Paddick has more answers on policing, Clegg claims
Brian Paddick‘s police experience sets him apart from London Mayor candidates Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone was Nick Clegg’s message on his visit to Croydon on Friday, ANDREW PELLING writes It is a...
View ArticlePaddick joins opposition to Beddington incinerator
Brian Paddick, the LibDems’ candidate for London Mayor, has put himself on a collision course with Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council by condemning plans for a waste incinerator in Beddington...
View ArticleMiliband visits Croydon to back Livingstone for Mayor
There will be no incinerator at Beddington Lane if Ken Livingstone is elected Mayor of London in May. As first suggested by Inside Croydon a week ago, the policy announcement was made by Livingstone...
View ArticleSutton LibDem councillor switches to Labour over incinerator
For the first time since 2006, the Labour party has representation on Sutton Council. John Keys has represented the Beddington North ward as a LibDem councillor since 1998, but has this week opted to...
View ArticleBoris has no answers for campaigning Croydon teenager
Last night’s London Debate on ITV means that the Mayoral candidates – or at least some of them – have now appeared in four televised hustings across various channels. You do wonder whether even the...
View ArticleHere’s an election pledge that Boris now dare not break
Boris Johnson, who four years ago scrapped a costed and funded scheme to build a Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace, this morning paid a flying visit to East Croydon station to have his picture taken...
View ArticlePalace name their latest signing: Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard, the “total dress freedom” comedian and actor who has acquired National Treasure status since his marathon running exploits for Sport Relief, has been named as an associate director of his...
View ArticleBoris Johnson, Gavin Barwell, and a casual abuse of position
Retired solicitor DAVID WHITE has been investigating a strange ambivalence towards upholding the law shown by the local MP and the Mayor of London Just before the London Mayoral elections in May this...
View ArticleBoris’s objections are set-back for Beddington incinerator
Croydon’s Greens and other groups opposed to the £1 billion Beddington Lane waste incinerator scheme were in celebratory mood last night thanks to help from a most unexpected source: Mayor of London...
View ArticleLondon Road betrayed by broken promises says MP Khan
After a morning spent touring London Road, meeting local residents, business owners and workers in the area worst-hit by the rioting last year, shadow cabinet member Sadiq Khan realised he had made a...
View ArticleBy-election candidate relying on Twitter to reach voters
In an exclusive interview for Croydon Radio to be broadcast on Sunday, one of the candidates for the Croydon North by-election admits that his campaign is relying on social media – Twitter and Facebook...
View ArticleKenley road island could cause more deaths, says campaigner
The scene of another road accident, this time a fatal one, on the A22 Godstone Road in the early hours of Saturday, is now a matter of dispute between local residents, cyclists, Mayor Boris Johnson and...
View ArticleCouncil puts Cane Hill plan on hold to reassess traffic schemes
Campaigning residents’ associations in Coulsdon will be celebrating more than Christmas this week, after Croydon Council has finally listened to their concerns and decided to place on hold planning...
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