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Tag Archives: Nigel Farage
Get streets clean, not selling T-shirts, would be a good start
THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Tomorrow is the landmark date since Labour took over from the Tories at Croydon Town Hall. The Conservatives credited UKIP with influencing the local election, though the “fourth party” failed to gain a single council seat. … 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
For McKenzie’s political ambitions, the carnival is over
VOTE 2014: Winston McKenzie’s colourful career as a failed politician and hit-and-miss community activist has seen him accused in the past of not being able to organise the proverbial piss up in a brewery. After today’s shambles on North End, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, South Norwood, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon, Nigel Farage, South Norwood, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP’s campaigning for a return of council common sense
VOTE 2014: The polls in the local elections open on Thursday morning. Inside Croydon invited leading figures of the local political parties to outline why our loyal reader should consider voting for them. PETER STAVELEY makes the case for UKIP … Continue reading
Telegraph poll suggests UKIP poised to win Town Hall seats
The results of a national opinion poll, published yesterday, suggest strongly that UKIP might yet manage to get at least one councillor elected to Croydon Council on May 22, which could hand them the balance of power for the next … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Fieldway, New Addington South, Peter Staveley, Robert King, Shirley North, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fieldway, Labour, London Assembly, New Addington, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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100 days to go: UKIP names its Town Hall election candidates
With 100 days to go until Croydon’s local elections on May 22, UKIP has revealed the names of 17 candidates for wards in Croydon Central and South. UKIP has never had a councillor elected to Croydon Council, but 2014 may … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 by-election, 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, Kenley, New Addington South, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley North, South Croydon, Waddon, Winston McKenzie, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, Kenley, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Peter Staveley, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Ballards, Shirley, South Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, UKIP, Waddon, Woodside
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All People’s Party puts representation on local election agenda
The Conservative nightmare in Croydon is that a strong UKIP performance on “Super Thursday” on May 22 next year, with the combination of European and local elections, will see their grip on the Town Hall broken as Tory supporters submit … Continue reading
Old battlegrounds revisited as local elections get ever closer
It is just 229 days until the May morning when the winners, and losers, will be declared of local elections that will determine who runs Croydon Town Hall until 2018 – potentially to reap all the political benefits of the … Continue reading
UKIP threat sees Croydon Tories put EU on Town Hall agenda
If you’re interested in seeing how local democracy is run, then you had best get along to the Town Hall this evening to see the latest meeting of Croydon Council. The next such assembly of Croydon’s 70 councillors – all … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Clare Hilley, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Fairfield, New Addington South, Peter Staveley, Schools, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Elections in the European Union, Labour, London, Nigel Farage, UK Independence Party, UKIP, YouGov
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UKIP disowns Croydon candidate’s homophobic comments
Another year, another party looks in prospect for Winston McKenzie, if anyone will have him now, after he was disowned last night by his own UK Independence Party over his latest homophobic comments. McKenzie’s “colourful” political career has seen him … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon North, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Labour, London, Nigel Farage, UK Independence, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP’s Farage to campaign in Croydon against gay marriage
Nigel Farage , the leader of the UK Independence Party, is bringing further controversy to the Croydon North by-election, visiting the constituency this morning to support his candidate’s ailing campaign and specifically backing Winston McKenzie‘s remarks made in opposition to … Continue reading
