Tag Archives: David White

#TheLabourFiles: MP Reed, Evans and the Croydon connection

Posted on October 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon More than six months in the making, Al Jazeera’s investigations unit last night released the fourth part of their documentary series The Labour Files, this episode called “The Spying Game”, a detailed report on … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Clive Fraser, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David White, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

‘Inside Croydon – The Movie’: Labour’s role in a hack attack

Posted on September 30, 2022 by insidecroydon



Posted in Clive Fraser, David Evans, David White, Hamida Ali, Inside Croydon, Local media, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Police issue apology to residents for Lloyd Park festival

Posted on August 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

Local police issued an apology on Saturday night to residents living around Lloyd Park after the first day of the weekend-long Garage Nation music festival staged in the public park. The event organisers claimed to have sold out all its … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Lloyd Park, Lloyd Park, Music, Park Hill and Whitgift, Policing, South Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Labour’s disciplinary procedures are all about factionalism

Posted on January 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

ANDREW FISHER (pictured right), Director of Policy at the Labour Party when Jeremy Corbyn was leader, questions the dubious procedures, the lack of due process and even bullying in the treatment of some Croydon colleagues As reported by Inside Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Fisher, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, David White, Jamie Audsley, Robert Canning, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Labour centrists expel veteran Croydon campaigner White

Posted on January 19, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: A former Labour member of the GLC and long-time activist in Croydon Central who did much to get Sarah Jones elected to parliament has been kicked out of the party because of pro-Palestinian tweets from eight … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, David Evans, David White, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

Unions come together to protest against the council’s cuts

Posted on November 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

By DAVID WHITE The campaign against cuts by Croydon Council has stepped up a gear after members of the three largest unions representing council workers in the borough – Unite, Unison and GMB – yesterday held a demonstration outside the … Continue reading →

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‘Beyond farce’ as Labour purges veteran Croydon official

Posted on September 24, 2021 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES reports on the latest,  and predictable, move by the Labour leadership in what is being called ‘a witch hunt’ against the left David White, one of the longest-serving Labour officials in Croydon, has been “administratively suspended” by the … Continue reading →

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Fix! Internal Labour inquiry confirms selection stitch-up

Posted on October 26, 2020 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: After the local Labour Party tried to cover-up the scandal of their botched handling of the Fairfield ward by-election last year, the resulting inquiry criticises the ‘questionable integrity and competence of paid party officers’. By STEVEN DOWNES An internal … Continue reading →

Posted in Caragh Skipper, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Jose Joseph, Niro Sirisena, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Newman feels pressure as Fairfield selection referred for review

Posted on March 15, 2020 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how an internal party scandal is about to cause more discomfort for the Croydon council leader As council leader Tony Newman comes under increasing pressure over a range of policy failures, while the Democratically Elected … Continue reading →

Posted in Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Lloyd’s legacy to Croydon offers a real breath of fresh air

Posted on November 22, 2019 by insidecroydon

DAVID WHITE on one of Croydon’s greatest, greenest assets For all its faults and challenges, Croydon is a great place to live. One feature which makes it great in my eyes is its parks and green spaces. All 127 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon parks, David White, Environment, Lloyd Park | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

‘I think the council was right to give Brick by Brick a try’

Posted on June 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Not everyone thinks that the council-owned house-builder is doing a bad job. Here DAVID WHITE puts the case in favour of Brick by Brick The housing crisis is getting worse because of Tory government policies, not because of … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Housing | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Enough to make you physically sick: Labour official Chukas up

Posted on October 22, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how the stresses and strains of Brexit are showing themselves in the local Labour Party A Labour Party official who works in Croydon MP Sarah Jones’s office yesterday courted controversy and internal party division … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Corbyn’s ‘commonsense socialism’ is creating real change

Posted on September 27, 2018 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Labour Party’s annual conference ended in Liverpool with progress being made, writes DAVID WHITE “I am a socialist and one day so will the Labour Party be.” Those were the words of Donald Soper, the Methodist minister, … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Education, Housing, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We are now the political mainstream’

Posted on September 27, 2017 by insidecroydon

CONFERENCE SKETCH: Something has changed in British politics in the past year, and it was palpable at the Labour Party conference. Party veteran DAVID WHITE reports from Brighton Transformed. I think that would be the word to describe the Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, Croydon Central, David White | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Momentum makes gains but Newman’s still in Blairite civil war

Posted on July 28, 2017 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest developments within local Labour parties, including in LibDem Tom Brake’s Carshalton and Wallington fiefdom Momentum, the grassroots movement established to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and values within the Labour Party, gained, well… some … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Labour officials continue to flout law over White’s suspension

Posted on August 31, 2016 by insidecroydon

With just three weeks until the polls close in the latest phase of the never-ending purgatory that is the Labour leadership contest, there continues an anxious wait for some party members and supporters in Croydon over when their voting forms … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, David White, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments

White has no case to answer after 10-week suspension

Posted on July 14, 2016 by insidecroydon

David White, the Secretary of the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party, has had the suspension of his membership lifted – just in time for the party to ban the CLP from holding any meetings for two months ahead of its … Continue reading →

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White calls for apology after ‘grossly unfair’ Labour suspension

Posted on June 30, 2016 by insidecroydon

David White, the erstwhile secretary of the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party who has had his membership suspended for two months without being informed what offence he is alleged to have committed nor who are his accusers, has written to … Continue reading →

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Corbyn supporter White to campaign for ‘natural justice’

Posted on May 29, 2016 by insidecroydon

David White, the local official who was summarily suspended without a hearing by Labour over his now notorious Ken Livingstone/Zionist/Hitler tweet, has received no information from the party regarding the procedure for any hearing, who has accused him, nor what … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Local Labour group call for White’s suspension to be lifted

Posted on May 13, 2016 by insidecroydon

Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party is backing David White in his appeal against suspension from the party over his Ken Livingstone/Zionist/Hitler tweet. It is the first formal declaration of support for life-long party member White from his comrades in Croydon … Continue reading →

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Labour suspends Croydon Central secretary over Hitler tweet

Posted on May 10, 2016 by insidecroydon

The Labour Party has suspended David White, the secretary of the Croydon Central constituency party, following complaints over a single tweet sent a fortnight ago in defence of Ken Livingstone, after the former London Mayor’s Hitler and Zionism brain belch. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Hewlett, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , | 20 Comments

MP’s life story that raises serious questions for the future

Posted on February 23, 2014 by insidecroydon

DAVID WHITE reviews the posthumous autobiography of Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks and finds that he carried his decency to the end Malcolm Wicks was a rarity among politicians. The MP for Croydon North-West, later Croydon North, from 1992 until … Continue reading →

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Commissioner finds against Croydon MP for data breaches

Posted on December 21, 2012 by insidecroydon

After numerous letters and emails and being fobbed off by local Tories, DAVID WHITE took a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the abuse of his personal data by Gavin Barwell MP Gavin Barwell MP breached the Data Protection … Continue reading →

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