Tag Archives: Peter Morgan

Lobbyist Morgan threatens to block car-free zones near schools

Posted on July 30, 2018 by

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 , | 3 Comments

Car lobbyist Morgan now insists: don’t walk, it’s dangerous

Posted on November 17, 2017 by

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 , , | 5 Comments

Motorists’ body in High Court challenge to 20mph zones

Posted on August 15, 2017 by

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 , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Morgan objects to Holocaust talk in his Coulsdon power play

Posted on June 13, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, East Coulsdon Residents' Association | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Barwell says £1.5m to save lives on our roads is ‘wasteful’

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

KEN LEE, our south of the borough correspondent, reports on the latest not-very-bright piece of opposition-for-opposition’s sake dreamt up by the local Conservatives The latest exercise in political point-scoring from Croydon’s Tories, including gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell, could put children’s lives … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Gavin Barwell, Policing, Sara Bashford, Stuart King, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Police Borough Commander: ‘I won’t attend a CCC meeting’

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

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 , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council-funded group promotes Tory campaign against 20mph

Posted on January 19, 2017 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments