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Tag Archives: Shaun Bailey
Bailey goes AWOL after losing position on two committees
Party animal Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for London Mayor last year, has been forced to resign his position as chair on a second London Assembly committee over his part in the rumbling Tory “partygate” scandals. Last month, Bailey stood … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Shaun Bailey
Tagged Conservative, London, London Assembly, Partygate, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Bailey under fire for staging his own illegal Tory Party party
Questions are being asked about which Croydon and Sutton Conservatives attended their mayoral candidate’s lockdown-busting ‘raucous’ Christmas shin-dig. By WALTER CRONXITE There have been calls for Shaun Bailey to resign as chair of the London Assembly’s police and crime committee … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Neil Garratt, Policing, Shaun Bailey
Tagged Conservative, Leonie Cooper, London, London Assembly, Neil Garratt, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Voting figures suggest there’s a storm coming for Labour
Croydon’s own red wall turned blue in the London elections this month. Ward-level voting figures provide more bad news for Labour in Croydon, reports our resident psephologist, WALTER CRONXITE The unseasonable heavy rainfall in May is not the only reason … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Jason Perry, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
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Khan wins second term as Tories claim Pyrrhic success
Sadiq Khan will serve a second term as Mayor of London, after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey “quite comfortably”, according to the capital’s leading political pundit. The London Mayoral election result was declared late on Saturday night, with Khan requiring … Continue reading
Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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Candidates Khan and Bailey set for citizens’ ‘accountability’
More than 3,000 community leaders and members from Citizens UK’s alliances across London will tonight champion the problems affecting their communities, and put the candidates for London Mayor on the spot at an event they are calling an “Accountability Assembly”. … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
Tagged Citizens UK, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Citizens, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Khan’s lead at the polls could be enough to elect Cummings
If the pollsters have got their numbers right, history could be about to be made in next month’s London Assembly elections, according to our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE This time next month, for the first time in history, Croydon and … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Claire Bonham, Croydon Greens, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Gammons and other chancers among 20 Mayor candidates
“Jeez.” That was the one-word reaction of Tim Donovan, the long-standing political editor of BBC London, when he saw the full horror of the 20 runners and riders in the race to be Mayor of London. Poor old Tim, who … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Labour, Laurence Fox, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Peter Gammons, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey
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Tory Bailey in bother again after his ‘buy lots of drugs’ claim
Tory Shaun Bailey, a sometime adviser to Boris Johnson, has again damaged his campaign to become Mayor of London by claiming people “would buy lots of drugs” if they were given a universal basic income. It is the latest gaffe … Continue reading
Tory MP Philp’s claims on Congestion Charge quickly unravel
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest wrong turns through Britain’s political swamp made by Croydon’s Tory MP It seems that letting Chris Philp out in public, to spout from his own script, has caused the government problems again, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, TfL, Transport
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Grant Shapps, Labour, London, London Assembly, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Conservatives’ anti-London policies have put Bailey in the dock
Covid-19 forced the postponement of the London elections in May. Now, as our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports, with candidates dropping out and the dire performance of the Tory candidate, the capital is destined to endure the ‘forgotten election’ So … Continue reading
Tin-eared Tories look to dump Bailey’s lacklustre Mayor bid
Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how the Conservatives are beginning to panic over their gormless candidate for London Mayor Reports emerged overnight that the Tories are giving serious consideration to dumping their candidate for London Mayor, Shaun Bailey. As … Continue reading
Tory Bailey considers scrapping Freedom Pass for under-75s
Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party’s liability as candidate for Mayor in next year’s London elections, is considering withdrawing the Freedom Pass from Londoners aged between 60 and 75 years old if elected. Controversial figure Bailey has also suggested scrapping the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Tory Bailey manages just a single question for Mayor Khan
Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party candidate in next year’s London Mayor elections, is so hard-working that he managed to put up just a single question for last month’s session of Mayor’s Question Time. Bailey, who has been a London Assembly … Continue reading
Mayor Khan facing ‘the most fragmented Assembly ever’
Like last month’s European elections, the London Mayor and Assembly votes in May 2020 will be conducted using a form of proportional representation. As WALTER CRONXITE reports, based on the Euro poll, that could cause even further discomfort for Croydion’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Charlie Mansell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP
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Twycross hits out at Tory Government’s ‘reckless’ police cuts
Fiona Twycross has hit out at the Conservative Government for its continuing cuts to police funding in London, saying that the budget cuts – begun when Theresa Mayhem was the Home Secretary – and the “reckless austerity agenda” is risking … Continue reading
Cummings goes public with bid for London Assembly selection
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on an email to Croydon Labour group from a South Norwood councillor that seems to suggest she has the backing of Tony Newman Patsy Cummings wasted little time after the Christmas holidays to confirm … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Jamie Audsley, John Wentworth, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Jamie Audsley, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, Tory
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Could Newman back ‘shoot Trump’ Skipper for Assembly?
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has found Croydon Town Hall’s political ‘elite’ on manoeuvres, hopeful of selection for bigger, better allowances. But is the local Labour leader going to back a complete outsider? Despite campaign groundwork being laid for a snap … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, 2021 London elections, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caragh Skipper, Fiona Twycross, Joseph Lee, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Joseph Lee, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Fare rises and jerk chicken: Tory Bailey hasn’t much to offer
Shaun Bailey, recently named as the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, was in Croydon last night for what the local Tories tried to bill as a Black History Month event. KEN TOWL went along to see what Bailey had to … Continue reading
