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Tag Archives: UKIP
Benn launches her election campaign. Not that you’d notice
STEVEN DOWNES on the non-existent General Election campaign across most of south London Yesterday evening, I made one of my occasional appearances on a recording of Metroknobbers, the south London hyperlocal podcast organised by Jason Cobb, who writes on matters … Continue reading
UKIP silent on investigation into Winston McKenzie accounts
Winston McKenzie, UKIP’s eccentric General Election candidate for Croydon North, may be facing a disciplinary investigation from his own party over allegations about his use of thousands of pounds of campaign funds. According to UKIP sources, around two dozen branch … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Business, Charity, Croydon North, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Election candidate ‘insulted’ by exclusion from hustings
This week’s televised General Election debate with seven party leaders could never have happened in Croydon if left to one local group, who have patronisingly decided that a hustings with more than three candidates would take too long and be … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Vidhi Mohan, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Croydon North, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Selhurst, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, TUSC, UKIP
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Farage supporters told to refund £5,000 council grant
Croydon Council has ordered the return of thousands of pounds of public cash which was awarded to a “community” organisation which has been taken over by a group of UKIP members and supporters of Nigel Farage’s party. A grant of … Continue reading
Coulsdon residents elect UKIP figure as new chairman
The Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association has elected a controversial figure from UKIP as its new chairman. Janet Stollery was elected as chair at OCRA’s annual meeting on Wednesday night. Last month, Stollery, together with two other UKIP members, caused disgust … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon South, Gill Hickson, Mario Creatura, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Gill Hickson, Janet Stollery, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, OCRA, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Tory, UKIP
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Farage dumps ‘Chump from the Dump’ Winston McKenzie
Is time running out on the joke which passes for the political “career” of the “Chump from the Dump”, Winston McKenzie? The Daily Wail is reporting today that McKenzie has been sacked as UKIP’s “Commonwealth spokesman” by Nigel Farage’s national … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Vidhi Mohan, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon North, Nigel Farage, Selhurst, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP make ‘crass’ member chairman of Croydon North branch
UKIP in Croydon, who caused widespread disgust when three of its members lodged the call for the Selhurst ward by-election before the funeral of former councillor Gerry Ryan, have rewarded one of those who created the outrage by making him … Continue reading
‘Chump’ McKenzie could duck showdown over his UKIP future
Winston McKenzie, Croydon UKIP’s “Chump from the Dump”, risks losing his grasp of control over local party matters at a meeting tonight. McKenzie and his closest political aide, Marianne Bowness, were forced to stand down as officers of the local … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Peter Staveley, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Marianne Bowness, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Residents’ associations mobilise to get better say with council
The peasants are revolting. They may not just yet quite be at the point of storming Fisher’s Folly with lighted torches and armed with pitchforks, but dissatisfaction with the way Croydon Council is run and the manner in which public … Continue reading
Posted in Addington Residents' Association, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, Connected Croydon, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECCO, Fairness Commission, Lansdowne Road RA, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Nathan Elvery, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Pollards Hill Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Scots Estate Residents' Association, South Croydon Community Association, Spring Park Residents' Association, Street lighting
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, UKIP
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Date set for Winston McKenzie to fight for his UKIP future
A showdown over the future of UKIP as an organised political party in Croydon will take place next week, with an extraordinary general meeting (another one) of the shambolic Lambeth and Croydon North branch. The Lambeth and Croydon North branch … Continue reading
Hague and Morley are added to Selhurst by-election slate
Croydon’s Green Party has selected the group’s co-leader, Tracey Hague, as their candidate for the council by-election in Selhurst ward. At the weekend, the Liberal Democrats became the last of the major parties, and UKIP, to announce who would be … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, David Wood, Gerry Ryan, Gordon Ross, Selhurst, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Wood, Geoff Morley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Selhurst, Tory, Tracey Hague, UKIP
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UKIP’s short straw for Selhurst by-election drawn by Reid
UKIP has chosen Annette Reid as the person to face the wrath of Selhurst ward’s Council Tax-payers, many of them angered that they could face an unnecessary bill of £20,000 for having to go to the polling stations on March … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, David Wood, Gerry Ryan, Selhurst, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, David Wood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Selhurst, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Gunter puts herself forward to have a go for Tories in Selhurst
Tirena Gunter, a seemingly permanent paper candidate for the Tories in the north of the borough, will have her name on ballot papers again next month, as the Conservative candidate in the Selhurst ward by-election. The selection, which took place … Continue reading
Posted in David Wood, Gerry Ryan, Selhurst
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Wood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Selhurst, Tory, UKIP
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UKIP Croydon leader forced to apologise for ‘crass’ members
Ahead of UKIP’s candidate selection meeting tonight, Peter Staveley, the party’s branch chairman in Croydon, has issued an apology to the family and friends of Councillor Gerry Ryan, who died last month, for what he describes as “the crass actions” … Continue reading
UKIP call for Selhurst by-election may cost tax-payer £20,000
The disrespectful and impatient move by three UKIP members to demand a Town Hall by-election in Selhurst ward could cost the Council Tax-payers of Croydon up to £20,000. As exclusively revealed earlier this week by Inside Croydon, UKIP members Emmanuel … Continue reading
Fair’s fair, but Bishop has been given a task to test a saint
So now we know. The Croydon Opportunity and Fairness Commission (as it has now finally resolved to be snappily titled) had its first meeting last night, where it revealed the members of the commission – the “commissioners” – and its … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Business, Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairness Commission, Hamida Ali, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Bishop Jonathan Clark, Bishop of Croydon, Conservative, Fairness Commission, Hamida Ali, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nathan Elvery, Opportuntity and Fairness Commission, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP, Whitgift Foundation
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UKIP condemned for election call ahead of councillor’s funeral
UKIP’s out-of-control members in Croydon, who are usually fronted by the notoriously incompetent Winston McKenzie, have struck again, causing widespread disgust by impatiently demanding a by-election in Selhurst ward following the death of widely admired Labour Councillor Gerry Ryan. Ryan’s … Continue reading
UKIP’s Winston McKenzie snubbed over charity debate
Winston McKenzie, the controversial UKIP parliamentary candidate for Croydon North, has been snubbed for a televised debate on foreign aid being staged in Thornton Heath later this week. The debate is organised by a Sri Lankan children’s charity, and the … Continue reading
Foreign aid on agenda at Thornton Heath debate, Jan 15
The charity Child Aid Lanka is staging a Question Time event in Thornton Heath next Thursday, January 15, with an impressive panel of guests, including Dominic Grieve MP, the Tories’ former attorney general, Suzanne Evans, the deputy chairman of UKIP, … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Charity, Croydon North, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Tom Brake MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Tamil, Thornton Heath, Tory, UKIP
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Croydon connection to £1m UKIP deal with Hitler apologist
A Purley-based UKIP member, who was backed by Winston McKenzie to stand for election to Croydon Council last May, has refused to deny that he shares the bigoted views of a far-right Polish politician after he was pictured with the … Continue reading
