Update: Full list of Waddon byelection candidates announced (From Croydon Guardian)
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Update: Full list of Waddon byelection candidates announced
1:00pm Thursday 15th January 2009 in News By Peter Truman
The full list of candidates set to fight the Waddon byelection have been announced.
The Conservatives, who currently hold the ward, have declared Clare Hilley will be their candidate.
The 24-year-old from Purley is best known for appearing on BBC’s Castaway programme in 2007.
She was the youngest candidate standing in the UK's 2006 local elections and stood for Upper Norwood whilst she was still a university student.
The Labour party have chosen Ian Payne as their candidate for the byelection.
Mr Payne had previously served as a councillor for 12 years in Upper Norwood.
He was cabinet member for economic development when the Labour Party were in power.
Labour leader Tony Newman said Mr Payne played a key role in securing £28m of enterprise money from the Government.
The byelection, due to be held on Thursday, February 12, follows the death of Councillor Jonathan Driver, Mayor of Croydon, at the beginning of the year.
The other candidates are: John Sydney Cartwright (Official Monster Raving Loony Party), Mary Jean Davey (Green Party), Kathleen Garner (UK Indepdendence Party), Patricia Gauge (Liberal Democrats), Charlotte Lewis (BNP), and Mark Robin Samuel (The People's Choice)
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mmj1
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3:18pm Thu 15 Jan 09
Waddon-Local
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4:11pm Thu 15 Jan 09
Brian Sewer
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9:28am Fri 16 Jan 09
scoffer
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2:53pm Fri 16 Jan 09
Brian Sewer
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4:21pm Fri 16 Jan 09
mmj1
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4:23pm Fri 16 Jan 09
NastyMrTom
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4:24pm Fri 16 Jan 09
mmj1 wrote:
Lets hope Labour and the BNP finish joint bottom. Racists (BNP) and anti-semites (Labour)in the gutter where they both belong.
Could you explain how Labour are anti-semites ?
mmj1
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4:27pm Fri 16 Jan 09
mmj1
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4:31pm Fri 16 Jan 09
NastyMrTom
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5:18pm Fri 16 Jan 09
He may have ill advisedly chosen a adviser that made those statements but that's like saying because Boris's youth advisor had committed improper acts that the Conservatives condone them. The conversation with the reporter was on the back end of a long standing feud between him and the standard he was wrong to say what he did in the position he held but it wasn't anti-Semitic. I've got no idea what Labour supporters have said in the Guardian but Israel's come in for criticism from all sorts of people due to their recent actions
Brian Sewer
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7:55pm Fri 16 Jan 09
cr2
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8:17am Sat 17 Jan 09
scoffer
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10:33am Sat 17 Jan 09
Brian Sewer
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2:06pm Sat 17 Jan 09
ron duron
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4:27pm Sat 17 Jan 09
Bet the BNP dont finish last
ANNE GILES
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5:45pm Sat 17 Jan 09
scoffer
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6:09pm Sat 17 Jan 09
Brian Sewer
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12:43pm Sun 18 Jan 09
Brian Sewer
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1:29pm Mon 19 Jan 09
scoffer
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9:30am Tue 20 Jan 09
ron duron
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10:29am Tue 20 Jan 09
NastyMrTom
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12:09pm Tue 20 Jan 09
“The BNP are a legally constituted party who often pretend to campaign on local issues whenever they put up candidates. But whenever you discuss issues with them, their true racist views always come to the fore.
“Having just marked Remembrance Day when we remember those who died fighting fascism, it is an insult to us all that people with the BNP views should be standing politically in our community.”
and ....
Please do not allow the racist BNP to win a seat on Cumbria County Council. The BNP parasitically feed on disenchantment with public services, health services, housing allocation etc, using immigrants as convenient scapegoats. Immigrants and ethnic minorities are not responsible for the economic dire straits of the economy or for crime. This is Government mismanagement. The majority of immigrants are hardworking and law abiding bringing prosperity through business enterprise and by paying taxes.
