Tag Archives: Marley King

Labour bosses axe front-bencher on eve of elections deadline

ELECTION EXCLUSIVE: Two women who were deemed good enough to stand to become MPs for their parties at the 2024 General Election have been withdrawn as candidates for the council elections just ahead of yesterday’s declarations deadline. By STEVEN DOWNES  … Continue reading

Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Chrishni Reshekaron, Croydon Greens, Marley King, Rowenna Davis, Rym Daoud, South Norwood, Stuart King, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Making our roads safer for pedestrians makes sense for us all

CROYDON COMMENTARY: City Hall and our borough Town Hall are being petitioned over a busy junction that lacks a safe crossing place for pedestrians, as PETER UNDERWOOD explains In my lifetime there have been major advances in road safety. From … Continue reading

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Poundshop politician who puts the ‘sham’ into shambolic

ELECTION SKETCH: It was billed as a ‘hustings’, but was really nothing other than a rally for fringe party TTIP’s star candidate. KEN TOWL went along, so that you – and hundreds of others – didn’t have to “Somebody at … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Ken Towl, Marley King, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

King abdication has Greens seeking Croydon West candidate

With just days to go before the deadline for candidate declarations for the July 4 General Election, the Green Party in Croydon has been forced into a last-minute scramble to find a replacement for Marley King in Croydon West. Sources … Continue reading

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After Sunak’s washout on ‘Drowning St’, here comes a wipeout

GENERAL ELECTION SPECIAL: Our in-house psephological expert, WALTER CRONXITE, looks at Croydon’s new constituencies and the uncertain political prospects for some come July 4 With a sodden Prime Minister running away from letters of no confidence from his own party’s … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Anthony Boutall, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elaine Garrod, Gavin Barwell, Jason Cummings, Marley King, Natasha Irons, Richard Howard, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Ainslie, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

From Croydon to Peckham, activists stand by asylum seekers

The civil disobedience action aimed at frustrating, delaying or even stopping altogether the removal of asylum seekers from their accommodation in south London on to other locations, including deportation to Rwanda, has shifted from Croydon’s Lunar House to Peckham today. … Continue reading

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