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Tag Archives: UKIP
Two UKIP candidates sign McKenzie no confidence motion
Two UKIP parliamentary candidates have put their names to a motion of no confidence in Winston McKenzie standing for the party at the General Election in May. Gaffe-prone McKenzie, the “Chump from the Dump”, was suspended as chairman of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Ace Nnorom, Croydon North, Nigel Farage, Steve Reed, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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McKenzie backed as candidate, but not to run branch of UKIP
The comedy capers at a Croydon branch of UKIP carry on… with the national party (ie. Nigel “Pound Shop Enoch Powell” Farage) backing Winston McKenzie as their parliamentary candidate for Croydon North at next May’s General Election, while deciding to … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon North, South Norwood, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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For Winston McKenzie, UKIP’s Farage is just like Jesus Christ
THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING (Part 94): Winston McKenzie is at it again, with another outbreak of foot in mouth disease from his erstwhile party HQ in South Norwood. This time, the “Chump from the Dump” has compared Nigel … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon North, Nigel Farage, South Norwood, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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McKenzie’s UKIP branch forced out after manure stunt
Things are a bit shit for UKIP’s Winston McKenzie. The “Chump from the Dump” has been forced to seek new constituency offices after a pile of horse manure was left outside his UKIP Lambeth and Croydon North’s HQ earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Policing, South Norwood, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Nigel Farage, South Norwood, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Council talking shops must listen to poor and dispossessed
CROYDON COMMENTARY: While I can appreciate the perspective of almost all the parties involved in this debate, says ROD DAVIES, there is a far more serious question to pose ourselves over how a community talking shop is managed and funded … Continue reading
Now UKIP’s Winston McKenzie wants to ban Christmas
Winston McKenzie, Nigel Farage’s UKIP candidate for Croydon North at next year’s General Election, wants to stop his branch members from holding a Christmas party. Locally, McKenzie has become known as the “Chump from the Dump” since his televised remarks … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Christmas, Croydon North, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP candidate given job by council-backed ‘talking shop’
The Croydon Communities [sic] Consortium, which received a £5,000 grant from the then Tory-run Croydon Council to stage “apolitical” meetings, has appointed the leader of a local branch of UKIP as its new deputy chairman. This appointment follows the previous … Continue reading
‘I was singled out and heckled. I was the only black man there’
When GLEN HART attended a meeting of what is supposed to be a council-funded community group, he was abused for daring to ask questions. But he was even more shocked when he saw that he was the only black man … Continue reading
UKIP’s McKenzie takes revenge against local whistleblower
Do not, whatever you do, get the wrong side of Winston McKenzie, UKIP’s parliamentary candidate for Croydon North at next year’s General Election. Because if you do, then he might drum you out of his little club. The ex-boxer likes … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon North, Heathfield, Nigel Farage, South Norwood, UKIP, Waddon, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP figures behind council-funded ‘apolitical’ talking shop
Tonight at the Town Hall sees the annual meeting of an organisation calling itself CCC, a body which in the past year has been operating with £5,000 in public money received from Croydon Council. What do the initials CCC stand … Continue reading
UKIP’s Winston McKenzie quizzed over Carnival payments
Winston McKenzie, the colourful UKIP parliamentary candidate for Croydon North, made unauthorised payments from local party funds towards the staging of the now infamous Croydon Carnival which he staged before the local elections earlier this year, Inside Croydon has discovered. … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Selhurst, South Norwood, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Nigel Farage, Selhurst, South Norwood, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP’s McKenzie goes hurtling towards a speed bump
AUSTEN COOPER, of the Croydon Cycling Campaign, is familiar with handlebars, and also Twitter handles. And yesterday he noticed something suspicious as some in UKIP decided to attack road safety measures that are proven to save lives Something out of … Continue reading
Get streets clean, not selling T-shirts, would be a good start
THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Tomorrow is the landmark date since Labour took over from the Tories at Croydon Town Hall. The Conservatives credited UKIP with influencing the local election, though the “fourth party” failed to gain a single council seat. … Continue reading
Chump! UKIP picks McKenzie again for Croydon North
One step forward, two steps back for UKIP, as in the week that Douglas Carswell jumped ship from the Tories, their members in Croydon North opted to select their branch chairman, Winston McKenzie, as their parliamentary candidate for next May’s … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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UKIP pick Garner as their General Election candidate
UKIP’s members in Croydon South yesterday rejected the questionable political “skills” and charms of Winston McKenzie in favour of a local candidate who has been better known for distributing newspapers, rather than creating headlines for them. Kathleen Garner will stand … Continue reading
UKIP carnival’s Winston McKenzie wants to stand again
There are lies, damned lies and statistics. So when do two people constitute “40 per cent”? When it is UKIP in Croydon trying (just a bit too hard, it seems) to portray itself as being “diverse”. And when you factor … Continue reading
What does a LibDem candidate do? Keep calm and carry on
It’s been a tough week to be a LibDem: Oakeshott and Cable, Rennard and Clegg. And all those demoralising election results, locally and in Europe. GILL HICKSON was one Liberal Democrat candidate who was unsuccessful in the Croydon Council elections … Continue reading
Putting a roof over people’s heads ought to cap any policy
For the final piece comparing the policies of the parties ahead of the local elections tomorrow, WALTER CRONXITE has been window shopping around Croydon’s estate agents Issue No4: HOUSING THE ISSUE: It was the steaming turd he left on his … Continue reading