Tag Archives: Pat Ryan

Pat Ryan’s excess: veteran’s generous grants left unquestioned

Posted on April 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

The culture of secrecy and cover-ups in Croydon Labour meant that one councillor never did face any scrutiny over his misuse of thousands of pounds of public money to resurface a private road and to pay for equipment in a … Continue reading →

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‘It’s an utter joke’: councillors unhappy at selection stitch-ups

Posted on March 21, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the brinkmanship taking place in the local Labour Party over controversial reselections With just seven days left before the official opening of nominations for all candidates for the local elections, there remain two … Continue reading →

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This is ‘democracy’ in Steve Reed’s Croydon Labour Party

Posted on March 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Just 56 days until the local elections, and selection stitch-ups are still being carried out in poorly-attended meetings across the borough, with a serious effort to oust a senior black woman councillor to make way for … Continue reading →

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Veteran Labour councillors are banned after 6-month absences

Posted on February 19, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Council’s senior legal official moves to exclude elected members from all Town Hall business after they failed to attend any meetings – even remotely – for six months. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES Pat Ryan, who was … Continue reading →

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Veteran councillor Ryan is deselected while in hospital bed

Posted on November 6, 2021 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest casualties of the council’s financial collapse Pat Ryan, a Croydon councillor for nearly 30 years, was last night deselected by members at a Labour Party meeting in his home ward of Crystal Palace … Continue reading →

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Boycotts and resignations in rows over Labour selections

Posted on October 30, 2021 by insidecroydon

‘The conduct of Labour Party affairs locally does seem to be almost tailored to create continuing unease and disaffection’. WALTER CRONXITE,  political editor, with the latest round-up of shenanigans “Croydon North’s in meltdown” was how one angry Labour member put … Continue reading →

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Chief whip worked with group that attacks council policy

Posted on October 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Evidence has emerged that shows a Labour councillor negotiating with an anti-LTN group over illegally obtained documents. And now he’s been put in charge of party discipline at the scandal-hit council. By STEVEN DOWNES The Town Hall’s … Continue reading →

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1 in 4 Labour councillors choose not to seek selection for 2022

Posted on July 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that Labour’s problems nationally are being reflected in the party’s selection process for next May’s council elections. Plus a change of mind by two of the council’s more notorious figures Almost one-quarter of the … Continue reading →

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Croydon among worst London boroughs for ‘healthy’ streets

Posted on July 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

The council deputy leader’s cycling strategy appears to have gone down a dead-end street, as environmental report ranks the borough the 10th worst in London. By STEVEN DOWNES A report published yesterday shows that even when Croydon Council does have … Continue reading →

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Relic of Newman regime to face Labour confidence vote

Posted on February 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Pat Ryan, the veteran councillor for Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, tonight faces a confidence motion at a meeting of his Labour Party branch. Ryan is a relic of the Labour regime under Tony Newman which bankrupted the borough. He … Continue reading →

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Rebel councillor kicked off traffic committee on eve of meeting

Posted on February 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest twist in the saga of the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes Pat Ryan, the veteran councillor for Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood ward, has been removed as a member of the … Continue reading →

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Veteran councillor Ryan under investigation over ‘outburst’

Posted on February 4, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest allegations of rule-breaking by a veteran Labour councillor “Pat has lost it.” That’s the view of a senior member of the Labour Party in Crystal Palace after a month in which their … Continue reading →

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Confused councillor in roads row after he ‘likes’ vandalism

Posted on January 12, 2021 by insidecroydon

The council’s traffic management committee meeting tonight has provoked a row between Labour politicians, some of whom have been associating with questionable characters in their opposition to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports The intervention of MPs … Continue reading →

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Upper Norwood’s street battle could be settled this week

Posted on January 9, 2021 by insidecroydon

After a rushed consultation, the council’s Traffic Management Advisory Committee meets next week to discuss two of the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Our environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION reports on the gathering storm When Councillor Muhammad Ali was promoted to the … Continue reading →

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Let’s give Crystal Palace’s streets a chance to breathe again

Posted on August 5, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Even ward councillors need to check what petitions they are signing, and what their party policies are. AUSTEN COOPER sifts through some of the contradictory opposition to road closures in Upper Norwood Let’s get one thing straight. The … Continue reading →

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Triangle will be ‘decimated’ by road closures, warns councillor

Posted on August 3, 2020 by insidecroydon

The Labour group at the Town Hall, already riven with fault lines on a number of contentious issues, is facing another split, this time over road closures in Upper Norwood that have been introduced today under coronavirus emergency powers. The … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick plan sees high-rise objections in Upper Norwood

Posted on March 10, 2020 by insidecroydon

Public opposition to Brick by Brick schemes is mounting in Upper Norwood, where the council’s loss-making house-builder is looking at a gaggle of small sites in the ward, mostly involving garages at the end of the gardens of existing homes … Continue reading →

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Rent hikes force closure of Crystal Palace independent shops

Posted on August 21, 2019 by insidecroydon

It is not only in Croydon town centre that big business is contriving to destroy the fabric of the high street. As our retail correspondent MT WALLETTE reports, in Crystal Palace a precious corner of independent stores and old-style character … Continue reading →

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Planning inspector expected to rule on Queen’s Hotel this week

Posted on April 27, 2019 by insidecroydon

A decision on the expansion plans for the Queen’s Hotel at Crystal Palace is expected this week. Croydon Council’s planning committee has twice refused planning permission for the owners Euro Hotels’ £10million expansion scheme, which prompted the appeal to the … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Hotel planning inquiry is a case of David v Goliath

Posted on February 26, 2019 by insidecroydon

Whose side is Croydon Council on? As JOE PAXTON reports from the Town Hall, Crystal Palace Council Tax-payers face a four-day public hearing having had little support from their own local authority A David v Goliath battle commences at the … Continue reading →

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Seconds out: champ Duke fights for survival at Victory Place

Posted on January 14, 2019 by insidecroydon

Three-time boxing world champion Duke McKenzie is facing the toughest fight of his life yet – a battle for the survival of the gym in Crystal Palace which he has worked hard over eight years to establish as a thriving … Continue reading →

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Labour councillor alleges planning bias for Brick by Brick

Posted on September 14, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how a Town Hall veteran has broken ranks over some of the council’s inappropriate over-development It is no longer just disgruntled residents, unhappy over the way the council and their slow-motion house-builders, Brick by … Continue reading →

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‘The Nasty Party is alive and well and active in Croydon’

Posted on January 17, 2017 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Veteran Labour councillor for Upper Norwood, PAT RYAN, pictured left, was disappointed to see a local Tory activist being abusive to trade unionists on social media. Here, he calls on Andrew Stevensen and his party to do the … Continue reading →

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Croydon Tories fail to act over candidate’s ‘scumbag’ abuse

Posted on January 17, 2017 by insidecroydon

A Croydon Tory activist, who was a Conservative candidate for the council in 2014, has been told to apologise and his party urged to act for calling rail union members “scumbags” over the Southern Railways dispute. Veteran Labour councillor Pat … Continue reading →

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Football-watching councillors are rewarded with promotions

Posted on May 13, 2016 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our man outside the Town Hall with a Yorkie bar and Mike Fisher’s discarded copy of the Racing Post, sees a clear message in the latest council cabinet reshuffle: mediocrity will be rewarded in Croydon Tony Newman, Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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