Tag Archives: Twitter

Inside Croydon’s very own Mystic Mug’s predictions for 2025

Posted on December 31, 2024 by insidecroydon

HAPPY NEW YEAR: Katherine Kerswell gets headhunted to run crisis-hit Premier League football club… Mayor Perry creates more money-spinning LTNs for the cash-strapped council… And yet more new plans for the Whitgift Centre. We’ve polished up Inside Croydon’s crystal ball … Continue reading →

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School unions in urgent talks over academy’s millionaire chair

Posted on March 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

By our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE Staff at Ark Academy schools are to hold a crisis meeting with management at the chain to demand the removal as chair of Sir Paul Marshall, the multi-millionaire Tory donor who has “liked” extremist … Continue reading →

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Hacker hacked? Labour councillor gets banned from Twitter

Posted on August 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

Social media platform takes action against Clive Fraser, one of the numptiest of Newman’s Numpties. By Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Croydon’s laziest councillor, Clive Fraser, has had his Twitter account suspended. But as is his custom, “Lazy” Fraser has … Continue reading →

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Londoners’ Twitter sarcasm quickly becomes a museum piece

Posted on February 1, 2021 by insidecroydon

Social media may in essence be ephemeral, but curators at the Museum of London appear determined to use people’s throwaway one-liners and lockdown tweets to provide a historical context for the coronavirus pandemic. The Museum has pulled together 13 tweets … Continue reading →

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Barwell aide: ‘Gavin has no idea. He trusts me to do whatever’

Posted on February 19, 2015 by insidecroydon

Further proof, as if any were needed, that Mario Creatura has been hired at considerable public expense by local Tory MP Gavin Barwell to spend much of his time managing his boss’s political career prospects, rather than actually doing any … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Croydon MP Barwell was a target in Mirror’s “sext” sting

Posted on September 28, 2014 by insidecroydon

Gavin Barwell, the Croydon Central MP and a government whip, was one of a number of Tories targeted by the Sunday Mirror as part of the Twitter sleaze sting which led to the resignation yesterday of government minister Brooks Newmark. … Continue reading →

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Councillor returns to Twitter as MP seeks own Inside Croydon

Posted on June 8, 2014 by insidecroydon

QUESTION: What does Steve “Three Jobs” O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, and the CIA have in common? ANSWER: They both launched themselves on to Twitter last week. Whether there are any further “connections” between the two, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Inside Croydon, Kenley, Local media, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Local Tories celebrate crime stats – in a week of five stabbings

Posted on January 24, 2014 by insidecroydon

And they say that our politicians are out of touch. Someone in Croydon Conservatives – the obnoxious Mario Creatura? The self-serving Dudley Mead? Gormless Steven George? Town Hall enforcer Phil Thomas? Or florid-faced Mike Fisher? … the possibilities are never-ending … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon South, David Musker, Dudley Mead, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Policing, Richard Ottaway MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

StreetPin looks to make its digital mark in south London

Posted on January 11, 2014 by insidecroydon

A new tech business is appealing for your help – and might even be able to offer some paid work to Croydon residents. StreetPin offers the local community notice board for the digital age, offering a sales and communication network. … Continue reading →

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Living history exhibit on display at Stanley Halls: Dec 4

Posted on December 3, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Lives of Stanley Halls: Theatricals, Community and Entertainment, a touring exhibition, has its special introductory night at the South Norwood venue tomorrow night, December 4. The exhibition has been organised by the Stanley People’s Initiative and funded by the … Continue reading →

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Barwell provides a “nasty” reminder with soup kitchen blunder

Posted on November 29, 2013 by insidecroydon

Another day, another Twitter blunder by Gavin Barwell, the MP for the Whitgift Foundation. This time he has given his backing to the council’s action to move a nightly soup kitchen from Queen’s Gardens, in his Croydon Central constituency, because … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Gavin Barwell | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

The A to Z of whether your area is about to go “upmarket”

Posted on September 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

Brixton today, Croydon tomorrow? Esiah Levy, who Tweets as @croydon_oldtown, has come up with a very handy little guide to how to judge whether a neighbourhood is being gentrified. Levy’s “A to Z of signs that your area is about … Continue reading →

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Have a cup of coffee and help fight cancer: Sep 27

