan. Or it … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Badsha Quadir, Bernadette Khan, Croydon Council, Mike Selva, Purley, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, West Thornton
Tagged Badsha Quadir, Bernadette Khan, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Selva, Purley, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, West Thornton
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Tories back candidate who is banned from talking at Town Hall
Croydon Conservatives either do not realise or are trying to ignore strict Civil Service rules which prohibit one of their councillors from voting or speaking at Town Hall meetings. Coulsdon West councillor Mario Creatura has landed himself the plum job … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon Town, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Uncategorized
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Another selection hic-cup as Tories pick ‘probable alcoholic’
KEN LEE on more problems for Croydon Conservatives over their poor judgement in candidate selections for the local elections Despite their four-month pause before allocating their B List candidates to contest wards in the north of the borough, Croydon’s Conservatives … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Matthew O'Flynn, South Norwood, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Matthew O'Flynn, South Norwood, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Tories scrape together B Listers, but miss out Selhurst
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the latest sign that Croydon’s Tories really don’t much care for the north of the borough Four months on from the botched announcement of their candidates for next May’s local elections, and Croydon’s … Continue reading
New Addington Tories confused about what they stand for
As exclusively revealed by Inside Croydon, the local Tories are putting their ‘B List’ candidates only in less-winnable wards. WALTER CRONXITE reports that it appears that some of those Conservative B-listers don’t seem to understand their own party’s policies When … Continue reading
Speakman speaks truth to the council’s powers-that-be
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on a rare outburst of straight talking among our Town Hall elected representatives “Thank goodness someone finally had the courage to say it,” one very senior Labour councillor confided after Monday night’s full council meeting … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Oliver Lewis, Patsy Cummings, Phil Thomas, Purley, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Labour, Mario Creatura, Patsy Cummings, Tony Newman, Tory
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Vast majority of Croydon Tories (about a dozen) vote Perry
Jason Perry has been elected overwhelmingly to be the new deputy leader of Croydon Conservatives. When we say “elected overwhelmingly”, we mean just by Tory councillors. A maximum of 29 of them. That’s because Sara Bashford has now got a … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, South Croydon, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tory, Vidhi Mohan
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