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Tag Archives: Addiscombe East
Cummings and Lewis start the ‘chicken run’ for safe wards
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the unedifying scramble among some Labour councillors to find a safe ward to stand in at next May’s local elections The chicken run is underway among the borough’s Labour councillors, with at least one current … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Hamida Ali, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Jeet Bains, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mike Bonello, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Raj Rajendran, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Tories welcome back far-right figures as 2022 candidates
Our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the names in the frame to become new Tory councillors next May Jason Perry, the leader of the Conservative opposition at Croydon Council, has handed the local politics equivalent of Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Badsha Quadir, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fieldway, Helen Redfern, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Purley, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Tony Pearson, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, Labour, Mark Johnson, Michael Castle, New Addington, Purley, Tony Pearson, Tory, Waddon
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Croydon Labour spread the word – and a risk of the virus
Croydon’s group of inept Labour councillors is back doing what they do best: being inept. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports As a third wave of covid lets rip (nearly 1,200 new cases of infection in the last seven days in … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Maddie Henson, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart Collins
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Labour, Maddie Henson, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
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Conservatives recruit social media expert for local elections
Our south of the borough reporter, PEARL LEE, on the latest efforts to win political control of the Town Hall Croydon Tories are gearing up for a battle to win back control of Croydon Town Hall – just in time … Continue reading
Questions asked over Town Hall Mayor’s business deal
Controversial online voting system was bought by Labour Party without any competitive tendering An online voting system used by the Labour Party was bought from a Croydon-based business with no proper tendering process, it is alleged. “Anonyvoter” has been subject … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Business, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mayor, Tony Newman
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Going cheap: one Mayoral car, one not-so-careful owner
Cash-strapped Croydon Council has been forced to diversify and go into the duckin’ and divin’ world of the used car trade, just like Arthur Daley. You can imagine the notice in the small ads: “Going cheap: one mayoral limousine, low … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Croydon Council, Felicity Flynn, Maddie Henson, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Sherwan Chowdhury
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Felicity Flynn, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Maddie Henson, New Addington, New Addington North, S114, Section 114, Sherwan Chowdhury, Tory
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Croydon’s planners save historic Addiscombe house – twice
Addiscombe residents are preparing themselves for a renewed battle to save an historic, landmark house in their neighbourhood after the council’s planning department first refused planning permission to the building’s owners to convert the house into flats, and today refused … Continue reading
Council holds so few meetings it has dropped ‘six-month rule’
The pandemic lockdown has had such a marked impact on the business at the Town Hall that councillors have been told it no longer matters if they don’t attend meetings for six months. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports Croydon’s … Continue reading
The Ashburton chainsaw massacre as park’s trees are felled
Croydon Council, which has declared a climate emergency and claims it wants to be a green borough, is chopping down and pollarding trees in one of its parks. In the middle of the bird-nesting season. Members of the Friends of … Continue reading
TfL’s cashflow crisis could make Croydon traffic jams worse
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on finance problems for Transport for London that could have a profound impact on south London Transport for London’s appeal to the government for £3.2billion to allow it to keep operating in the covid-19 crisis … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Joy Prince, London, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mayor, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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Neighbours rally round to help in coronavirus emergency
As supermarkets decide to ration some products in their stores after panic-buying over the weekend, and the first Croydon school announces a partial closure, meanwhile hundreds of good neighbours have been mobilising to help others through the pandemic crisis, as … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Coombe Wood School, Fairfield Halls, Health, Mayday Hospital, Schools, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, New Addington, Norwood Junction, South Norwood
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Thornberry, white vans and taking canvassing on board
Just what are those political party activists, armed with clipboards and little slips of paper, doing when they come knocking at your door at election time? KEN TOWL set off to find out On Saturday at 10am, Emily Thornberry was … Continue reading
BINMAGEDDON!: The six-month saga to get one bin changed
CROYDON COMMENTARY: We appear to have a new version of the ‘how many people does it take to change a light-bulb’ gag here in Croydon… Only this one, inevitably, involves the bins. From the recent experience of KEN TOWL, pictured, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Croydon Council, Environment, Ken Towl, Maddie Henson, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Stuart Collins, Tom Lawrence, Veolia
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Croydon Council, Ken Towl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Maddie Henson, Steve Iles, Stuart Collins, Veolia
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Gesture politics as ex-councillor resigns from Labour Party
Andrew Rendle, who until last May was a Labour councillor in Ashburton ward, has publicly announced that he has quit the Labour Party. To suggest that Rendle is a Blairite might risk serious understatement. His often incoherent ramblings for the … Continue reading
Meeting called over failed Addiscombe one-way scheme
The Addiscombe traffic balls-up is set to be discussed at a public meeting next week. The organisers were unable to confirm whether a proposal to change the name of Lebanon Road to “Alderman Watson Boulevard” will be on the agenda. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Community associations, ECCO, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, HOME, Jeet Bains, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Maddie Henson, TACRA
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon Council, ECCO, Jeet Bains, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mark Watson, TACRA, Tory
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Kabir and Henson to board the mayoral gravy train in 2019
The appointment of Mayor of Croydon may well be a case of ‘Buggin’s Turn’ among back bench councillors, but with the selections made for 2019, at least there’s the prospect of wonderfully well-organised raffles, as Town Hall reporter KEN LEE … Continue reading
‘Addiscombe West Bypass’ proves to be a car crash of a policy
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on the continuing angst caused by traffic levels off the Addiscombe Road The wretched legacy of Mark Watson’s time of power and influence within Croydon Council is still being felt by some of the former … Continue reading
Democratic deficit as 7 in 10 electors didn’t bother to vote
Do the councillors elected earlier this month really have a mandate? Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has seen the turn-out figures, and they don’t make happy reading A look at the ward by ward turnout figures from this month’s local elections, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Fairfield, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Under-pressure Newman ‘declares war’ on Croydon South CLP
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest outbreak of churlishness from a council leader who has under-performed Tony Newman, following Croydon Labour’s performance at the polls on Thursday, chose to begin their new four-year term in charge of the Town Hall by … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Shirley North, Tony Newman
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Gerrymandering suspicions surface on streets of Addiscombe
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: After months of delays, a road in what Labour calls a ‘key marginal’ ward is suddenly to be resurfaced. Some are suggesting the council work is being co-ordinated to favour Labour’s local election candidates. WALTER CRONXITE reports Residents … Continue reading
Say it ain’t so, Joe: Lee has changed his tune on policing
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Croydon’s Tories seem confused about the home address of one of their local election candidates, while another has previously campaigned for more spending on police and youth facilities, when he was a LibDem parliamentary election candidate. WALTER CRONXITE … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Thornton Heath
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Labour party branch rocked as ‘Shoot Trump’ Skipper quits
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on twin resignations from senior positions within the local Labour Party just weeks before key local elections Caragh Skipper, the Croydon Labour candidate in May’s council elections who has caused widespread outrage for her “who’s … Continue reading
Newman’s patronage proves persuasive with ambitious Skipper
Momentum supporters in Croydon are growing concerned that their leadership has ‘gone native’ to support Blairites. WALTER CRONXITE reports It is not only Toby Young who has been trying frantically to rewrite his past through mass deletions of his embarrassing … Continue reading
Skipper gets selected with Henson for Addiscombe East
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the first two councillor de-selections as a Momentum candidate gets picked for next May’s Town Hall elections Labour will field an all-woman slate in Addiscombe East at next May’s local elections, after a ward selection … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, David Wood, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Selhurst, Stephen Mann, Timothy Godfrey, Toni Letts
Tagged Abu Khan, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Momentum, Janet Campbell, Labour, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman
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