I was utterly appalled at the BNP attending Remembrance Day parades. It was an insult to the millions of people who have died opposing fascism. The BNP are a threat to this country and the human rights of all who reside here.
scoffer
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1:44pm Tue 20 Jan 09
Brian Sewer
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3:05pm Tue 20 Jan 09
NastyMrTom
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4:03pm Tue 20 Jan 09
scoffer wrote:
Yawn!!
you want to get some sleep and stop spending all night worrying about imaginary Marxists
Brian Sewer
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4:20pm Tue 20 Jan 09
scoffer
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7:53pm Tue 20 Jan 09
NastyMrTom
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9:55am Wed 21 Jan 09
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
zz give it a rest 3Bs
a spokesman for Alstom said: "Over the full 30-month lifecycle of the Staythorpe build, we estimate that British workers will complete the majority of the work and will form the overwhelming majority of permanent staff.
"A project of this type is complex and requires the right mixture of skills. We hire a mixture of British and non-British, EU workers to provide the balance we need. We do hire thousands of British workers, and are in fact one the largest industrial employers in the country."
Brian Sewer
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10:20am Wed 21 Jan 09
NastyMrTom
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11:36am Wed 21 Jan 09
Quote is from CNPlus.co.uk
It's a response to the post above
Try reading the thread maybe ?
barry mcsherry
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12:29pm Thu 22 Jan 09
ron duron
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1:59pm Thu 22 Jan 09
As unemployment rose to 1.92million, the highest since Labour came to power in 1997, experts predicted that Britain is 'only at the start' of the darkest period for jobs which today's workers will have ever experienced.
Not a single part of the economy is being spared as the country heads into a recession which threatens to be long, deep and very painful.
To make matters worse, the figures, published yesterday by the Office for National Statistics, relate to a period before the real jobs carnage began.
Between September and November, there were 225,000 redundancies, the largest number in a three-month period ever seen in this country.
But the number of companies taking the axe to their workforce has exploded since then. Yesterday alone:
First Quench, the company behind off-licence chain Threshers, said it was considering closing unprofitable stores. Insiders said up to 400 of its 1,500 stores, which also trade as The Local and Wine Rack, could go;
Sainsbury's became the latest to reveal plans to cut jobs, with around 200 expected to go at its London HQ;
Fishworks, a chain of restaurants and fishmongers, went into administration with the loss of around 90 jobs, although a buyer was found for four sites.
Every day, an estimated 85 small and medium-sized companies are collapsing, forcing their workers to join the everincreasing dole queue.
One in ten people will be unemployed by the time the meltdown has finished, according to the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development.
ron duron
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2:01pm Thu 22 Jan 09
The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee said the scale of the rule breach, in which the minister failed to declare £103,000 of donations, 'justified public concern'.
It insisted Mr Hain's workload as then Work and Pensions Secretary and Welsh Secretary was no excuse for the oversight but conceded he had not intended to deceive the authorities.
The Committee ordered the MP to apologise for the breach on the floor of the Commons and suggested he would have been punished far more heavily had he not already quit over the scandal.
The former anti-apartheid campaigner immediately issued a statement stressing the Committee had accepted his mistakes in failing to report the money were 'honest'.
He said: 'The Cabinet Secretary stated that I complied fully with the Ministerial Code, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) exonerated me and now the Parliamentary authorities have also accepted that the mistakes I made were honest mistakes.'
He added that he would be 'happy' to repeat his apology in the Commons, which could be done as early as Monday.
Mr Hain resigned from the Cabinet last January after police started investigating the donations made during his unsuccessful bid to become deputy leader in 2007.
They included £15,000 from Isaac Kaye, who was investigated by police over a £400million fraud and £30,000 from a diamond broker who later said he had not idea the money went to Mr Hain.
In total, 10 gifts were given to his campaign between May and November but not listed with the Register of Members' interest within the four-week time limit.
Almost half the money was channelled through a little-known think-tank, the Progressive Policies Forum, that appeared to have no staff or website and had produced no reports or research.
After an 11-month investigation costing around £250,000, the Crown Prosecution Service ruled last month that there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone.
But the Electoral Commission made clear at the time that it believed the law had been broken because the donations were made outside the required time limit.
Today, the Commons' Committee's report said: 'This is a case of an experienced Member, a Cabinet Minister at the time, failing in his duty as a Member of Parliament to register donations within the time required by the House.
'We understand that the pressures on Ministers and on front-benchers can be onerous, but we cannot accept - and we are sure that none of them would suggest - that this excuses them from their obligations under the rules of the House.'
