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Mead speaks out at cabinet on behalf of his “inner circle”
In an extraordinary outburst of arrogance, entitlement and pomposity, Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the Conservative group on Croydon Council, last night underlined exactly why neither he, nor any other councillor with vested interests outside the Town Hall chamber, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Education, Emily Benn, Jo Negrini, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Selsdon & Ballards, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Hammerson, Labour, Member of parliament, Mike Fisher, Tim Pollard, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift Trust
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All aboard the Chris Philp Express, going nowhere fast
CROYDON COMMENTARY: You’re a Tory party parliamentary candidate about to inherit a 15,000 majority. But what do you do for the nine months until next year’s election? Twiddle your thumbs? Not if you’re Croydon South’s PPC Chris Philp, who JON … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon South, Jon Bigger, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Richard Ottaway MP, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon South, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Tory
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Chump! UKIP picks McKenzie again for Croydon North
One step forward, two steps back for UKIP, as in the week that Douglas Carswell jumped ship from the Tories, their members in Croydon North opted to select their branch chairman, Winston McKenzie, as their parliamentary candidate for next May’s … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Clacton gets Carswell, as McKenzie looks to Croydon again
Clacton’s to get Douglas Carswell. Croydon North looks as if it will get Winston McKenzie as its next UKIP parliamentary candidate. Again. As UKIP puffs out its chest at the thought of becoming a proper, grown-up political party, with a … Continue reading
Union group accuses MP Reed of ‘appalling nonsense’
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Lambeth South, has lost the support of some of Croydon’s trades unionists, with one group promising to stand a candidate against the Bliarite “New Labour” advocate at next May’s General Election. The Trades Unionist … Continue reading
‘Nothing to see here’, police say over Gipsy Hill election case
The police has concluded its investigation into allegations of electoral fraud in Lambeth’s Gipsy Hill ward in May’s local elections, and says it will be taking no further action. The voters of Gipsy Hill elected three Labour councillors, including Matthew … Continue reading
Benn’s selection is another sign that the voters always lose
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Next year’s General Election candidates in the borough’s southern-most constituency confirm the political consensus, says JON BIGGER The Labour Party today selected the Hon Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn to stand as their candidate in Croydon South at the … Continue reading
UKIP pick Garner as their General Election candidate
UKIP’s members in Croydon South yesterday rejected the questionable political “skills” and charms of Winston McKenzie in favour of a local candidate who has been better known for distributing newspapers, rather than creating headlines for them. Kathleen Garner will stand … Continue reading
McKenzie’s credibility gap could be too much even for UKIP
UKIP party members in Croydon South this afternoon choose their parliamentary candidate to contest next May’s General Election. Politically, it may prove to be Winston McKenzie’s last stand. Greater London offers pretty poor electoral pickings for the Eurosceptic party, but … Continue reading
UKIP carnival’s Winston McKenzie wants to stand again
There are lies, damned lies and statistics. So when do two people constitute “40 per cent”? When it is UKIP in Croydon trying (just a bit too hard, it seems) to portray itself as being “diverse”. And when you factor … Continue reading
A Viscount, two Lords and a comedian back Labour campaign
Eddie Izzard was out campaigning in Croydon town centre this morning with local Labour leader Tony Newman. Cue jokes from all other political parties about there being more than one comedian in Croydon Labour… It’s unclear whether many of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Catriona Ogilvy, Emily Benn, Heathfield, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, New Addington South, Oliver Lewis, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Waddon, Wayne Lawlor, West Thornton
Tagged Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Central, East Croydon station, Eddie Izzard, Emily Benn, Labour, London Assembly, Member of parliament, New Addington, Viscount Stansgate, Waddon
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