Tag Archives: Rowenna Davis

The state of politics is a tragedy. It’s important that you vote

Posted on April 23, 2026 by insidecroydon

Have you been underwhelmed by the Croydon local election camapigns so far? ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, certainly has How are the campaigns going in Croydon? “What campaigns?” you might ask. Walking around my local neighbourhood (a knot of 20 roads … Continue reading →

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Fewer than 100 votes in it between Perry and Davis for Mayor

Posted on April 23, 2026 by insidecroydon

Two weeks today, Croydon voters go to the polls to elect the Mayor of Croydon, with the bookies and pundits saying that in this corner of the capital, the race is just too close to call. Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE … Continue reading →

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Here is your chance to question the candidates for Mayor

Posted on April 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

For the first time ever, the leading candidates for Croydon Mayor will be taking part in a Digital Debate this week. And they will be answering the questions put by YOU, the readers of Inside Croydon. The team at Inside … Continue reading →

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Our Mayor needs to possess vision and global understanding

Posted on April 17, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: As the row over Rowenna Davis’s censored manifesto rumbles on, former Labour councillor JERRY FITZPATRICK, pictured right, explains how international affairs can very properly be matters of local importance  In no particular order, I want the Mayor of … Continue reading →

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The truth is simple: we need to solve Croydon’s financial crisis

Posted on April 13, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Even before her own party bosses censored her manifesto, there were spending commitments being made by Rowenna Davis, Labour’s candidate for Croydon Mayor, that just don’t add up. LibDem candidate RICHARD HOWARD, pictured left, explains Rowenna Davis’s mayoral … Continue reading →

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Election countdown: splintered voting could see Davis win

Posted on April 11, 2026 by insidecroydon

Less than one month until election day, our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, looks at the latest polls and by-elections to assess – or guess – how the Croydon electorate will vote for executive Mayor on May 7 While the government … Continue reading →

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Labour bosses axe front-bencher on eve of elections deadline

Posted on April 10, 2026 by insidecroydon

ELECTION EXCLUSIVE: Two women who were deemed good enough to stand to become MPs for their parties at the 2024 General Election have been withdrawn as candidates for the council elections just ahead of yesterday’s declarations deadline. By STEVEN DOWNES  … Continue reading →

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Labour forces Davis to erase ‘genocide’ from her manifesto

Posted on April 7, 2026 by insidecroydon

With Croydon’s Town Hall elections to be held one month today, one mayoral candidate has been ordered to censor her election brochure by party bosses, with MP Reed suspected of being behind move. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES  Labour’s candidate for … Continue reading →

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Perry makes no formal intervention as Mayor over Vue closure

Posted on April 4, 2026 by insidecroydon

Tory Mayor fails to act over doomed multiplex cinema, as he uses latest blow to ‘evolving’ town centre as an opportunity for a bit of late-term cosplaying. SANDRA STEAD reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s impotent and out-of-touch Mayor, had no idea … Continue reading →

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The Mayor’s record in office has worse delivery than Royal Mail

Posted on March 28, 2026 by insidecroydon

With Tory Jason Perry’s election pledges dropping on residents’ doormats this week and Labour candidate Rowenna Davis publishing her manifesto, the claims and promises of the two front-runners for Croydon Mayor are examined here by ANDREW FISHER While incumbent Mayor … Continue reading →

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‘Decency’ hustings as no one missed the missing candidate

Posted on March 27, 2026 by insidecroydon

ELECTION SKETCH: In a cramped ‘hub’ in Broad Green, the first full hustings of the 2026 Croydon Mayor campaign took place last night. KEN TOWL was there, so you didn’t need to be (and you couldn’t have squeezed in, anyway) … Continue reading →

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43 days to go and desperation is appearing in election leaflets

Posted on March 25, 2026 by insidecroydon

After all the calamities inflicted on Croydon by Tory Mayor Jason Perry, from his 33% Council Tax hikes to his unlawful LTN fines, has Labour fallen into their old trap of over-promising before under-delivering? WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through … Continue reading →

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CBA election debate, Smile Hub, Broad Green, Thu Mar 26

Posted on March 22, 2026 by insidecroydon

C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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Et tu Brute: Fringe party claims credit for getting Perry elected

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

There’s more than a sense of the Ides of March about some of the rhetoric coming from public meetings as the 2026 local election campaign gets into its stride, as WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, writes It seems somehow appropriate that, … Continue reading →

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Take a step back in time for the start of the election campaign

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

KEN TOWL was at last night’s Ruskin House election debate, so that you didn’t need to be The great red-green face-off at Ruskin House last night answered some burning questions, such as who will Your Party support? And, what will … Continue reading →

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CBA election debate, Smile Hub, Broad Green, Thu Mar 26

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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Bookies make Labour’s Davis favourite to win Mayor election

Posted on March 19, 2026 by insidecroydon

Bookmakers are taking bets on the outcome of the 2026 Croydon mayoral election, and they make Labour’s Rowenna Davis a short-priced 6-5 favourite to win at the local elections on May 7. Reform UK don’t yet even have a candidate … Continue reading →

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Red coats march on Delta Point to protest against evictions

Posted on March 18, 2026 by insidecroydon

On a visit to Croydon, the former housing secretary describes companies run by a billionaire Labour Party donor as ‘disgusting and disgraceful’, as hundreds of their tenants are served Section 21 eviction orders Angela Rayner, tipped as the next leader … Continue reading →

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Election debate: Davis v Underwood, Ruskin House, Mar 19

Posted on March 17, 2026 by insidecroydon

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LibDem candidate Howard would axe chief exec role at council

Posted on March 12, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: In our latest Andrew Fisher Interview with candidates to become Croydon Mayor in the local elections on May 7, Richard Howard says that he would work on a cross-party basis at the Town Hall, would look at ways of … Continue reading →

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‘Red v Blue’ at Town Hall elections could suffer a Green-wash

Posted on March 6, 2026 by insidecroydon

Polling day in Croydon’s local elections, including its second mayoral vote, is on May 7. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through recent opinion polls and by-election results, but has a warning from history of how ‘challenger parties’ can be swept … Continue reading →

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Davis’s Valentine’s message: I’ll mend Croydon’s broken heart

Posted on February 12, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: Labour candidate issues public apology for ‘some things that my party has done in the past’ in crashing Croydon Council’s finances Rowenna Davis has revealed how she has been talking to a consortium of around 12 potential investors and … Continue reading →

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Labour issues late appeal for election candidates to volunteer

Posted on February 7, 2026 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: With little more than 12 weeks until polling day, the party of Mandelson, McSweeney and Starmer has yet to name its candidates in 11 of this borough’s 28 voting districts. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor  The Labour Party in … Continue reading →

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Labour’s Davis looks to CPO the ‘hole in the heart of Croydon’

Posted on January 29, 2026 by insidecroydon

Mayoral candidate intends to discuss a Compulsory Purchase Order of Chinese-owned property with Prime Minister on his return from Beijing. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Labour’s candidate for Croydon Mayor, Rowenna Davis, says that if elected in May she will look … Continue reading →

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Labour’s scandals and dramas reflected in Croydon politics

Posted on September 25, 2025 by insidecroydon

The 2025 Labour Party Conference begins in Liverpool on Sunday. Here, our columnist, ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, the party’s former director of policy, assesses the state of Labour little more than a year into Keir Starmer’s government. And he takes … Continue reading →

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