Recent Comments
insidecroydon on Purley’s purdah banner i… Arfur Towcrate on Purley’s purdah banner i… insidecroydon on Purley’s purdah banner i… Anthony Miller on Perry makes no formal interven… Chris Cooke on Purley’s purdah banner i… Jim Bush on Purley’s purdah banner i…
Tag Archives: Conservative
Labour election worries: ‘We’re heading for an unholy Buck up’
Jack Buck, the Labour Party employee who last month was at the centre of a candidate selection fix for the Fairfield by-election, has ordered party members in the borough to ignore that scandal and to turn out for canvassing sessions. … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Tory
1 Comment
‘He’s running scared’: Newman cancels Town Hall meetings
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, reports from the Town Hall, where the council leader is playing hard to get Tony Newman, Labour’s leader on Croydon Council, has cancelled December’s full meeting of the council, using the General Election on December 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon Central, Dawn Butler MP, Fairfield, John Healey MP, Jose Joseph, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Tory
4 Comments
General Election: All you need to know about Tories II
Posted in 2019 General Election
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Tory
Leave a comment
General Election: All you need to know about the Tories
Posted in 2019 General Election
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Tory
Leave a comment
General Election: All you need to know about Johnson III
Posted in 2019 General Election
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Tory
Leave a comment
General Election: All you need to know about Johnson II
Posted in 2019 General Election
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Tory
Leave a comment
General Election Special: all you need to know about Johnson
Posted in 2019 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
Leave a comment
Citiscape residents locked out of their homes as cracks appear
Residents of Citiscape, the 95-flat private high-rise residential block in Croydon’s town centre, have been denied all access to their homes and possessions for nearly six weeks and have now been told that it could be at least another two … Continue reading
Creatura reported for fly-tipping during his rubbish campaign
Those who suspected that next week’s Fairfield council by-election might turn out to be… well, a bit rubbish, have been proved right. A pile of dumped Tory leaflets were discovered in the town centre last week, slowly turning to mush … Continue reading
Ex-Labour councillor Rendle stands for LibDems in Fairfield
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on one of the more intriguing twists to emerge from the nominations for next month’s council by-election It is often said that the Liberal Democrats in Croydon stage their meetings in a phone box. To … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Andrew Rendle, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Green Party, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Niroshan Sirisena, Tony Newman, Tory
Leave a comment
Bloody marvellous! East Cheam revived for a few LibDem votes
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest gerrymandering efforts of the council which many think are far from a laughing matter Stone me. Sutton Council’s Liberal Democrats are up to their old tricks again, with a proposal going before … Continue reading
Posted in Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington North, Beddington South, Conservative, East Cheam, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ruth Dombey, Sam Weatherlake, Tony Hancock, Tory
1 Comment
Surrey Street stall-holder picked to run in Fairfield by-election
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest blow to the leadership of the local Labour Party Jose Joseph, a stall-holder in Croydon’s historic Surrey Street Market, was selected last night to be the Labour Party’s candidate in the Fairfield ward … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Green Party, Jayde Edwards, Jose Joseph, Labour, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman, Tory
Leave a comment
Labour councillor subject to police investigation, says Newman
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest snippet of what passes for public accountability in the mysterious case of the vanishing deputy cabinet member. And how Inside Croydon is setting the council agenda – again The “serious incident” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Humayun Kabir, Jo Negrini, Mario Creatura, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Tory
2 Comments
Creatura hands Edwards front-row seat for Fairfield by-election
Even before the Fairfield ward council by-election date was announced, Croydon Tories had selected their candidate – though not through any process as crassly democratic as allowing the local Conservative members a vote. Jayde Edwards, a young mum who is … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Fairfield, Mario Creatura
Tagged Conservative, Fairfield, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Mario Creatura, SPAC Nation, Tory
Leave a comment
Fireworks for Fairfield: council by-election called for Nov 7
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE hears the starting gun for a five-week campaign which will present a series of unwelcome challenges for Blairite council leader Tony Newman Remember, remember, the seventh of November Gunpowder, treason and plot Or something like that. … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Fairfield, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Surrey Street Market, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Leave a comment
Crisis for Newman as Momentum councillor forced to quit
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the latest clusterfuck in the Croydon Labour group and reveals that a departing councillor had spent six months working for the local MP but had failed to make proper declarations of interest as … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fairfield, Niro Sirisena, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, Momentum, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman, Tory
3 Comments
Supreme Court makes it official: Johnson’s a crook and a liar
Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. The BBC described the decision as “politically catastrophic” for Conservative leader Boris Johnson. It is being openly suggested that Johnson may soon become the country’s shortest serving … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Mario Creatura, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Labour, Mario Creatura, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
1 Comment
Don’t mention the war! Tories flounce out of Town Hall meeting
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on what passes for high drama at the latest council meeting Croydon’s Conservative leadership flounced out of last night’s council cabinet meeting midway through a discussion on the borough’s preparedness – or otherwise – for … Continue reading
Shock! Council discovers trees on site it gave to Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick, the council’s loss-making in-house house-builder, has suffered yet more setbacks after the council “discovered” that two sites it wanted to concrete over were either too close to high-voltage electricity pylons, or had real live trees growing there. … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Helen Pollard, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, BxB, Conservative, Croham Valley Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Foxearth Spinney, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Selsdon and Addington Village, Tony Newman, Tory
5 Comments
Developer in administration after owner jailed over car crash
In a bitter metaphor for the profit-hungry developers who have made millions from creating “the slums of the future” with the conversions of old office blocks into under-sized flats, one of the leading firms specialising in their developments in Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Green Dragon House, Inspired Homes, London, London Borough of Croydon, Martin Skinner, Tory
4 Comments
Council to end contract for elderly sheltered housing care
The council is bringing back in-house the care of 237 older tenants in special sheltered flats and ending its contract with the existing private provider, following repeated complaints that the services provided had been falling below acceptable standards. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Croydon Council, Jane Avis
Tagged Care UK, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Yvette Hopley
Leave a comment
