Category Archives: Emily Benn

Labour pains as rival right-wing groups cling to control

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE on the north-south divide over candidate selection for next year’s council elections A war of words has broken out between rival right-wingers in Croydon’s Labour Party, as they fight to retain positions, patronage and power following their stunning … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Fisher, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Emily Benn, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

May’s Chief of Staff was the author of his own election obituary

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE has drilled down into the election numbers (well, Electoral Calculus has), and come up with some worrying figures for Croydon Tories It wasn’t only Gavin Barwell who got his P45 from his Westminster job last week. And while … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Addiscombe West, Andrew Fisher, Ashburton, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Gill Hickson, Jennifer Brathwaite, Kathleen Garner, Michael Swadling, Paul Scully MP, Samuel Kasumu, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Tom Brake MP, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Barwell campaign is quick to take to the battleground streets

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on Labour’s slow, and candidate-less, start to campaigning in what is supposed to be a marginal constituency, as polls show the Tories likely to win in four key wards Croydon Conservatives have got off to such a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, New Addington, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A series of unfortunate events: our best read articles in 2016

Posted on December 30, 2016 by

Croydon is poorly served by many of its local politicians. A quick review of the most-read stories on Inside Croydon in 2016 shows that our loyal reader has been an avid consumer of some of their least attractive behaviour 10, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Sandilands derailment, Steve Reed MP, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Labour’s Young takes West Thornton by-election with ease

Posted on May 6, 2016 by

Labour claimed the first Croydon election victory of the day, when it was announced that their candidate in the West Thornton council ward by-election, Callton Young, had won with nearly two-thirds of the vote. The local Tories failed to amass … Continue reading →

Posted in Callton Young, Emily Benn, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

McKenzie’s back on the ballot with the right-wing splitters

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

It looks like Winston McKenzie may get to stand in an election on May 5 after all. But the “Chump from the Dump”, who was ruled out of being a candidate for the London Mayoralty because he couldn’t manage to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 London elections, Callton Young, Croydon North, Emily Benn, Nathan Elvery, West Thornton, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Race relations campaigner Young wins Labour selection

Posted on March 31, 2016 by

Callton Young has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the West Thornton council by-election, expected to be held on May 5 alongside the London elections. Young, a retired senior civil servant and recipient of the OBE, won on the second … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 London elections, Bernadette Khan, Callton Young, Emily Benn, Stuart King, Tony Newman, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment