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Tag Archives: Boris
Dirty Croydon II: “I’m ashamed of the dirty state of my road”
It is not just the dirty, polluted air around Croydon’s roads, but the dirt under our feet on our streets which is a growing cause for concern. Inside Croydon’s Garbage Gallery last year found all too many examples, all too … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Environment, Waddon
Tagged Boris, Council Tax, Croydon, Fly-tipping, IPad, London, London Borough of Croydon, Tory
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Boris gives the thumbs up to Viridor’s incinerator. Or not
Public accountability? Not if you were expecting any answers… London Assembly Member Fiona Twycross yesterday tabled a couple of questions to London Mayor Boris Johnson about the south London incinerator that is proposed to be built at Beddington Lane with … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Boris, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Fiona Twycross, London, Mayor, Viridor
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‘Calming our streets’: community meeting, Apr 10
South Croydon Community Association is organising a meeting next Wednesday, April 10, for the community to discuss “calming our streets”. The meeting will take place from 7pm at St George’s Church, Barrow Road, Waddon CR0 4EZ. “We are trying to … Continue reading
Boris’s latest lies on police and crime figures laid bare
It is a week now since London Mayor Boris Johnson published his police review which confirmed that Croydon, the capital’s most populated borough, is to have all but one of its police stations closed, and this barely 18 months since … Continue reading
Did we really vote for this man to be Mayor of London?
It is the sort of thing that is often referred to as “car crash telly”. It is not the sort of interview that someone as practised and skilled at evading and avoiding providing answers to uncomfortable questions usually gives. But … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Eddie Mair, Johnson, London, Mayor
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Here’s an election pledge that Boris now dare not break
Boris Johnson, who four years ago scrapped a costed and funded scheme to build a Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace, this morning paid a flying visit to East Croydon station to have his picture taken alongside a tram with “Crystal … Continue reading
Boris in record-breaking form when it comes to broken pledges
Suitably in an Olympic year, Boris Johnson has set a world record for breaking an election pledge. Boris has shown more speed than Usain Bolt. On the very first morning of his first working day back in office at City … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, City Hall, Ken Livingstone, London, Mayor, Tory, Usain Bolt
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Democracy fails as Ken and Boris both lack the X Factor
62% That’s the real figure that the chattering political classes of south London ought to be concerned about this weekend, after a minority of the people of Croydon and Sutton returned Steve O’Connell and Boris Johnson to City Hall. Turn-out … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Boris Johnson, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Liberal Democrat, London, Steve O'Connell, Sutton
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Boris has no answers for campaigning Croydon teenager
Last night’s London Debate on ITV means that the Mayoral candidates – or at least some of them – have now appeared in four televised hustings across various channels. You do wonder whether even the capital’s chattering classes bothered to … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Commuting, Crime, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Boris, Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, ITV, Johnson, London, London Mayor, Mayor
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Hold very tight, please. Ding, ding: All aboard the Boris bus
So, after ordering the new trams that are too long for the Tramlink platforms, now we come to the “new Routemaster” bus with faulty doors… Peter Watts, who writes the excellent London history and culture site The Great Wen, got … Continue reading
Boris fails to convince as he tries a bid for the sporting vote
There must be votes in sport. This morning, we received this press release, written and paid for by Council Tax-payers’ money at City Hall, issued on behalf of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rugby Union, Sara Bashford, Sport, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged 2015 Rugby World Cup, Boris, Boris Johnson, Bullingdon Club, England, London, London Assembly, Olympic Games
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Tramlink platforms to be extended for too-long trams
Tram services in central Croydon will be shut down from tomorrow for a whole week, to allow “upgrade work” to be conducted on the network. The works, we are told, are essential, and include laying 200 metres of new track … Continue reading
It’s scrum time for Ken, Boris… and for Brian Paddick
STEVEN GAUGE is a former Croydon council LibDem candidate who helped run Nick Clegg‘s election campaign in 2010. Now he is working on the 2012 London Assembly elections, in between getting in a ruck with what was once Surrey’s second-worst … Continue reading
Boris on the wrong track with his PR fund for Croydon
By Andrew Pelling East Dulwich or East Croydon? Ahhh… an easy mistake for an Old Etonian Bullingdon club member to make when venturing deep into south London. Boris Johnson came to Croydon (eventually) yesterday, weighed down with sacks of public … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon 8/8, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris, Boris Johnson, Croydon, East Dulwich, London, Mayor, Rouse
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