Category Archives: Woodside

Tories pick Fox for Croydon constituency that doesn’t exist

Local Conservatives bungle the announcement of their ‘token’ parliamentary candidate for a safe Labour seat. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Not for the first time, Croydon Tories and Mayor Jason Perry last night demonstrated that they really don’t know what … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Simon Fox, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Labour’s NEC imposes selection shortlist on Croydon East

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest twist in local Labour’s long-running psycho-drama The Labour Party underscored its anti-democratic approach to candidate selection last night when its national ruling body imposed its own shortlist for the new constituency of Croydon … Continue reading

Posted in Carole Bonner, Croydon East, Simon Hall, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Artisan Craft Market, Addiscombe Allotments, Nov 18

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Dirty tricks or treats: Labour selection’s Halloween horror films

Whoever gets picked as Labour’s candidate for the new Croydon East parliamentary seat is effectively being installed to a job-for-life sinecure. And with such high stakes, some have already bent the rules and resorted to underhand tactics, reports our Political … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tory Mayor Perry admits to another broken election promise

No more ‘rewards for failure’ was the Tory promise before last year’s local elections. Now the council’s executive Mayor has conceded that he cannot act against Newman, Negrini or others accused of bankrupting the borough. By our Town Hall reporter, … Continue reading

Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Mayor Perry has 48 hours to save Love Lane’s playground

Croydon’s first elected Mayor, Tory Jason Perry, is showing himself to be just as useless and unreliable as Labour’s discredited Tony Newman, one of his predecessors in the role as council leader. The failures of both third-rate politicians could now … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Gardening, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Royal Mail struggling to deliver 3rd class service in Croydon

The cost of a first-class stamp may have recently been increased to £1.25 – or £1.95 for a “large” letter – but the service delivered by the Royal Mail for households across much of Croydon has deteriorated to the point … Continue reading

Posted in Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Business, Fairfield, New Addington, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Stormzy’s football club parts with 2 managers after 5 games

Even Ken Bates or “Deadly” Doug Ellis, old-school football club owners notorious for sacking their managers with alacrity, never got rid of two at the same time. But that’s what international grime star Stormzy did this week, less than three … Continue reading

Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Football, Paul Smith, Sport, Tony Newman, Wilfried Zaha | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Good Lord? Starmer’s gofer Evans is lined up for a peerage

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, delves through some silly season speculation to discover that one of Alison Butler’s exes could soon be heading for the red benches David Evans, the former Croydon business owner who was an aide to Tony … Continue reading

Posted in Alison Butler, David Evans, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Suspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has transformed a piece of Woodside ward wasteground … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Hacker hacked? Labour councillor gets banned from Twitter

Social media platform takes action against Clive Fraser, one of the numptiest of Newman’s Numpties. By Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Croydon’s laziest councillor, Clive Fraser, has had his Twitter account suspended. But as is his custom, “Lazy” Fraser has … Continue reading

Posted in Addiscombe West, Clive Fraser, South Norwood, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Cost of failure: report says Negrini’s lined up new pay-off

Might Jo Negrini – “Negreedy” as she was less-than-fondly known by colleagues when she was chief executive at Croydon Council – be heading for a second overly generous pay-off in just three years? Next month will see the anniversary of … Continue reading

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Dewey pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children

Serious questions over safeguarding raised as Labour Party election candidate now faces sentencing The Labour Party’s former borough organiser for Croydon has admitted serious charges of possessing indecent images of children. Tom Dewey appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates Court yesterday, where … Continue reading

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‘Grand National’-sized field in the running for Croydon East

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the short memories and absence of shame among Newman’s numpties seeking selection for ‘higher’ office Boris Johnson is not the only politician with no shame. One of the numptiest of Newman’s numpties, Manju Shahul-Hameed, continues … Continue reading

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Amy Foster, Chrishni Reshekaron, Croydon Central, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Manju Shahul Hameed, Olga Fitzroy, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Sherwan Chowdhury, Stella Nabukeera, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Love Lane Green International Picnic, Woodside, Jun 11

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Tories club together to agree special service award for Ali

The Mayor of Croydon was elected a year ago on a promise to bring to account those responsible for bankrupting the borough. Tomorrow night he will attend a Town Hall ceremony where one of Newman’s Numpties will be handed an … Continue reading

Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Section 114 notice, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Perry admits he can’t take action against council’s bankrupters

Croydon’s part-time Mayor has always known that the actions of councillors and senior council staff ‘can decimate an authority… without any fear of recrimination’. But he’s been very reluctant to admit his impotency to the borough’s residents. By STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading

Posted in Croydon Council, Guy van Dichele, Hazel Simmonds, Improvement Board, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Mayor Jason Perry, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony McArdle, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Council yet to start legal action on Negrini’s £437,000 pay-off

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Perry is taking his time over his public claim to be pursuing the former council CEO for a refund of her golden handshake. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Almost two months after Jason Perry, Croydon’s elected Mayor, … Continue reading

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Simon Hall, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Jewitt sacked while Newman Numpties scramble back to power

CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Lazy’ Clive Fraser and Sean Fitzsimons, long-time loyal supporters of the Labour leadership which crashed the council’s finances, did not have to wait too long before being handed jobs under new(ish) leader Stuart King. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Christopher Herman, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Karen Jewitt, Leila Ben-Hassel, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Patsy Cummings, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Revealed: Croydon’s laziest and costliest local councillors

Across the country, outside London, people have been going to the polls in local elections today, often voting for the same tribe just as they always do, or voting on national issues over which the councillors they are voting for … Continue reading

Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Helen Redfern, Jason Cummings, Margaret Bird, Mike Bonello, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scully MP, Richard Chatterjee, Rowenna Davis, Scott Roche, Sherwan Chowdhury, Shirley North, Shirley South, Simon Fox, Stuart Collins, Sue Bennett, Waddon, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Council bureaucrat gives red light to Love Lane Green’s future

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A children’s play area, reclaimed from wasteland by volunteers over the last eight years, has had its important status erased with the stroke of a pen by a senior council official. EMMA HOPE-FITCH and the other Friends of … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Property, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Locals petition Perry over neglect of South Norwood reserve

The dereliction and decline of another of Croydon’s cherished public open spaces has prompted residents to petition Jason Perry, the Mayor of Croydon, to re-open the visitor centre in South Norwood Country Park. More than one thousand people have already … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Schools, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Labour attack ads score yet another embarrassing own goal

‘Smear campaign’ which started with ad backed by Croydon North’s MP has managed to draw even more attention to how his mates bankrupted the borough. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Labour’s controversial attack ads, which started with a racist dog … Continue reading

Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, David Evans, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

94% want Met Police to investigate Labour’s Newman and Hall

CROYDON IN CRISIS: An online poll conducted for this website shows an overwhelming number of the borough’s residents think that the former council leadership should face police action for an offence that carries a maximum life sentence. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER … Continue reading

Posted in Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Jewitt says there was no wrong-doing – by her charity’s boss

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Many senior figures in the local Labour Party continue to try to deny that there was anything wrong with the way the former leaders behaved in the lead-up to the borough’s bankruptcy, as a speech at the … Continue reading

Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, CVA, Karen Jewitt, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments