Category Archives: Selsdon & Ballards

Parking the tow trucks is another sign that cuts don’t work

Posted on November 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE on another cut in council services which seems to offer irresponsible drivers free rein to park their cars wherever they like What follows is a sentence that has never before appeared on Inside Croydon: We agree with Phil … Continue reading →

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Could do better: council chief gets low marks and no Marx

Posted on November 12, 2015 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Symphony of Soulful Voices, Selsdon Baptist Church, Dec 5

Posted on October 30, 2015 by insidecroydon
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11,000 Croydon residents to lose the vote under Tory scheme

Posted on October 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

First they take away your tax credits. Next they take away people’s votes. WALTER CRONXITE reports on a piece of election manipulation which is being introduced by stealth In a little over one month’s time, more than 11,000 Croydon residents … Continue reading →

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Jobs for the old boys as Barwell post goes to Hammersmith

Posted on October 26, 2015 by insidecroydon

Croydon Central’s Conservative MP Gavin Barwell has appointed a former “hobby bobby”, John Hammersmith, as his new parliamentary assistant at the House of Commons. Hammersmith attended Whitgift School. Until very recently, Barwell sat on the board of governors of the … Continue reading →

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100 jobs will be lost with two-year Fairfield Halls closure

Posted on October 21, 2015 by insidecroydon

The battle for Croydon’s cultural future took a twist at the Town Hall last night, with local Tories arguing against job cuts and wanting to spend more public money on the borough’s flagship arts facility, as STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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Tory councillor aids roads lobbyist expelled from UKIP

Posted on September 1, 2015 by insidecroydon

JEREMY CLACKSON, Inside Croydon’s Motoring Correspondent, has uncovered evidence that one of the borough’s most senior Tory councillors has been busily assisting a roads lobbyist to undermine efforts to make the borough’s streets safer for all When the Labour group … Continue reading →

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High Court judge rejects legal challenge to landlord licensing

Posted on August 13, 2015 by insidecroydon

The legal challenge against Croydon Council’s landlord licensing scheme, a flagship manifesto policy which helped get Labour elected last year, has been rejected by a High Court judge, a decision greeted by one senior council figure as, “A great day … Continue reading →

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Un-Appy ‘Arry gets all wound-up in court action over debt

Posted on July 24, 2015 by insidecroydon

Red-faces all-round in Fisher’s Folly, the council’s over-expensive offices, after the company which was set up to provide a smart phone app to help keep rubbish off the borough’s streets has been dragged through the courts after just 18 months … Continue reading →

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Costs mount on council’s rubbish MyCroydon app

Posted on July 8, 2015 by insidecroydon

A tech worker who carried out work on the MyCroydon app has told Inside Croydon that the company which was given the contract by the council, “is not really an ‘app developer’ or ‘software developer’. All it has done is … Continue reading →

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Town Hall withdraws all councillors from Fairfield Halls board

Posted on May 29, 2015 by insidecroydon

Wonders will never cease. For the first time in its 50-plus-year history, the Fairfield Halls management board has no members imposed upon it by Croydon Council. The decision was announced by the Labour-run council last week, in among its various … Continue reading →

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Barwell clings on to turn the tide for the Tories in Croydon

Posted on May 13, 2015 by insidecroydon

To borrow a phrase from that giant among Croydon residents, Ronnie Corbett: “And finally…”. WALTER CRONXITE, our man in the public gallery with a Yorkie bar and a copy of Computer Weekly, offers his analysis of the local state of … Continue reading →

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Croydon Tory official justifies racist tweet by using ‘N’ word

Posted on May 6, 2015 by insidecroydon

Croydon Conservatives have failed to apologise for, or take disciplinary action over, the racist tweets of Anne Piles, a member of their executive committee and prominent supporter of parliamentary candidates Gavin Barwell, Chris Philp and Vidhi Mohan. And without any … Continue reading →

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Tory supporter’s racist tweet Piles on Barwell’s campaign pain

Posted on April 19, 2015 by insidecroydon

With each passing day, it becomes ever more clear that Croydon’s Tories will accept the support of anyone, regardless of their attitudes towards employment law, or their blatant racism. On Thursday, Inside Croydon reported how Gavin Barwell, the erstwhile MP … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Selsdon & Ballards, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

South Norwood councillor Lawlor picked as deputy mayor

Posted on April 18, 2015 by insidecroydon

Councillor Wayne Lawlor has been selected to be Croydon’s next deputy mayor. A Labour councillor for South Norwood ward, Lawlor, aged 38, succeeds Patricia Hay-Justice, who after one year as deputy will step up to be Croydon Mayor for 2015 … Continue reading →

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Tory councillors warned over failure to pay party levy

Posted on February 3, 2015 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Tory group on the council is feeling the financial pressure, and some elected councillors have been issued with warnings by local Conservative officials after failing to make payments from their council allowances into the campaign fund being used to … Continue reading →

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96 days to go and councillors’ self-interest is showing

Posted on January 31, 2015 by insidecroydon

Have you had someone with a rosette knock at your door yet? You will, says WALTER CRONXITE, you will. Though how the tax-payers of Croydon will benefit from one of the longest election campaigns in history is questionable Fed up … Continue reading →

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Council meeting goes through the motions as a costly joke

Posted on January 27, 2015 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our man watching the webcast with a Yorkie bar and  a cup of strong black coffee, calls for another reform of Croydon Council: scrap meetings of the full council. They’re a complete waste of time and public money, … Continue reading →

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Terry & June, the sequel: His and Her MBEs

Posted on December 31, 2014 by insidecroydon

As it’s the pantomime season, Inside Croydon is proud to present a special Croydon-themed show, not featuring Gareth Gates and unlikely to be performed at the Fairfield Halls any time soon, but starring Croydon’s First Couple, Dudley and Margaret Mead … Continue reading →

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Barwell’s aide attacks Labour for implementing Tory policies

Posted on December 16, 2014 by insidecroydon

Those members of Croydon Conservatives who have privately expressed concerns about their party’s new leadership at the Town Hall had their doubts firmly underlined this morning when Sara Bashford made the political error of publishing her innermost thoughts about the … Continue reading →

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Own goals galore scored on Croydon’s school playing fields

Posted on December 4, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE recounts the unedifying clusterfuck that has engulfed the Labour-run council over its development plans. Which they say that they don’t have Croydon’s Conservative councillors are predicting that Simon Hall’s days as a member of Labour’s front-bench team are … Continue reading →

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Newman goes missing at the making of piece of black history

Posted on October 8, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our man in the Town Hall chamber with a Yorkie bar and half-finished crossword from that day’s Metro sticking out of his jacket pocket, reports on Monday’s council meeting, where all promises of doing civic business in a … Continue reading →

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Calls for auditor to investigate old Ashburton Library sale

Posted on October 7, 2014 by insidecroydon

There are calls for the deal to sell the council-owned old Ashburton Library at a “discount” of more than £400,000 to be referred to the district auditor for investigation, after the aborted sale was the subject of further acrimonious exchanges … Continue reading →

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UKIP’s McKenzie goes hurtling towards a speed bump

Posted on September 22, 2014 by insidecroydon

AUSTEN COOPER, of the Croydon Cycling Campaign, is familiar with handlebars, and also Twitter handles. And yesterday he noticed something suspicious as some in UKIP decided to attack road safety measures that are proven to save lives Something out of … Continue reading →

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“Book Token” promoted as Pollard completes Tory takeover

Posted on September 21, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Tory councillors yesterday duly anointed Tim Pollard, the “loyal deputy” who did just enough to cause the downfall of Mike Fisher over #WadGate, as their new leader. With no one else from the 30-strong group of Conservative councillors prepared … Continue reading →

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