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Tag Archives: Croydon West
Questions, questions: General Election hustings dates (so far)
If you have a question to put to an election candidate, or to a political party which is seeking your vote in Croydon, here’s a way you can try to get some answers Hustings used to be the way for … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Hustings, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ruskin House, Stanley Halls, Streatham and Croydon North
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Council’s proxy election email manages to get its dates wrong
It is just the first working day since the candidates’ list for the Croydon constituencies was published, and Croydon Council has been forced to issue its first public apology for its latest cock-up. In charge of managing the elections in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chris Hilp, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Electoral Services, Emails, General Election, General Election 2024, Katherine Kerswell, proxy votes, Streatham and Croydon North
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2024 General Election: Croydon’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm today. Candidates for three Croydon constituencies – Croydon East, Croydon West and Croydon South – were supposed to be published by 5pm on the council … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chris Hilp, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Kerswell opts to go ‘in-house’ and stage count at Fisher’s Folly
The count for three of Croydon’s parliamentary constituencies after voting closes in the General Election on July 4 will take place in the council’s offices at Fisher’s Folly, it has been decided. It will be the first time since the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Bernard Wetherill House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fisher's Folly, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Go West! Greens name Patel, as Ramsey steps up for Tories
Greens announce parliamentary candidates for three seats across Croydon and Sutton, as a Tory councillor helps out her party in its hour of need by taking on a hopeless task in east London Ria Patel, the Greens’ councillor in Fairfield … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, Fairfield, Holly Ramsey, Marley King, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Tracey Hague
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon West, Fairfield, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Holly Ramsey, Labour, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tory, Tracey Hague
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Make sure you are registered to vote – deadline June 18
To make sure that you have a vote in the General Election on July 4 – whether you are in any of Croydon’s four constituencies: Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West and Streatham and Croydon North – you need to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Streatham and Croydon North
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Philp fighting for survival as Tories face capital punishment
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the stark news contained within the latest, most extensive piece of opinion polling, one month before election day With General Election day exactly one calendar month away, the latest and most extension polling done yet … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Marley King, Paul Scully MP, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam
Tagged 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tony Newman, Tory, YouGov
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FREE: Our podcast answers the important election questions
Why vote? That is a question for many of us ahead of the July 4 General Election. In our latest, special episode of the Croydon Insider podcast, a panel of experts tries to answer some of the questions put to … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon Insider, Croydon South, Croydon West, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Neil Chamroo, Ria Patel, Streatham and Croydon North, The Croydon Insider, Tory, Under The Flyover, Why Vote?
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LibDems name their candidates and Philp forgets he’s a Tory
Finally, days after the General Election was announced, Croydon’s Liberal Democrats have got around to confirming their four candidates for July 4 – details of which Inside Croydon had reported on weeks ago. The LibDems, who have had only a … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jahir Hussain, Rick Howard, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, General Election, General Election 2024, Jahir Hussain, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Major Rick Howard, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Sadiq Khan’s last-gasp appeal for donations: ‘I’m really worried’
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has obtained internal Labour correspondence that suggests some pre-election panic for the party With the London elections just days away, Labour has sent begging letters to members appealling for tens of thousands of pounds in last-minute … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon West, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Susan Hall, Zoe Garbett
Tagged 2024 London elections, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon West, Jess Hammersley-Rich, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Elections, London elections 2024, Maddie Henson, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Peter Underwood, Rob Blackie, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Susan Hall, Tory, Zoë Garbett
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Don’t panic! MP Philp could lose seat in Tory election wipe-out
By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Inside Croydon’s long-dormant mole inside Croydon Tories’ headquarters in Purley (it’s been an especially long winter, even for small furry creatures that don’t usually hibernate) reports having been rudely awoken by the sound of … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, London-wide issues, Paul Scully MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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NUTS! Croydon Labour blunders into new cover-up shock
Embroiled in a series of controversies, the latest being the cover-up of the vote rigging for their own Croydon East parliamentary selection, the local Labour Party blundered into a cover-up of a different sort in Coulsdon on Saturday. And no, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Andrew Price, Ben Taylor, Carole Bonner, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jason Cummings, Jess Hammersley-Rich, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Natasha Irons, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Susan Hall, Woodside
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon East CLP, Croydon South, Croydon West, Jason Cummings, KamiKwasi Kwarteng, Labour, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Susan Hall, Tory, Trussonomics
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Finally Labour members will have a say in Croydon East saga
Columnist ANDREW FISHER looks forward to a rare moment of internal democracy in Croydon Labour this Saturday, as ordinary members in one scandal-hit CLP finally get the chance to choose their parliamentary candidate Being a Labour Party member in Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon West, Joel Bodmer, Johnson Situ, Labour, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy, Sarah Jones, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Lammy’s Labour launch cancelled over Gaza demo fears
EXCLUSIVE: Bungling officials in the misfiring local Labour party have been forced into an 11th-hour cancellation of a visit by the shadow foreign secretary, amid fears of further disruptive demonstrations over their pro-Israel stance. By STEVEN DOWNES Maybe Sarah Jones, … Continue reading
Labour MP Jones ‘too busy’ for refugees’ latest public meeting
Constituents are beginning to ask awkward questions of the Croydon Central MP, as she can find time to appear with Alastair Campbell and David Lammy, but has blanked a community group. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Sarah Jones, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon West, Marley King, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Fox, West Croydon
Tagged 2003 invasion of Iraq, Alastair Campbell, Croydon Refugees and New Communities Forum, Croydon West, David Lammy, Dodgy dossier, Fairfield Halls, Gaza, Iraq, Iraq War, Labour, Palestine, Sarah Jones MP, West Croydon
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Lammy lined up as star attraction at Croydon West ‘launch’
David Lammy is to be the star turn at a “launch” event for Labour’s new Croydon West constituency party – a move that could attract more demonstrations and protests over the party’s failure to condemn Israel’s prolonged attacks on civilians … Continue reading
Blair spin doctor Campbell on a secret mission to Croydon
The Croydon Labour Party is going “undercover” again, keeping the venue for one of its General Election fund-raising events top secret – even from their own members – to try to avoid any protests over the genocide in Gaza or, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon South, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Alastair Campbell, Baghdad, Croydon, Croydon South, Croydon West, Dodgy dossier, Gaza, Iraq War, Israel, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Michael Crick, Sadam Hussain, Sarah Jones MP, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD
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Time to end cash-strapped council’s £1.5m political subsidies
CROYDON IN CRISIS: There’s cuts planned to all kinds of services in the borough in the coming months. The only thing local politicians aren’t planning to cut-back on are their own jobs, as WALTER CRONXITE reports The holidays are over. … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Alasdair Stewart, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Endri Llabuti, Esther Sutton, Jade Appleton, Karen Jewitt, Mario Creatura, Matt Griffiths, Mayor Jason Perry, Park Hill and Whitgift, Simon Fox, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Endri Llabuti, Jade Appleton, Jason Cummings, Karen Jewitt, Labour, Leafleting cult, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Matt Griffiths, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart Collins, Tory
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Tories pick Fox for Croydon constituency that doesn’t exist
Local Conservatives bungle the announcement of their ‘token’ parliamentary candidate for a safe Labour seat. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Not for the first time, Croydon Tories and Mayor Jason Perry last night demonstrated that they really don’t know what … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Simon Fox, South Norwood, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West, Mayor Jason Perry, Simon Fox, South Norwood, Tory, Waddon
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