Tag Archives: Mike Fisher

One year on: Fisher’s Folly staff shunted into Davis House

Posted on September 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

It shows how desperate the new council is to untangle the web of financial calamity caused by the disaster that is the CCURV property speculation scam scheme, that many council staff are being told that they are to be moved … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Planning, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory | 3 Comments

Croydon to play full part in Arnhem’s 70th commemorations

Posted on August 31, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon will, after all, play its civic part – and duty – with its twin town of Arnhem in the 70th anniversary commemorations of the Second World War parachute battle. The weekend of September 19 to 22 will see the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, History, Mike Fisher | Tagged Arnhem, Croydon, Croydon Council, D-Day, Mike Fisher, Normandy, Operation Market Garden, Tony Newman | 3 Comments

Keep it quiet: councillors make allowances for themselves

Posted on July 24, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s councillors last week opened the way for potential increases in their own “allowances” of as much as 20 per cent, and they did it all without any debate. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s new council last week passed a range … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Julie Belvir, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman | Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory | 5 Comments

At £220m, is Fisher’s Folly the most costly council HQ ever?

Posted on July 15, 2014 by insidecroydon

According to figures presented at last night’s Croydon Council cabinet meeting, Fisher’s Folly, the new council office building which some people insist on calling Bernard Weatherill House, will cost Council Tax-payers a scandalous £85 million more than even the gloomiest multi-million-pound … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Simon Hall, Taberner House, URV | Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Labour, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory | 8 Comments

Lights! Action! Candid cameras switched on at the Town Hall

Posted on July 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES found himself watching the first live webcast meeting of the new Croydon Council. He watched it so you didn’t have to… I nearly missed it, because I was listening to the first in the new series of I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Capita, Croydon Council, Local media, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Kathy Bee, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan | 3 Comments

Aimless opposition could make for an extended honeymoon

Posted on July 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

THE VIEW FROM THE BACK BENCHES: Last night’s first council cabinet meeting of the new Labour administration was full of interesting announcements for Waddon councillor ANDREW PELLING So that’s what my Labour colleagues have been up to over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon | Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Mike Fisher, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory | 2 Comments

Pickles to order Croydon to return to weekly collections

Posted on June 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

Tory Eric Pickles and his ConDem government could be about to hand a significant political present to Croydon’s new Labour-run council, by forcing them to bring back weekly bin collections. Labour won control of Croydon Town Hall a month ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection | Tagged ConDem Government, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Labour, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman | 4 Comments

Punch-drunk Tories struggling to get up off the canvas

Posted on June 26, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE has put down his copy of Boxing News to assess the ringcraft of Croydon’s defeated Tories as they warm up for their next big bout Like a boxer who has taken one heavy blow to the chin too many, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Clare Hilley, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, New Addington South, Phil Thomas, Steve O'Connell, Tony Pearson, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon | Tagged Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Barwell, Clare Hilley, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Cameron, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Phil Thomas, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon | 5 Comments

Spot the difference: Crapita sponsors Labour Mayor’s banquet

Posted on June 20, 2014 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES, editor of Inside Croydon, suggests that the borough’s new council has allowed itself to be compromised by the council’s senior staff, developers and big business even before it has been in office for a month Spot the difference. … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Capita, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Fly tipping, Julie Belvir, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Phil Thomas, Planning, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, URV, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre | Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Mayor, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Tony Newman, Tory | 1 Comment

Mayor has to apologise as Crapita draws a blank for public

Posted on June 4, 2014 by insidecroydon

Virtually the first thing which Croydon’s new mayor, Councillor Manju Shahul-Hameed, was forced to do on taking office last night was to apologise to around two dozen members of the public because of the latest embarrassing council technology short-coming caused … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Bernard Weatherill House, Broad Green, Capita, Charity, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Libraries, Manju Shahul Hameed, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sara Bashford, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, URV, Waste incinerator, Yvette Hopley | Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Mayor, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory | 14 Comments

How Croydon Tories were trumped by more ideas and activists

Posted on June 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

COUNCILLOR ANDREW PELLING looks ahead to tomorrow evening’s formal Town Hall occasion which will herald the beginning of a new municipal year, and a new council administration I am looking forward to tomorrow’s annual meeting of the council. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell, Heathfield, Margaret Mead, Maria Gatland, Mike Fisher, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, Waddon | Tagged Andrew Pelling, Barwell, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Mayor, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Tory, Waddon | 4 Comments

Council website down for 10 days since Capita handover

Posted on June 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon residents attempting to use their council’s online services this morning found that the local authority’s website was “unavailable” for a 10th successive day, a “down time” that is potentially costing the council millions of pounds and creating widespread inconvenience … Continue reading →

Posted in Capita, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery | Tagged Capita, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tory | 7 Comments

‘Dumb’ and dumber: outgoing councillor’s rant to regret

Posted on May 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

We will miss Clare Hilley. Not because she was a hard-working councillor, as she sought to advance her personal political ambitions for what seemed like five minutes. But because when she was an elected representative for Waddon ward, Hilley and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Clare Hilley, Waddon | Tagged Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Waddon | 4 Comments

