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Leaflets target Labour leaders to halt Brick by Brick schemes
Guerilla leafleting has been carried out across three south London boroughs in protest against the councils’ leaderships, and in one case the police have been called in. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports Residents’ groups have been flyering their neighbourhoods to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Housing, Local media, Merton, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon Council, Inside Sutton, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Paul Scott, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Tories did not want to oppose Purley tower, claims Speakman
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: The battle for the ‘grey vote’ in the south of the borough has taken an unexpected turn in Purley, as our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports Senior Conservatives, including councillor Simon Brew, are secretly keen not to make … Continue reading
Bishops Walk and the loneliness of the ‘paper’ candidate
This could be called “The problem with Monks Hill”, or “A Tale of Two Villages”, or “Bishops v Monks”, or “Who Cares?” KEN TOWL takes a walk on the less-than-wild-side, as a “paper” candidate in the local elections Yesterday, I … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addington, Ken Towl, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Addington, Conservative, Ken Towl, Labour, Selsdon and Addington Village, Tory
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Gerrymandering suspicions surface on streets of Addiscombe
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: After months of delays, a road in what Labour calls a ‘key marginal’ ward is suddenly to be resurfaced. Some are suggesting the council work is being co-ordinated to favour Labour’s local election candidates. WALTER CRONXITE reports Residents … Continue reading
Say it ain’t so, Joe: Lee has changed his tune on policing
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Croydon’s Tories seem confused about the home address of one of their local election candidates, while another has previously campaigned for more spending on police and youth facilities, when he was a LibDem parliamentary election candidate. WALTER CRONXITE … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Thornton Heath
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Pollard: Losing on planning legal appeals is ‘money well spent’
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Our eager Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, spent the evening at a debate in Old Coulsdon, so that you didn’t have to Not content with overseeing the publication of an uncosted local election manifesto that contains at least … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Coulsdon, Tim Pollard, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Coulsdon, Labour, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Still ‘Ambitious’ four years on: Labour’s thin offering
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE thumbs through another manifesto, so that you don’t have to Is Tony Newman an avid reader of the works of Gavin Barwell’s old mentor, Lord Cashcroft? You might think so on reading Labour’s … Continue reading
Dombey’s LibDems accused of ‘cheating’ election in Sutton
ELECTIONS EXCLUSIVE: Our Sutton dodgy goings-on editor, JERRY MANDER, on how the rules of purdah have been broken repeatedly by the local Liberal Democrats as they ignore orders from council officers not to abuse taxpayer-funded resources The Liberal Democrats who … Continue reading
Here we go again as McKenzie tries to make another comeback
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the finalised candidates list for the Town Hall elections, which eventually got published by the council while the returning officer was on holiday He’s back. Again. After an absence of nearly … Continue reading
Under-fire Sutton LibDems are beginning to feel the squeeze
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Over in Sutton, the political party which controls the council is sending out distress signals ahead of the May 3 vote, as BELLE MONT reports Liberal Democrats have clung on to power in Sutton over the years by … Continue reading
UKIP find only eight candidates to stand in local elections
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, rounds-up the latest additions to candidate lists from the LibDems, Greens and UKIP for May 3 UKIP, a party without a leader and, post-Brexit, seemingly without any purpose, has virtually abandoned the pretence … Continue reading
£83.78m – the incredible price of Tories’ uncosted promises
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: From £10 refunds when your bins aren’t collected to council-funded zip wires. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, has had his abacus out to tot-up the cost of the promises contained in Croydon Conservatives’ local election manifesto The 2018 … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Pollard’s manifesto makes election a question of honesty
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Four years ago, the Conservatives in Croydon demonstrated their contempt for the electorate by not even bothering with a manifesto. This time round, as political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports, what they have produced is simply not very credible … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Carillion, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, Libraries, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Mike Fisher, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Shirley North, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, North Shirley, Paul Scott, Purley, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Speakman quits Tory party and launches attack on ageism
EXCLUSIVE: WALTER CRONXITE on the latest recriminations over party selections for the local elections next month Donald Speakman, a Tory councillor in Purley for the past 16 years, has resigned from the Conservative Party and has started a campaign to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Badsha Quadir, Donald Speakman, Purley, Purley Pool, Simon Brew, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Labour, Mario Creatura, Purley, Tim Pollard, Tory
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‘If Vince Cable can’t win in south London, where can he win?’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the near-total absence of any real third-party challenge for the local elections, now just five weeks away However unseemly the sight of Labour and Tories slugging it out in the Town Hall Chamber on Monday … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, New Addington, New Addington North, Old Coulsdon, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP
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Council contempt for public in Orwellian Town Hall meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE watched the latest travesty of a council meeting, so you wouldn’t have to Will they never learn? Monday night saw the Town Hall chamber holding the last full meeting of the council before the local elections … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Queens Gardens, Shirley North, South Norwood, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick Action Group, Conservative, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Tory
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Formal complaint filed on Scott as BBC turns out for protest
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the gathering storm over the Labour-run council’s private house-building schemes Croydon Council’s controversial chair of its planning committee, Councillor Paul Scott, has been subject of yet another formal complaint regarding bombastic and bullying conduct … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, South Norwood
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Scott’s planning bias could lead to High Court challenge
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on a startling statement from the council planning committee chair which could be seen to prejudice all decisions on Brick by Brick housing There are mounting concerns among senior figures on Katharine Street, from both … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council doubles cost of on-the-spot fines in war on littering
They’ve offered the public the carrot. Now, here comes the stick, as the council has doubled its on-the-spot fines for littering and fly-tipping. Croydon’s Labour-run council last month announced plans to revive the free bulk waste collection service for Council … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tory
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Brick by Brick scheme is accused of breaking planning rules
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on the mounting anger and opposition to the council-owned house-builder’s plans, with objections coming even from the local Labour MP Another day, another planning disaster looms from Brick by Brick and Tony Newman’s Labour-lite council. … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory
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Tory Dick has commitment issues over election and pulls out
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on further last-minute candidate shuffling It is not just Labour who seem to have difficulties with selecting their candidates for the Town Hall elections on May 3. Croydon Tories have discovered commitment issues. In New … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Ace Nnorom, Fieldway, Neville Dick, New Addington, New Addington North, Philip Sheppard, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Neville Dick, New Addington, New Addington North, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Government reaches for the sky – and puts Philp in a corner
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on an awkward situation for the Nimbys of Purley Tory MP Chris Philp’s loud and frequent complaints about what he continues to call “the Purley Skyscraper” (which is not tall enough to be a skyscraper) … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Housing, Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Purley, Tory
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Nine months on, and Labour still selecting election candidates
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how the ruling party in Croydon is struggling to find candidates for all the borough’s wards Today marks 60 days until the Town Hall elections on May 3. Yet Croydon Labour still hasn’t managed … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley South, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Shirley South, Tony Newman, Tory
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