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Tag Archives: Jeremy Corbyn
#TheLabourFiles: It’s long past time to clean-up the Party
Former Labour staffer ANDREW FISHER reflects on what Al Jazeera’s series The Labour Files revealed about his former employers and the party of which he has been a member for 26 years “Poly-ticks”, according to Rowan Atkinson’s Edmund Blackadder, is … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Clive Fraser, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David Evans, David White, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged #TheLabourFiles, Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David Evans, David White, Forde Report, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, The Labour Files
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#TheLabourFiles: anti-racism campaigner expelled by party
The second episode of Al Jazeera’s The Labour Files was a bit of a Croydon special, with cameo appearances of the local branch of the English Defence League, as well as another appearance by Croydon North MP Steve Reed, … Continue reading
TV investigation uncovers Labour Party’s dirty tricks and hacks
On the eve of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, a three-part television investigation is set to rock the party’s hierarchy, from General Secretary David Evans downwards, with many shocking revelations drawn from what the producers describe as “the biggest leak … Continue reading
Part-time Perry wastes no time taking another fortnight off
Jason Perry, the part-time £81,000 per year Mayor of Croydon, is making the most of the mourning period for the Queen to ensure as little council business is discussed or debated in public. Straight after a summer recess in council … Continue reading
Five years ago, Labour showed how strong policies can inspire
There is much still to learn from the 2017 election manifesto, For The Many Not The Few, says its lead author, ANDREW FISHER Five years ago this week, we were in the middle of the 2017 General Election campaign – … Continue reading
Labour’s purge continues prompting more activists to leave
Even as the packed hall at hustings in Park Hill on Thursday night was being told by one of the Mayoral candidates in next month’s elections that Labour’s “main activity is expelling each other”, Inside Croydon was receiving news of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged Carole Bonner, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Momentum, Jeff Conibear, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour, Marc Wadsworth, Momentum, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
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Government is forced to delay its NHS data grab by stealth
The government has been forced to postpone its plans for a massive, nationwide data scrape of people’s confidential NHS records. The NHS’s 55 million patients had been given just six weeks’ notice that their medical histories could be sold on … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged British Medical Association, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Jeremy Corbyn, Matt Hancock, NHS
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Support for Corbyn to be debated at party meeting this week
Members of Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party – where use of the word “Blairite” was once banned – will this week debate a motion of no confidence in their party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, and David Evans, the party’s general … Continue reading
Grassroots Labour Party members in calls to sack David Evans
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the backlash against Sir Keir Starmer and his general secretary’s treatment of Jeremy Corbyn David Evans, the “power behind the throne” of Croydon Labour, is now under attack from local parties across the country for … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Sarah Jones MP, Section 114 notice, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, S114, Sarah Jones MP, Section 114, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, The Campaign Company, Tony Newman
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The billionaire ex-porn baron, the antisemitic trope and the MP
The publication of the report on antisemitism in the Labour Party saw Jeremy Corbyn suspended for his response. But it has also led to calls for further punishments – including for Croydon North’s Steve Reed, as KEN TOWL, very carefully, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon North, EHRC, Jeremy Corbyn, Richard Desmond, Robert Jenrick, Steve Reed OBE
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Starmer, Long-Bailey or Nandy: could they win an election?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The ballot emails have gone out (or at least most of them seem to have done), and now Labour Party members have a choice to make. For RORY KELLY, a ‘millennial leftie’, the only trouble is that it … Continue reading
Corbyn’s ex-aide Fisher: the leadership race is down to two
Until December, ANDREW FISHER (pictured left) was Jeremy Corbyn’s senior policy adviser. A member of Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party, over the weekend Fisher reflected on how he sees the outcome of his local members’ vote in the selection process … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour
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Labour’s radical manifesto promises to end the housing crisis
Jeremy Corbyn this morning launched Labour’s manifesto for the General Election, in which he confirmed plans for wide-ranging re-nationalisation of public utilities, an £11billion windfall tax on the oil industry to pay for Labour’s environmental policies, and to build 100,000 … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, London
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South Norwood’s Andrew Fisher resigns as Corbyn aide
Andrew Fisher, the influential policy adviser to the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn and the author of the Labour’s widely admired 2017 For The Many Not The Few manifesto, is standing down from his position, in the latest shock … Continue reading
MP suspended by Labour Party to give talk at Ruskin House
Chris Williamson, the Derby North MP regarded by some as a controversial figure, and a staunch supporter of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Croydon Assembly. Williamson will … Continue reading
‘We’re doomed!’ Local Tories shut down discussion on Brexit
KEN LEE reports on how the Conservatives have decided to block their usual mass debates As new splits, divisions and dissent over Brexit rent the Conservative Party asunder at Westminster, here in Croydon, local Tories have shut down all discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Brexit, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Tory
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MP calls on Corbyn to ‘come out fighting’ over Wadsworth
High-profile Labour MP Clive Lewis has called on Jeremy Corbyn, “to come out fighting” over the controversial expulsion from the party of Marc Wadsworth, the anti-racism campaigner from Thornton Heath. Wadsworth was expelled as a Labour member in April, after … Continue reading
MP Philp joins with Corbyn to object to widow’s eviction
Tomorrow, at around 11.30am, a widow and her five school-aged children seem likely to be rendered homeless, as bailiffs will be knocking on the door of their home in Benson Road to demand that they leave. The eviction is being … Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We are now the political mainstream’
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 Croydon Central, David White, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour
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Corbyn policy aide Andrew Fisher: ‘We changed politics’
Andrew Fisher, the former union official from Croydon who has been working as Jeremy Corbyn’s policy adviser for the past two years, says that many of the “political myths” of the 1990s have been laid to rest. “Socialist politics have … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour
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Dear Jeremy Corbyn, I have an apology to make. I was wrong
ELECTION COMMENTARY: After two years under near-constant attack not only from the Tories but also from members of his own parliamentary party, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is nearing a true test at the ballot box. And former Tony Blair adviser … Continue reading