Croydon’s political weather signals Town Hall climate change

Posted on May 28, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: Newly elected Waddon councillor ANDREW PELLING provides his analysis of how the council elections were won, and lost Political pundits sometimes belittle council elections as being just barometers for the national standings of political parties. They see Town … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Bernard Weatherill House, Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Joy Prince, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, Robert Canning, Sarah Jones MP, Stephen Mann, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Barwell, Bernard Weatherill House, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Gavin Barwell, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Taberner House, Tory, UKIP, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre | 10 Comments

Ten things we have learned from the 2014 Town Hall elections

Posted on May 23, 2014 by insidecroydon

So the results are in. And a thoroughly fascinating few weeks we have had in Croydon leading up to yesterday’s local elections. Croydon has no UKIP councillors, or councillors from any party other than Labour or the Conservatives. The LibDems … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections | Tagged Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Barwell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mike Fisher, Tory, Waddon | 16 Comments

You can make today’s council elections all about trust

Posted on May 22, 2014 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES, editor of Inside Croydon, winds up the pre-election coverage on what all parties agree is a vitally important day for the borough This is the £1 billion local election. As if eyeing a prize dangling at the end … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Art, Bernard Weatherill House, Cane Hill, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Family Justice Centre, Gavin Barwell, Libraries, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Riesco Collection, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Westfield | Leave a comment

Putting a roof over people’s heads ought to cap any policy

Posted on May 21, 2014 by insidecroydon

For the final piece comparing the policies of the parties ahead of the local elections tomorrow, WALTER CRONXITE has been window shopping around Croydon’s estate agents Issue No4: HOUSING THE ISSUE: It was the steaming turd he left on his … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Housing, Jon Rouse, Planning, URV | Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, Tory, UKIP | Leave a comment

Polls predict Croydon Council will be split down the middle

Posted on May 17, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: Opinion polls published by the Evening Standard suggest that the outcome of next Thursday’s local election in Croydon could see a split council, with the Conservatives and Labour both with 35 seats each. The Tories, under the leadership … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Green Party, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, Tory | 13 Comments

Tory council votes to increase payments to its leadership

Posted on May 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

Mike Fisher, the florid-faced leader of the Conservatives who have been running Croydon Council since 2006, is keen to see next Thursday’s election contested on his record in office. Unsurprisingly, the £1 billion debt that Croydon Council has built up … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Kenley, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard | Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fisher's Folly, Helen Pollard, Labour, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard, Tory | 4 Comments

‘Non-political’ residents’ association to stage Tory party rally

Posted on May 12, 2014 by insidecroydon

Apparently, the Spring Park Residents’ Association is, according to its own constitution, “a non-party political, non-sectarian organisation, which was founded in 1932 to represent the views of its members to the local authority and other organisations on matters of public … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Janet Marshall, Mike Fisher, Richard Chatterjee, Shirley North | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Shirley, Spring Park Residents' Association, Tory | 1 Comment

Shirley residents and shops demand one-hour free parking

Posted on May 9, 2014 by insidecroydon

Activists in Shirley yesterday delivered a petition to Transport for London signed by more than 1,200 local residents calling for one-hour free parking at key points in their neighbourhood. When Marzia Nicodemi and Said Otmani delivered the petition, they were … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Parking, Shirley North | Tagged Croydon, Labour, Mike Fisher, Parking, Shirley | 6 Comments

Threat of UKIP sees Croydon’s Tories press the panic button

Posted on May 8, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: The Conservatives, who have run Croydon Council since 2006, have pressed the panic button over the UKIP threat to their control of the Town Hall. The local Tories sent out their distress signal in leaflets distributed across the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Fairfield, Fieldway, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Peter Staveley, Phil Thomas, Richard Ottaway MP, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon & Ballards, South Norwood, Waddon | Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Phil Thomas, Richard Ottaway, South Norwood, Surrey, Tory, Waddon, Warlingham | 8 Comments

Questions mounting over political influence at council

Posted on May 3, 2014 by insidecroydon

There is mounting evidence that some of Croydon Council’s most senior officials are behaving in a dubious manner in respect of the local elections later this month, when they have tens of thousands of pounds of public money at their … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Anthony Brooks, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Fly tipping, Gavin Barwell, Julie Belvir, Mark Watson, Nathan Elvery, Patricia Hay-Justice, Peter Staveley, Phil Thomas, Refuse collection, Sean Fitzsimons | Tagged Addiscombe West, Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, rubbish, Sean Fitzsimons, Tory, Veolia | 3 Comments

Council pays public money to private school for election count

Posted on May 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Tory-run council is to pay thousands of pounds of tax-payers’ money to a wealthy private school to use its halls for the election count later this month, instead of using its own buildings, like the £140 million “Fisher’s Folly” … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Nathan Elvery, Trinity School, URV | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Fisher's Folly, Gavin Barwell, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Fisher, Tory, Whitgift Foundation | 6 Comments

These councillors voted last night to build on a Croydon park: next month they will want you to trust them with your vote

Posted on April 25, 2014 by insidecroydon

When you last had a chance to vote for the local council four years ago, were you asked for your views on the council building on public open space so that the developers could make more than £100million in profit? … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Business, Chris Wright, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, David Osland, Environment, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Lynne Hale, Planning, Property, Richard Chatterjee, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Sue Winborn, Taberner House, Tim Pollard, URV | Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, John Laing, Labour, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Thornton Heath, Tory | 11 Comments

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