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Tag Archives: David Evans
Minister Reed received hacked files from Labour candidate
While Steve Reed undertakes a witch-hunt against Green election candidates, his own party has selected someone who admitted distributing 77MB of illegally hacked data – including passing the stolen material to Reed himself. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES One of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Evans, Inside Croydon, Southwark Council
Tagged Brixton, Clive Fraser, Croydon East, Croydon East CLP, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Evans, Dulwich Wood, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Ruth Bannister, Southwark, Southwark Council, Southwark Labour, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Four face cybercrime charges over Croydon selection scandal
A former councillor close to Tony Newman and Simon Hall and a friend of cabinet minister Steve Reed are among those due in court next month following a lengthy police investigation. By STEVEN DOWNES Joel “Bodger” Bodmer and former Fieldway … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Addiscombe East, Carole Bonner, Crime, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Daily Torygraph, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Melanie Felten, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy, Pearleen Sangha, Steve Reed OBE
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We have been betrayed by broken promises, deceit and scandal
EXCLUSIVE: One of the first journalists to be given access to the book which has been sending shockwaves along Downing Street and making headlines on Fleet Street, Inside Croydon columnist ANDREW FISHER reviews The Fraud Lots of books are written … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Inside Croydon, Paul Scott, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Fisher, Brick by Brick, Brixton Town Hall, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Downing Street, Jo Negrini, Keir Starmer, Labour, Lambeth council, Morgan McSweeney, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, No10, No10 Downing Street, Paul Holden, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Fraud, The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Tony Newman
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The Fraud: Croydon East selection fix case handed to CPS
LABOUR SCANDAL: Senior figures in the local party face an anxious wait to discover whether they will be charged over attempts to fiddle the 2023 parliamentary members’ ballot. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor The Daily Torygraph is reporting this morning … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Addiscombe East, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Daily Torygraph, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Johnson Situ, Labour, Melanie Felten, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy, Pearleen Sangha, Steve Reed OBE
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Our Corbyn podcast exclusive is followed up by the nationals
Inside Croydon’s latest exclusive podcast, Andrew Fisher’s interview with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been followed-up widely on social media and by the national press. More than 125,000 people have interacted with our online posting in less than 48 … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Brexit, Croydon, David Evans, Islington North, Jack Blackburn, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, National Executive Committee, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The Times, Your Party, Zara Sultana
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Exclusive: Corbyn talks on Your Party, Labour and David Evans
In our latest premium content podcast, Andrew Fisher interviews Jeremy Corbyn MP, who talks about the formation of the new Your Party and how it might contest local elections in 2026. The former Labour leader also talks about the ‘control … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Brexit, Croydon, David Evans, Diane Abbott, Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John McDonnell MP, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, National Executive Committee, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Your Party, Zara Sultana
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Labour Party ends suspension of ex-council leader Newman
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After more than four years, the two men who presided over what at the time was the biggest financial collapse in the history of local authorities in England have been allowed back into their political party. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fieldway, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Fieldway, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lord Evans of Penge, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Labour blocks members from questioning mayoral candidates
Our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, sneaked in at the back of Labour’s Zoom room last night to discover what the party’s 2026 mayoral candidates might have to offer to the people of Croydon, and found himself in a dystopian bonus … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Anonyvoter, Broad Green, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour London Region, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Severance, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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White’s Labour expulsion overturned: ‘Process is corrupt’
After three years, the Labour Party has overturned its expulsion of life-long member David White over disputed allegations of anti-semitism on grounds of “insufficient evidence”. “It’s another admission that the Labour NEC under Secretary General David Evans was operating a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Uncategorized
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David Evans, David White, Labour, Labour Purge, Lord Evans of Penge, Luke Akhurst, Sarah Jones MP
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MP Reed claims those who left borough broke ‘have now gone’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, checks the ‘facts’ where other local news outlets dare not look Steve Reed OBE, the MP who was Labour’s front bench spokesperson on local government at the time that the council for the area he is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Lord Evans of Penge completes clique’s stranglehold of Labour