Posted on September 1, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon is playing its part in The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on September 27, fund-raising for the Macmillan cancer charity. Croydon Coffee Morning offers you a morning of coffee, cake and live acoustic music. Open to everyone of all ages … Continue reading →

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Radio station’s first birthday arrives with some growing pains

Posted on July 24, 2013 by insidecroydon

Happy birthday, Croydon Radio. The borough’s digital radio station is back on air with live programmes just in time to celebrate its first anniversary. Tim Longhurst and Tracey Rabbetts are the co-founders of the Croydon internet-based station, which uses more … Continue reading →

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£30m library deal referred for scrutiny – by report’s author

Posted on May 28, 2013 by insidecroydon

It was past 9pm last night, Bank Holiday Monday, when the official Croydon Council Twitter feed spluttered into life (double time for someone in the press office, perhaps?), offering a link to some new content on the official council website. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Greenwich Leisure, Jason Cummings, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Michael Neal, Steve Hollands, Terry Lenton, Tim Pollard, URV, Wandsworth Council | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Norwood Lake is having a fun day: June 8

Posted on May 18, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Lakes Playground Action Group, which wants to regenerate the South Norwood lake playground, is holding an event for all the family on Saturday, June 8, with lots of activities for children including storytelling by Little Supernovas, a bouncy castle … Continue reading →

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Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser’s criticism

Posted on April 26, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Eddy Arram, presiding over a full council meeting for the last time, this week managed to do something which many believed was impossible: getting the editors of Inside Croydon and the Croydon Sadvertiser to agree, at least on … Continue reading →

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Croydon Tories proudly announce new signing: John Loony

Posted on April 3, 2013 by insidecroydon

The recruitment drive by Croydon Conservatives, after nearly a year’s hard work, has delivered its first significant new member: John Cartwright, also known as John Loony, the habitual deposit-loser for the Monster Raving Loony Party at elections across the borough … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell, Trinity School | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Gavin Barwell and his divisive myths of the benefit cap

Posted on January 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

Last week, a local MP claimed that some benefit claimants were collecting seven-figure sums from the state. As Croydon residents are about to be used as lab rats in a social experiment, ANDREW FISHER, left, explains that as well as … Continue reading →

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Making a change and saving the planet, one step at a time

Posted on January 7, 2013 by insidecroydon

SUSAN OLIVER explains why Croydon needs to become a Transition Town You don’t have to look hard to find bad news about the state of the planet today. Whether it’s droughts, or floods, or Greenland’s ice melting, or the oceans … Continue reading →

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New Year rave has too much latitude as flat is trashed

Posted on January 4, 2013 by insidecroydon

Trashing the place appears to be the new Croydon past time. After our report of the mindless vandalism in Wandle Park, news reaches Inside Croydon Towers of a how a “rave” over new year has left one of the “luxury … Continue reading →

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What does an average councillor do for £11,000 a year?

Posted on December 26, 2012 by insidecroydon

Denied a frank and honest answer by Mike Fisher, the leader of Croydon Council, in respect of the hours that he puts in for his £50,000-plus in allowances each year, we thought we would try another measure of what work … Continue reading →

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A week’s a very long time in politics for unbriefed Jasper

Posted on November 28, 2012 by insidecroydon

By Steven Downes, Editor, InsideCroydon.com Lee Jasper, after admitting that he has been using fake Twitter accounts to boost his by-election campaign, showed today that if elected as an MP he could struggle to keep pace with the volume of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon North, Lee Jasper, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Jasper admits to using Twitter bots to drive election bid

Posted on November 26, 2012 by insidecroydon

Lee Jasper, the Respect (George Galloway) candidate for Thursday’s Croydon North by-election, today conceded that his campaign has been using controversial “Twitter bots”, programs to automatically generate Tweets, to give a false impression of the popularity of his campaign. “You … Continue reading →

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UKIP’s McKenzie angered over anti-gay comments on Twitter

Posted on November 6, 2012 by insidecroydon

Winston McKenzie, the UKIP candidate for the Croydon North by-election, says he is to investigate controversial homophobic comments that appeared apparently from him on the Twitter account @voteWinston. McKenzie today told Inside Croydon that he was “really fed up” with … Continue reading →

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