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Council does High Court U-turn to stop Purley Way racers
Croydon Council officials have performed a sharp U-turn and decided to go to the High Court later this week in efforts “to ban illegal high-speed road races at Imperial Way”. The move to the law, for an injunction against those … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Cruise, Croydon South, Imperial Way, Labour, Tory, Waddon
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‘Epic fail’ by Southern as emergency timetable is withdrawn
A representative of railway staff has hit back at Southern Railways for blaming its employees for the failings of management over the withdrawal of around 150 services per day under what it called an “emergency” timetable. Mick Cash, the general … Continue reading
Tory MP calls on minister to block Southern’s fare rises
Croydon South’s Tory MP, Chris Philp, has called on the rail minister to block a planned 1.9 per cent fare rise on Southern Railways. “For a service that has failed its customers time and again, this will be seen as … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Govia Thameslink, Purley, Southern Railways, Tory
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‘We need to adopt Vision Zero for better road safety in Croydon’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Following the announcement that the council wants to introduce traffic calming measures along Imperial Way to deter dangerous speeding at the Croydon Cruise, AUSTEN COOPER says that we need a new approach to road safety – and fast … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Stuart King, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Cruise, Croydon South, Imperial Way, STUART KING, Waddon
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Labour members seize their chance to show support for Corbyn
Labour members in Croydon North, eventually given the opportunity to attend a nomination meeting over the party’s leadership, voted overwhelmingly in favour of Jeremy Corbyn last night. For the second time in 12 months. Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Eddie Izzard, Labour, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Reed could finally face members’ questions over Corbyn
Officials at Croydon North’s Constituency Labour Party have flip-flopped over a leadership election nomination meeting, and have emailed members this afternoon to announce that an all-member meeting will now take place after all, next Monday. It means that Shirley Hills … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Steve Reed OBE
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‘Desperate’ Reed resorts to data-scraping to get desired result
First, he refused to speak to the members about the Labour leadership at his constituency party’s annual meeting. Then, he took part in a visit to central Croydon with Owen Smith, the challenger to Jeremy Corbyn, but didn’t bother to … Continue reading
Alas Smith and Jones: Labour members get behind Corbyn
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest embarrassing set-back for the Croydon clique which yearns for a return to the “good old days” of Tony Bliar The ordinary members of a Croydon Constituency Labour Party, when given a chance last night … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Rendle, Carole Bonner, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Maddie Henson, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Toni Letts, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Sarah Jones, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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MP Reed’s local party in climbdown over nomination meeting
Officials in Croydon North Constituency Labour Party have been forced to make a humiliating climbdown over their attempts to stage a leadership nomination meeting which sought to exclude the vast majority of the area’s members. Ann O’Connor, who was recently … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Blairite, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Owen Smith, Progress, Steve Reed OBE
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Southern Failway: Strip them of franchise now, says Tory MP
Day 3 of Southern’s ’emergency timetable’ and now a Croydon Conservative MP has joined London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Green MP Caroline Lucas in calling for the operator to lose its franchise immediately. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON Chris … Continue reading
MP Philp’s running late on promised action over rail service
Chris Philp, Croydon South’s new(ish) Tory MP, has probably made more appearances on Channel 4 News, Daily Politics and Newsnight to peddle his party line so far this year than he’s managed to post information for his constituents on his … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon South, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Purley, Southern Railway
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Commuters call on Philp to carry out his threat to Southern
Commuters in Croydon are calling on local MP Chris Philp to carry out his threat to demand that Southern Railway be stripped of its train-operating franchise as a consequence of the abysmal level of service. Philp has pursued the populist … Continue reading
