Tag Archives: Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon

Poor turn-out shows disenchantment with local Labour Party

Posted on June 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how a slip of the tongue exposed the charade of Labour councillors’ ‘consultation’. Plus another supporter of Steve Reed is placed in charge of local candidate selections The charade that is Croydon Labour’s “consultation” with its … Continue reading →

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Labour councillors set to support discredited leader system

Posted on May 29, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Some of the borough’s politicians have again placed their own self-interests ahead of the public and come up with another dodgy decision, writes WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Not content with having crashed the council’s finances, the Labour … Continue reading →

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Directly electing our mayor offers chance of a fresh start

Posted on May 26, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: ‘I don’t want my town to be defined by failed leadership, dodgy deals and zero scrutiny’, says Labour Party member JO TANNER (pictured) I am Croydon born and raised – and although I don’t see the place through … Continue reading →

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Leader’s office forced Labour mayors to pull out of meeting

Posted on May 21, 2021 by insidecroydon

Officials working for Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, backed by his party’s two Croydon MPs, pressured a pair of directly-elected mayors from other London boroughs to pull out of a public meeting held in Croydon last night. “We were lent … Continue reading →

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£650,000 cost of mayor ballot is not ‘essential expenditure’

Posted on February 4, 2021 by insidecroydon

Town Hall leaders threaten to pull referendum on directly elected mayor if the pot-less council is unable to fix its finances. By KEN LEE Councillors will get to vote on Monday on whether to stage a referendum on the issue … Continue reading →

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Council emergency meeting over elected mayor set for Feb 8

Posted on January 30, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon is inching ever closer to having a referendum over whether the council should be run by an elected mayor. But, as WALTER CRONXITE reports, matters are never straightforward with those in power at Fisher’s Folly The word “emergency” is … Continue reading →

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Council motion defies Tory minister over referendum date

Posted on January 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The Labour group that controls the Town Hall has placed itself on a collision course with the Conservative Government over moves for a directly-elected mayor, reports WALTER CRONXITE Like two bald blokes fighting over a comb, the … Continue reading →

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Labour councillor disputes cost savings over referendum

Posted on January 20, 2021 by insidecroydon

A senior Labour councillor has produced more red herrings than you will find in an EU fishing quota, as he has claimed that staging a referendum in May over the way the council is run won’t save a penny for … Continue reading →

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Tory minister orders council to hold mayor vote on May 6

Posted on January 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest massive set-back for the council’s crumbling administration In what will be a withering blow for the Labour Party in Croydon, the Government has this afternoon ordered Hamida Ali, the leader of the … Continue reading →

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Ali announces Labour U-turn over staging of mayor referendum

Posted on January 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest potentially costly change in position performed by the cash-strapped council The council’s Labour leadership today confirmed a massive U-turn on its previous opposition to having a referendum for a directly-elected mayor – … Continue reading →

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Ali agrees to meet with DEMOC for referendum discussions

Posted on November 3, 2020 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on a U-turn over the council’s previous antagonistic attitude to local democracy campaigners Hamida Ali, the Labour-controlled council’s new leader, could be about to reverse the policy of her predecessor, Tony Newman, and ignore the (self-serving) ruling … Continue reading →

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Newman tells Labour to prepare for Mayor vote next May

Posted on May 28, 2020 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on how voters in Croydon seem likely to have another ballot paper when they go to the polls in 2021 Tony Newman, the council leader, made it clear to a meeting of Labour Party … Continue reading →

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Collins under fire for ‘right-wing dictator’ jibe at residents

Posted on May 18, 2020 by insidecroydon

More than a year too late, Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s dictatorial council leader, has begun to stir his senior councillors into parroting some kind of attack lines against the DEMOC campaign which is backing a referendum over whether to have … Continue reading →

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Newman’s Pravda over-promises as his council under-delivers

Posted on April 4, 2020 by insidecroydon

Even in the middle of the greatest crisis the borough has faced since World War II, there’s nothing stopping the council for gerrymandering on behalf of the beleaguered leader, Tony Newman. The latest edition of Your Croydon, the council’s Pravda, … Continue reading →

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Newman’s £100,000 governance review that’s going nowhere

Posted on March 2, 2020 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE on some of the more gruesome findings in a council-commissioned report about Croydon’s ineffective council Even the majority of Croydon’s elected councillors don’t think Croydon Council is “very effective”. That’s just one of the damning findings buried in … Continue reading →

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