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Intriguing secret societies offer more than conspiracy theories
KEN TOWL delved into the little-known world of local literary societies, the ‘Lits’, where talk is cheap and at least the fruitcakes promise ‘no nuts’ I have discovered a hidden world, a world that exists in the shadows, a world … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, History, Ken Towl, Norwood Society, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead
Tagged Addiscombe, CNH&SS, Croydon, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, East Croydon, Ken Towl, Literary Societies, Margaret Thatcher, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Literary Society, Shaw's Corner Literary Society, St Mildred's Literary Society, The Lit
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Reed’s housing plan is just the same as Thatcher’s and Blair’s
The Streatham and Croydon North MP’s cunning plan is ‘using the state balance sheet to crack open the opportunity for private profit’ The housing minister, Streatham and Croydon North MP Steve Reed, spent much of Sunday promoting himself, autographing MAGA-style … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged baby, Boris Johnson, Build, Cane Hill, Clement Attlee, Crawley, Croydon, Housing, Housing crisis, Inside Housing, Labour, London, London Docklands Development Corporation, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Keynes, New Towns, Peter Apps, Post-war building boom, Steve Reed OBE, Stevenage, Streatham and Croydon North, Thamesmead, Tony Blair
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You can take Steve Reed to water, but you can’t make him think
ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, in his latest column for Inside Croydon, looks at the case for ending the ‘legalised larceny’ that is water privatisation, as the environment secretary sinks deeper into the mire The review commissioned by Steve Reed, the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, South West Water, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Channel 4 News, Clive Lewis MP, Croydon, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Feargal Sharkey, Great British Railways, Heidi Alexander, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Nationalisation, Private Eye, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, Water nationalisation
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We’ll all be paying for ‘Thatcher’s Hangover’ for years to come
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council does not have enough homes to house the homeless. But the Labour government created a ‘gold-rush’ torrent of applications for Right to Buy that may have forced the transfer into private ownership of every council … Continue reading
Labour’s letting water companies take the pee with rising bills
ANDREW FISHER on the contradictions, ironies and utter inadequacy of the government’s approach to the water company polluters; plus even more Council Tax rip-offs coming our way At the end of January, the government passed the Water (Special Measures) Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Clive Lewis MP, Council Tax, Croydon, DEFRA, Department of Environment Farming and Rural Affairs, Labour, Lord Prem Sikka, Margaret Thatcher, Prem Sikka, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, Tory, Water (Special Measures) Bill, Water bills, Water companies, Water privatisation
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Before you next vote, you must read this from The New Yorker
By STEVEN DOWNES If you live in an old country, it can be easy to succumb to a narrative of decline. The state withers. The charlatans take over. You give up on progress, to some extent, and simply pray that … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Inside Croydon
Tagged Alice Munro, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber, JD Salinger, John Updike, Keir Starmer, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Philip Roth, Rishi Sunak, Roald Dahl, Sam Knight, Stephen King, The New Yorker, Tory, Truman Capote
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Under The Flyover listens in as Billy Bragg goes to The BRIT
Forty years since the release of his Life’s A Riot album, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg visited the world-famous BRIT School in Selhurst last week to talk about his career, answering questions from pupils. In a wonderfully frank, inspiring and insightful Q&A … Continue reading
How the Loadsamoney mentality has cost us our country
It does not take an Einsteinian definition of insanity to realise that there is something profoundly wrong in one of the world’s richest economies when there is an ever-increasing demand for food banks. Yet on discovering that our financial markets … Continue reading
Daily Mail is lying about Miliband says former Croydon MP
A former Croydon Conservative MP and one-time trusted aide to Margaret Thatcher has joined the growing row over the Daily Wail’s attack on Ralph Miliband, the refugee, Second World War serviceman and father of Ed Miliband, the leader of the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Daily Mail, David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Margaret Thatcher, Miliband, Paul Dacre, Ralph Miliband
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When Croydon’s first couple were actually a laughing matter
Local comedian ANTHONY MILLER says that the success of Purley comedy couple Terry and June was no joke A running gag of this website is a reference to the borough’s first couple as Terry and June. There is something of … Continue reading
Tory calls for de-selection of “contemptible” councillor Arram
Local Conservatives’ new recruit John Cartwright has called for the de-selection of Croydon Mayor Eddy Arram ahead of next year’s council elections, alleging that the Ashburton councillor bullied a member of the public at last Monday’s Town Hall meeting. Arram’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Eddy Arram
Tagged Arram, Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Minster, Margaret Thatcher, Tory
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Croydon’s homes crisis is borough’s bitter Thatcher legacy
CROYDON COMMENTARY: DAVID CALLAM says that the council lost much of its ability to manage its own policies on business and housing to a premiership of 30 years ago Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as a darling of the Home Counties … Continue reading
Maggie and me: Why I could never be “one of us”
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of her funeral, ANDREW PELLING assesses Margaret Thatcher’s legacy for Croydon The Croydon Guardian reports that Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the local Conservatives, can’t recall Margaret Thatcher ever visiting Croydon. Maybe it’s a sign that … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Education, History, London-wide issues, Purley Way
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Guardian, Labour, London, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher, Tory
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Westfield to display their Whitgift Centre plans next week
Re-designing Croydon for the 21st century appears to be some kind of favourite fantasy game among architecture students. Until July 3, the Fairfield Halls is staging an exhibit called “New Croydon”, “celebrating Croydon’s architecture” – yes, seriously – as part … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Allders, Business, Centrale, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, London, Margaret Thatcher, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon schools for Croydon’s children say Labour
Croydon’s Labour opposition has responded to the Conservative-run council’s proposal to establish a grammar school, claiming that parents in Woodside and South Norwood will be paying for the education of children from neighbouring boroughs. “All children should have access to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Education, Kathy Bee, Schools, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Thatcher, South Norwood
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