Tag Archives: Andrew Pelling

Election 2017: Will it be a horse of a different colour?

Posted on June 8, 2017 by

ELECTION COMMENTARY: As Croydon goes to the polls today, American politics professor DR BOB BEATTY takes a brief pause to reflect after a frantic week following the various campaigns As a professor of political science at Washburn University in Topeka, … Continue reading →

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Croydon Airport gets an upgrade to help preserve its history

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

“Getting an upgrade” is the Holy Grail for many airline passengers in the 21st Century, a stroke of good fortune which can transform a long and sometimes uncomfortable flight into an experience to be enjoyed. But now an entire airport … Continue reading →

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Mystery of the vanishing objections to council’s Local Plan

Posted on April 10, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the disappearance of ward councillors’ contribution to a key consultation on Croydon’s strategic planning document It might not be quite up there with the unexplained disappearance of Lord Lucan, but comments submitted by Waddon Labour councillors … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Education, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Krishna Avanti Primary, Paul Scott, Planning, Robert Canning, Schools, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Council hands Hunt final decision over cuts to IVF treatment

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

The Council’s health and social care scrutiny committee has thrown a curve ball to the Tory government over cuts in NHS provision by referring the decision to end the provision of IVF fertility treatment in Croydon to Jeremy Hunt, the … Continue reading →

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Councillor criticises ‘casual racism’ displayed at Brexit debate

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

Within a week of the savage mob attack in Shrublands which left a teenaged asylum seeker fighting for his life and which is being investigated as a hate crime, a Labour councillor has felt it necessary to remind some members … Continue reading →

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Council needs to end its pension investments in fossil fuels

Posted on March 20, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Friends of the Earth member NICOLA BRENNAN suggests a way in which the council can help save the world and save our lives Last year broke records for being the hottest since records began. Our use of fossil … Continue reading →

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‘Optimistic’ MP Philp to debate Britain’s future after Brexit

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

Croydon South Tory MP Chris Philp is to take part in a debate on Britain’s Brexit future. Organised by the Coulsdon and Purley Debating Society, the event is being held on Wednesday, April 5 at the Coulsdon Day Centre. Philp … Continue reading →

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