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Tag Archives: Peter Morgan
It’s no Flook: dozen Reform members resign over candidate
ELECTION EXCLUSIVE: Reform in Croydon is in meltdown, with members resigning over top-down decisions from Farage HQ. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports on the Fairfield Halls exercise in onanism, where the real fireworks were going off backstage Grifter-in-chief Nigel Farage … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Dan Milner-Tebbutt, Jose Joseph, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, New Addington North, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, Waddon
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Ben Flook, Central Parade, Dan Milner-Tebbutt, Dan Tebbutt, Fairfield Halls, Jose Joseph, Kosta Dexiades, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Nik Stewert, Peter Morgan, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Selsdon, Shirley
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Reform’s candidate for Mayor bottles it ahead of Farage visit
ELECTION EXCLUSIVE: Less than 48 hours before he was due to be unveiled at the Fairfield Halls as his party’s pick to head their campaign in Croydon, Dan Milner-Tebbutt resigned. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals his replacement, another Conservative defector … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Dan Milner-Tebbutt
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Ben Flook, Central Parade, Dan Milner-Tebbutt, Dan Tebbutt, Fairfield Halls, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Nik Stewert, Peter Morgan, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK
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Game of musical chairs for Reform as Tebbutt takes ‘new role’
Just five days before their party leader is expected at the Fairfield Halls for a rally to be attended by “thousands” (in a Concert Hall with a capacity of fewer than 1,800), and Reform Ltd in Croydon has changed their … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Dan Milner-Tebbutt
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Dan Milner-Tebbutt, Dan Tebbutt, Fairfield Halls, Nigel Farage, Nik Stewert, Peter Morgan, Reform, Reform Ltd, Reform UK
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Reform backs policy that could see children killed on our roads
What is Nigel Farage’s political company of grifters proposing for Croydon? To remove current 20mph speed limits on our streets. Columnist ANDREW FISHER, right, lays out the science and the facts in the face of far-right rhetoric I’ve lived in … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Transport
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, 20mph, 20mph zones, Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Reform, Donald Trump, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Tory
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Reform to investigate claims over conduct of ‘nasty’ Morgan
Nigel Farage’s business-cum-party is trying to distance itself from controversial Coulsdon resident, as they struggle to establish any credibility in Croydon, where they have no mayoral candidate and are on to their third branch chair since June An official from … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Coulsdon, Crime, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Daniel Tebbutt, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Nik Stewert, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Scott Holman, Sharon Carby, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Reform party official wants to scrap vital New Addington trams
EXCLUSIVE: As Nigel Farage’s company-cum-party struggles with a constant credibility crisis, here in Croydon, one member has a policy idea which could damage their election chances. By STEVEN DOWNES Ahead of next May’s local elections in Croydon, Peter Morgan wants … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Coulsdon, Crime, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Surrey, Surrey Police, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Worries over ‘nasty’ Peter Morgan’s part in Croydon Reform UK
EXCLUSIVE: The party that selected a dead woman to be their candidate for mayor in Croydon is once more having questions asked about its checks on candidates and officials. By STEVEN DOWNES Still without a mayoral candidate for the local … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tory
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‘Hypocrite’ Tory voted for proposal to destroy heritage home
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on a planning committee meeting where Conservative councillors backed a private developer’s bid to drastically alter a listed family home in a conservation area So much for Tory Mayor Jason Perry protecting family homes in … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Ian Parker, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Ria Patel
Tagged Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Ian Parker, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Morgan, Planning, Ross Gentry, Tory
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Agent on a mission overlooks Coulsdon Tories’ dark secret
It is just over a year until Croydon goes to the polls in its second Mayoral election, and the local Tories already seem up for the fight. But leading the way for them is a paid gofer who struggles to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Council Tax, Croydon South, Ian Parker, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Ian Parker, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Morgan, Tony Newman, Tory
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Anger over millionaire MP Philp’s ‘generous’ benefits claim
New year, same old Chris Philp. The gaffe-prone Tory MP for Croydon South put his foot in it yet again and angered millions of TV news viewers as he claimed that the nation’s benefits system is “very generous”. Philp, 47, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South
Tagged benefits, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Mick Lynch, Peter Morgan, Tory, welfare benefits
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Perry permits Town Hall question that helps return of Morgan
How closely did the Tory Mayor work with notorious motoring lobbyist over a council question that opposes the Brighton Road cycle corridor? WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, investigates After a lengthy absence, Coulsdon motoring lobbyist Peter Morgan, a character so divisive … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Coulsdon, Crime, Cycling, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Brighton Road Cycle Corridor, Chipstead Valley Primary School, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Peter Morgan, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tory
