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Tag Archives: Boris Johnson
‘Red v Blue’ at Town Hall elections could suffer a Green-wash
Polling day in Croydon’s local elections, including its second mayoral vote, is on May 7. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through recent opinion polls and by-election results, but has a warning from history of how ‘challenger parties’ can be swept … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jeet Bains, London-wide issues, New Addington North, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley North, Shirley South, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Hannah Spencer, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Zack Polanski
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After 25 years of achievements, TfL plans need more vision
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As Inside Croydon revealed earlier this week, the tram network’s ageing rolling stock won’t be replaced until the 2030s. But as CHRISTIAN WOLMAR, pictured left, explains, TfL’s draft business plan actually reflects the transport authority’s achievements over the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, London, London Assembly, London Tramlink, London Trams, Mayor, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, New Addington, Sir Sadiq Khan, Transport for London, West Croydon, Wimbledon
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TfL report confirms decade delay over Croydon’s new trams
South London’s transport network has slipped even further down the pecking order of the capital’s travel priorities, with no new line extensions mentioned in a five-year plan published today. EXCLUSIVE by JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent It will be the 2030s … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Sadiq Khan, Seb Dance, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Beckenham Junction, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Tramlink, London Trams, Mayor, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Mitcham, New Addington, Seb Dance, Sir Sadiq Khan, Transport for London, West Croydon, Wimbledon
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Reform threaten legal action over their cancelled Croydon party
‘It’s an outrage!’ frothed Farage’s deputy leader on KGBNews last night, after the £350 top-ticket event on a Purley Way industrial estate was called off. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports Far-right political party Reform UK’s Christmas fund-raiser at the Grand … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Community associations, Purley Way
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Stand Up to Racism, Grand Sapphire, Grand Sapphire Hotel, Lee Anderson, London, Nigel Farage, Purley Way, Reform UK, Richard Tice MP, Suleman Raza, Sutton, UKIP
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Muslim millionaire in row for hosting Reform’s Christmas party
EXCLUSIVE: A £350 a head fund-raising dinner for Nigel Farage’s ‘racist cronies’ at the Grand Sapphire Hotel on an industrial estate off the Purley Way next week has caused outrage. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports A massive row has broken … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Church and religions, Community associations, Purley Way
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Stand Up to Racism, Grand Sapphire, Grand Sapphire Hotel, Lee Anderson, London, Nigel Farage, Purley Way, Reform UK, Richard Tice MP, Suleman Raza, Sutton, UKIP
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Reed’s housing plan is just the same as Thatcher’s and Blair’s
The Streatham and Croydon North MP’s cunning plan is ‘using the state balance sheet to crack open the opportunity for private profit’ The housing minister, Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed, spent much of Sunday promoting himself, autographing MAGA-style … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged baby, Boris Johnson, Build, Cane Hill, Clement Attlee, Crawley, Croydon, Housing, Housing crisis, Inside Housing, Labour, London, London Docklands Development Corporation, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Keynes, New Towns, Peter Apps, Post-war building boom, Steve Reed OBE, Stevenage, Streatham and Croydon North, Thamesmead, Tony Blair
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Kenley finally to get zebra crossing over busy Godstone Road
After more than a decade of (undoubtedly underwhelming) lobbying by local Tory councillors, Transport for London, under London Mayor Sadiq Khan, is to carry out some significant works on the A22 Godstone Road to provide a safe place for pedestrians … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, TfL, Transport
Tagged A22, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Godstone Road, Godstone Road crossing, Kenley, London, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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‘It has to be’: Westfield scheme needs millions of public money
UNDER THE FLYOVER: In our latest podcast interview, housing specialist Fiona Fletcher-Smith, now the volunteer chair of the Whitgift Foundation’s governors, discusses the housing crisis, the closure of Old Palace School, what’s happening with the long-promised ‘kiosks’ in the Allders … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Charity, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Housing, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, North End Quarter, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan, Under The Flyover, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Court of Governors, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, GLA, Hammersfield, London, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Roisha Hughes, Under The Flyover, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Labour’s task looks tough amid finance and membership woes
As Britain’s long-established political duopoly fractures, ANDREW FISHER looks at what that could mean for Croydon at its next local elections in 2026 For the past 100 years two parties have dominated British politics: the Conservatives and Labour. Since the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Brockwell Park, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, Tory, Waddon, Wes Streeting
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MP Philp called out for being casual about truth and honesty
Croydon’s only Conservative MP, Chris Philp, has waded in to the race row fuelled by far-right extremists including Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon over “grooming gangs”. Ever the opportunist, Philp, the Shadow Home Secretary, used the BBC’s Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon South
Tagged Boris Johnson, Child Sex Abuse, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, Oldham, Reform UK, Rochdale, Rotherham, Tory
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#Binmageddon! Count Binface wants to be Mayor of Croydon!
INTERGALACTIC EXCLUSIVE: Count Binface, fresh from challenging Rishi Sunak at the General Election and winning 24,000 votes in May’s London Mayor vote, has announced on our interview podcast Under The Flyover that he now wants to run for office as … Continue reading
Before you next vote, you must read this from The New Yorker
By STEVEN DOWNES If you live in an old country, it can be easy to succumb to a narrative of decline. The state withers. The charlatans take over. You give up on progress, to some extent, and simply pray that … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Inside Croydon
Tagged Alice Munro, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber, JD Salinger, John Updike, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Philip Roth, Rishi Sunak, Roald Dahl, Sam Knight, Stephen King, The New Yorker, Tory, Truman Capote
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Corbyn London candidacy wouldn’t stop Mayor Khan, says poll
According to polling by a Conservative Party donor, the Tory candidate for London Mayor is Susan Who? Then again, some voters think the City Hall chief is George Clooney… By our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE Jeremy Corbyn could stand as … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Crime, Ken Livingstone, Knife crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Susan Hall
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, George Clooney, Jeremy Corbyn, Jose Mourinho, Ken Livingstone, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Lord Ashcroft, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, Tory
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Met’s community police officers down by two-thirds since 2015
While the Home Office ramps up the demands on the police service in the capital and maintains its pretence that there are “more police officers in England and Wales than ever before”, official figures show that there are 64% fewer … Continue reading
Westfield boss says Croydon scheme could take 15 more years
‘Sustainable’ plans for redeveloping the town centre could see as many as 30,000 new flats built, according to one council figure, but a scheme that was originally due to be completed in 2017 now might only be finished more than … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Sean Fitzsimons, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Scott Parsons, Sean Fitzsimons, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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‘This is a once-in-a-generation chance. We have to get it right’
A public meeting tomorrow at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre aims to outline the plans for a £200m refurbishment – and work is already underway. By STEVEN DOWNES Early arrivers for a presentation tomorrow about the future of the Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, Sport
Tagged Ben Woods, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Bromley Council, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Seb Coe
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