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE gives his crystal ball a polish after one of his easier predictions came to pass Friday’s announcement of another raft of political peerages was the latest move to consolidate a takeover of the Labour Party by … Continue reading
Posted in David Evans, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, House of Lords, Imogen Walker, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Morgan McSweeney, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Sue Gray, The Campaign Company, Tony Newman
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Evans’ farewell speech to Labour calls for them to goose step
So, farewell then, David Evans – soon, no doubt, to be Lord Evans of Penge. The Croydon-based political consultant and fixer in Liverpool yesterday gave a final speech to the Labour Party Conference after four years as their General Secretary. … Continue reading
Posted in David Evans
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, David Evans, Goose steps, Labour, Labour Party Conference, London, Tony Newman
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Labour Party chief’s consultancy business is in deep trouble
EXCLUSIVE: Might the failure of David Evans’s Croydon-based business offer some clues to the effectiveness, or otherwise, of his time running the party machine for Keir Starmer? By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Whatever might be planned by David Evans … Continue reading
Evans above! Labour’s General Secretary to stand down
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the end of an error David Evans, the former key aide to Tony Bliar and one-time Croydon businessman who was installed as party General Secretary after Keir Starmer became Labour leader, is to stand down … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, David Evans
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, David Evans, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Paul Scott, Tony Bliar, Tony Newman
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Labour vote-fixing whistleblower outs himself at CLP meeting
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: Nearly eight months late, grassroots members finally got to have a democratic say over who their local officials should be – with intriguing revelations at the constituency’s annual meeting. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES “Mr Anonyvoter”, Mark Henson, … Continue reading
Watch out Michael Gove! Croydon Labour are coming for you!
The ink on the formal declaration of her election as a councillor for Woodside was barely dry before the names of one favoured Labour member was popping up as a parliamentary candidate. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Jess Rich has … Continue reading
Labour refuses to deny suspensions over Croydon East ‘fix’
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: The interim chair of a new CLP will not be presiding over an important meeting to be held next month, members have been informed, as the party is accused of vote-rigging ‘on an industrial scale’. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Carole Bonner, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Carole Bonner, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon East, Croydon East CLP, David Evans, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mark Henson, Michael Crick, Mrs Anonyvoter, Private Eye, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Union leaders join calls for Labour to abandon Anonyvoter
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: More allegations of rigged votes in dodgy Labour candidate selections trace the affair straight back to Croydon and the deal done between a ‘Newman Numpty’ councillor and party General Secretary David Evans, reports STEVEN DOWNES Momentum, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Addiscombe East, Business, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Anonyvoter, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon East, David Evans, Henson IT Solutions Ltd, Labour, London, London Assembly, Maddie Henson, Mark Henson, Martin Abrams, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Irons picked by Labour amid Croydon East police investigation
CROYDON EAST SELECTION: After more than six months of scandal and voter fraud, grassroots party members finally got to have their say this morning over who their parliamentary candidate will be. By STEVEN DOWNES Natasha Irons was this morning selected … Continue reading
Scotland Yard’s cyber crime unit investigating Croydon Labour
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: ‘Day of shame’ as Information Commissioner and Met Police confirm investigations into allegations of vote-rigging in Croydon East selection. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Labour is subject to a criminal investigation over allegations of vote-rigging in a … Continue reading
Bodger busted as Labour’s Croydon East selection resumes
LABOUR SELECTION SCANDAL: Controversial figure dropped from contest to be Starmer’s party’s nominee for safe seat. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Joel “Bodger” Bodmer, a political ally of MP Steve Reed, has been eliminated from Labour’s selection for the new Croydon … Continue reading
Anonyvoter’s co-owner wins Labour vote held on Anonyvoter
Loyal member of ‘Newman’s Numpties’ is declared the selection winner less than half-an-hour after online voting deadline. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The candidate selected by Labour to stand in Croydon and Sutton at May’s GLA elections had their name on … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Addiscombe East, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Maddie Henson, Neil Garratt
Tagged 2024 London elections, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Anonyvoter, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), David Evans, GLA elections, Henson IT Solutions Ltd, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, London elections 2024, Maddie Henson, Martin Whelton, Mayor
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Mounting complaints of suspected fraud in Labour’s selections
VOTING FRAUD SCANDAL: Two weeks since party officials cancelled a selection meeting at less than 48 hours’ notice, members have been kept in the dark over a promised ‘investigation’. By STEVEN DOWNES Two weeks since Labour announced an emergency suspension … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Olga Fitzroy
Tagged Croydon East, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Johnson Situ, Labour, Michael Crick, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy
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