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Tag Archives: Peter Morgan
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 West, 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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Council drops public poll to speed up introduction of 20mph
Croydon Council officials have admitted that they need to speed up their own work if they are to implement 20mph speed limits on all the borough’s residential streets. The council wants to skip the opinion surveys which it used as … Continue reading
Morgan goes ahead with Brexit event despite killing of Cox
Across the country, with less than a week to go before the EU Referendum, and all political campaigning has been shut down since Thursday’s shocking killing of Labour MP Jo Cox. Except in Coulsdon, where a community hall event organised … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 EU referendum, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Steve O'Connell, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, EU Referendum, Jo Cox MP, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Morgan, Steve O'Connell, Thomas Mair, Tory, UKIP
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Black mark for Morgan as his bogus identity gets found out
Coulsdon’s one-man motoring campaign could soon find it more difficult to use false identities online to pursue his own vested interests, as our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports Last night, he was spotted at a public meeting in Lambeth, discussing … Continue reading
UKIP supporters to face demands for legal costs from council
Croydon Council has begun legal proceedings against a UKIP-dominated group which has refused to return thousands of pounds in an unspent grant. Council officials have decided to pursue the group’s committee members for the costs incurred for recovering that money. … Continue reading
Morgan’s rum conduct raises suspicions over 20mph survey
A complaint has been filed with Croydon Council over the conduct of Coulsdon resident Peter Morgan, accusing him of using multiple aliases and bogus addresses to register a greater volume of opposition to the recently conducted 20mph zone consultation. Morgan … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Norbury, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Thornton Heath, Transport, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Morgan, Thornton Heath, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Bollards! Latest crash underlines danger on Grange Road
Further proof of the need for better enforced speed controls on key routes through Croydon was delivered by another out-of-control motorist on the eve of the end of the council’s 20mph consultation. Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader sent us this picture, … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Cycling, Environment, Karen Jewitt, Matthew Kyeremeh, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Neighbourhood Association, Transport
Tagged Adrian Dennis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Kyeremeh, Peter Morgan, Thornton Heath, UKIP
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20mph zones under threat from UKIP activists, warns Khan
What appears to be a UKIP-led campaign against 20mph speed limits on residential streets in the north of the borough has been condemned, after stickers and posters have been placed – often unlawfully – around Croydon. In a display of … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Norbury, Parking, Selhurst, Shasha Khan, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged 20mph zones, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Morgan, Shasha Khan, South Norwood, Tory, UKIP
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UKIP-dominated group could face legal action from council
A self-proclaimed “community” group which has several leading members closely associated with UKIP and which defended one of its officers making racist comments via social media, could now face legal action from Croydon Council for the recovery of unspent cash … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Peter Staveley
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Elizabeth Ash, Peter Morgan, Tory, UKIP
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“Scandalous” waste of millions on roadwork chaos
At a time of austerity, when we are told that the people in charge of Croydon Council are seeking absolute value for our money, making every penny count, it is not unreasonable still to expect public works to be done … Continue reading
