Tag Archives: Ashburton

Croydon under threat from plague of poisonous caterpillars

Posted on May 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon must have offended the Almighty. A famine across the borough cannot be far away next, because after the floods of February, residents of Croydon now have to deal with the threat of a pestilence of Biblical proportions. Tony Brooks, … Continue reading →

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Telegraph poll suggests UKIP poised to win Town Hall seats

Posted on April 21, 2014 by insidecroydon

The results of a national opinion poll, published yesterday, suggest strongly that UKIP might yet manage to get at least one councillor elected to Croydon Council on May 22, which could hand them the balance of power for the next … Continue reading →

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Time to close Croydon Council’s Private Members’ Club

Posted on April 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

Reduce the number of councillors in Croydon Town Hall and save at least £1m over four years, Inside Croydon suggested this week. DAVID ASTON, candidate in Ashburton for UKIP, here says it is wrong for part-time  councillors to be paid … Continue reading →

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Tory ward chairman quits to stand for UKIP in Ashburton

Posted on March 27, 2014 by insidecroydon

Robert King, who until last month was the chairman of a Conservative ward association and who stood for the Tories as their candidate at the last local elections in Croydon, will be a candidate for UKIP in Ashburton at the … Continue reading →

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Selection rows see King abdicate from Addiscombe Tories

Posted on March 3, 2014 by insidecroydon

A senior Conservative Party official in MP Gavin Barwell’s Croydon Central parliamentary constituency has given up his influential position, as a row  over the Tories’ candidate selections for May’s local elections begins to grow. Robert King stood as a Tory … Continue reading →

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Tories dump ‘Nightmayor’ Arram in Ashburton ward selection

Posted on March 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

As predicted by Inside Croydon, Croydon Conservatives last night dumped Eddy Arram, a local councillor for more than 30 years, when they selected their candidates to stand in Ashburton ward in the local elections in May. And the Tories are … Continue reading →

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Secrecy surrounds council’s sale of old Ashburton Library

Posted on February 26, 2014 by insidecroydon

A Town Hall meeting tonight will discuss the sale of the old library building in Ashburton Park. But the ultra-secretive Tory administration that controls the council is refusing to reveal to the public the sale price of the publicly owned … Continue reading →

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100 days to go: UKIP names its Town Hall election candidates

Posted on February 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

With 100 days to go until Croydon’s local elections on May 22, UKIP has revealed the names of 17 candidates for wards in Croydon Central and South. UKIP has never had a councillor elected to Croydon Council, but 2014 may … Continue reading →

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Are Tories about to show exit door to “nightmayor” Arram?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon Tories appear to be preparing to dump the 2012 Mayor of Croydon from their candidates for May’s Town Hall elections. Veteran Ashburton councillor Eddy Arram was a uniquely divisive, despised and somewhat ridiculous figure when he donned the pompous … Continue reading →

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Council’s secrets and lies over sale of old Ashburton Library

Posted on August 15, 2013 by insidecroydon

Residents have been outraged yet again at the latest pawn shop move to flog off public property by the wide boys who control Croydon Council, following an advertisement appearing in the local press offering the old Ashburton Library building for … Continue reading →

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Woodside Labour councillor Jewitt fails to win selection

Posted on June 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Labour party’s selection process for candidates to stand at next year’s Town Hall elections claimed its first casualty on Wednesday night, when Karen Jewitt, councillor for Woodside ward, failed to be selected. Jewitt has been a Croydon councillor … Continue reading →

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Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: John Cartwright

Posted on May 3, 2013 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon puts great store in “doing the right thing”, and our local hero (cue Knopfler guitar music) for the past week is therefore John Cartwright. A relatively new member of the Croydon Conservative party, Cartwright did the right thing … Continue reading →

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Tory calls for de-selection of “contemptible” councillor Arram

Posted on April 28, 2013 by insidecroydon

Local Conservatives’ new recruit John Cartwright has called for the de-selection of Croydon Mayor Eddy Arram ahead of next year’s council elections, alleging that the Ashburton councillor bullied a member of the public at last Monday’s Town Hall meeting. Arram’s … Continue reading →

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Barwell assistant Eddy Arram to be Croydon Mayor in 2012

Posted on December 14, 2011 by insidecroydon

Eddy Arram, councillor for Ashburton and a “caseworker” for Gavin Barwell MP, is to be the Mayor of Croydon in 2012, according to sources in the Town Hall. Arram, a long-serving member of Croydon’s ruling Conservative group but not one … Continue reading →

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