Tag Archives: Ian Hislop

Croydon 2023: the Penn Report, dog attacks and those giraffes

Posted on December 29, 2023 by insidecroydon

THE YEAR IN REVIEW Part 2 – May to August If there was one good thing to come out of Croydon Council this year, then it must have been the Penn Report. Katherine Kerswell, the council’s chief executive, had held … Continue reading →

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Croydon gets two pokes in the Eye over Newman and Negrini

Posted on March 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

The national media really is waking up to the scandal in Croydon, with the latest issue of Private Eye having not its usual one, regular report about the basketcase borough, but two. And that includes a prominent place on the … Continue reading →

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‘Spectacularly useless’ Croydon is ridiculed on Question Time

Posted on February 20, 2023 by insidecroydon

The parlous state of Croydon Council’s finances, and the chronic incompetence of the people in charge of them, made it on to national television last week. Thursday night’s Question Time on BBC1 broke away from its obsessions with Brexit and … Continue reading →

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