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Mayor goes ahead with meeting for anti-immigrant group
Mayor Jason Perry is ignoring appeals from minority groups and a refugee support organisation and is going ahead with plans to attend a meeting tonight organised by a group which includes racists and Islamophobes. The Croydon Communities [sic] Consortium has … Continue reading
‘Scum’, ‘louts’, ‘oddballs’: what Tories really think of Croydon
Meet Keith. Keith likes nothing better than sitting at the wheel of a top-end Porsche sports car. Keith is a member of a Croydon Tories’ Whatsapp group. Keith describes himself as “a bit of a cocky lump”. Keith thinks Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections
Tagged Anne Piles, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, HOME, Keith, Norman Young, Peter Morgan, Tory
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Coulsdon West residents in move to kick out plotter Morgan
The takeover of a residents’ association in Coulsdon by a rabid right-winger has turned very nasty over the past fortnight, as Peter Morgan has made a desperate attempt to cling-on to control of the Coulsdon West RA’s membership list and … Continue reading
Coulsdon councillors distance themselves from plotter Morgan
Our fringes of Surrey correspondent, PEARL LEE, on the latest developments in the intrigue and dispute around a residents’ association Coulsdon’s Tory councillors have finally called time on the illicit takeover of a residents’ association. Coulsdon Town councillors Ian Parker, … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Luke Clancy, Mario Creatura
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon South, CWRA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Michael Southwell, Peter Morgan, Tory
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Car lobbyist’s Christmas ‘coup’ over Coulsdon residents’ group
Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, finds a controversial right-winger bending rules to grab control of a local association Peter Morgan, the resident of east Coulsdon notorious for having been kicked out of UKIP and the Tory parties, … Continue reading
Residents’ association issues apology for ‘Chinese virus’ tweet
Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, reports on how a Tory-backed group in Coulsdon has cause to regret handing its social media account over to a far-right agitator The Coulsdon West Residents’ Association, only reformed recently with the … Continue reading
Lobbyist Morgan threatens to block car-free zones near schools
Peter Morgan, Coulsdon’s self-appointed one-man-band anti-road safety campaigner, has announced that he will take steps to block council moves to have car-free zones around some of Croydon’s primary schools. Morgan claims the council has acted illegally by not taking notice … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Parking, Schools, Transport
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Peter Morgan
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Car lobbyist Morgan now insists: don’t walk, it’s dangerous
Walking to school is dangerous. That’s the considered advice of a … car campaigner from Coulsdon, as he tries to block a Croydon Council initiative to reduce polluting exhausts and to get some of the borough’s primary-aged children daily exercise … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Environment, Parking, Schools, Stuart King, Transport, Walks
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Coulsdon, Peter Morgan
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Motorists’ body in High Court challenge to 20mph zones
Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON gets up to speed with the latest Judicial Review brought against Croydon Council from a fringe group that is supported by UKIP’s Godfrey “Bongo Bongo Land” Bloom Croydon faces the threat of a second High … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Policing, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Morgan, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP
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Morgan objects to Holocaust talk in his Coulsdon power play
A Coulsdon car lobbyist who has been expelled from membership of both the local Conservatives and from UKIP, for breaking the rules and being repeatedly disruptive, is making a takeover bid at a residents’ association. Peter Morgan has put in … Continue reading
Police Borough Commander: ‘I won’t attend a CCC meeting’
Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe, the first black officer appointed by the Metropolitan Police to be Croydon’s Borough Commander, has confirmed that neither he nor any other officers will be attending meetings organised by the controversial Croydon Community Consortium. Boothe is … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Tarrant, Hamida Ali, Jeff Boothe, Mark Watson, Policing
Tagged CCC, Conservative, Croydon Community Consortium, Elizabeth Ash, Hamida Ali, Jeff Boothe, Labour, Peter Morgan, Tory, UKIP
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Council-funded group promotes Tory campaign against 20mph
A “community” group that claims to be “apolitical” and which has received thousands of pounds of grant funding from the council, has promoted the campaign making the case against the council’s policy of introducing 20mph zones across the borough. It … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Hamida Ali, Mark Watson, Nathan Elvery, South Croydon Community Association, Tony Newman
Tagged 20mph zones, CCC, Conservative, Croydon Communities Consortium, Croydon Council, Elizabeth Ash, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson, Nathan Elvery, Peter Morgan, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP
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Coulsdon’s Carservatives declare: ‘Carry on Speeding’
The Tories in Coulsdon have formed an unholy alliance with a car campaigner whose extreme conduct even saw him kicked out of UKIP. Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports The leadership of the Croydon Conservatives has been issuing post-truth emails … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Mario Creatura, Policing, Purley, Sara Bashford, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Mario Creatura, Peter Morgan, Purley, Sara Bashford, STUART KING, Tory, UKIP
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