It added: 'Because of the seriousness and scale of this breach and noting the considerable, justified public concern that it has created, we would ordinarily have been minded to propose a heavier penalty.
'However, we accept that there was no intention to deceive and Mr Hain has already paid a high price for his omissions.'
Standards Commissioner John Lyon added that the MP had not highlighted the 'continuing need' for registration of the gifts when it stopped in May 2007 until he was prompted by one of his own donors seven months later.
Mr Hain spent nearly £200,000 in the race to become Mr Brown's the deputy leader, only to come in fifth out of six candidates. Harriet Harman was the eventual winner.
It emerged he had failed to register donations to his campaign last New Year, only seven months into Mr Brown's premiership.
At the time, Labour was embroiled in a new scandal after it emerged the party had received £400,000 from property developer, David Abrahams, through proxies which is against electoral law.
Ms Harman admitted accepting £5,000 from one of the proxies 'in good faith' and then, when Scotland Yard were brought in, Mr Hain revealed he had failed to register a £5,000 donation.
At the time, he blamed the mistake on 'administrative error' before announcing more donations were 'not registered'.
Eventually, he admitted more than £103,000 had not been declared but blamed his two Cabinet posts for distracting him.
The MP was also criticised for ducking questions about his links to the PPF think tank, which was described as a 'front' for donations to his campaign.
He initially vowed not to resign and denied suggestions of a cover-up but the scandal deepened when it emerged the GMB union had donated £10,000 just two weeks before the minister saved 2.500 jobs at Remploy which the union represents.
When the Electoral Commission referred the issue to police, Mr Hain told the Prime Minister he was resigning 'to clear his name'.
His resignation made him the first casualty of the Brown cabinet and forced a mini-reshuffle, in which he was replaced by James Purnell.
After the CPS announced he would face no action, the MP signalled a desire to return to the Cabinet.
However, the strength of the Committee's criticism today indicates rehabilitating his ministerial career
scoffer
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4:46pm Thu 22 Jan 09
Local Jacques
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1:52pm Sat 24 Jan 09
Mark Samuel
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8:07pm Sun 25 Jan 09
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Mark Samuel
71 Brighton Road
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 5EE
Dear Voter,
I have been involved in politics, a candidate at every council and parliamentary election in the area since 1990, and will continue to ask awkward public questions, of all administrations at the Town Hall.
I do so as an Independent, because greedy national party politicians disconnected from local taxpayers, cause minority turnouts. This is far from being democratic and the majority of residents are therefore left without legitimate representation on Croydon council.
Last year, I saved Croydon residents and taxpayers around £30,000, by successfully objecting to a planning application from Croydon council to itself, to install a “security turnstile” at the public entrance to OUR Town Hall, for no apparent reason.
Although they agreed when I brought this to their attention, not one of the seventy elected councillors bothered to refer this matter to the planning committee in the first place!
So much for local democracy and accountability, they left the job to me!
I am currently lobbying the Mayor of London to remove the thousands of “NOT IN SERVICE BUSES”, which drive up and down Rectory Grove and Brighton Road in Waddon empty, just causing pollution and damage to roads, property and the environment.
If this council purports to be so open, transparent and democratic, why are so many decisions taken behind closed doors? As your councillor I will demand valid reasons, which are acceptable to you.
Why has the council banned forever, all future public access, via webcast recordings, to its January meeting! The council must think that looking at anything after an election, in some way affects its outcome! What have they got to hide? Croydon council continues to leave us in the dark!
I want no part of the £1.4 m councillors’ allowances or other perks paid for by you, but only to represent you on Croydon council. I believe there is plenty of room for an Independent councillor, amongst all the fat cats to redress the balance.
Please lend hand and together we will make our mark, re-establishing who runs Croydon council, us!
Vote for Waddon - Vote for Mark Samuel – Independent – The People’s Choice!
Thank you,
Mark Samuel
IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE . . .
WADDON ELECTION, THURSDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2009
The People's Choice is an independent organization dedicated to the representation of local people by local people. It has no political allegiance and so is free to reflect your diverse views.
It supports Waddon, not party politicians, but all that live and work here!
This very important election is likely to be close run as Waddon is a marginal ward.
Voting for Mark Samuel means that future decisions will be taken in line with the wishes of residents and businesses and not what the council dictates!
Your vote makes that difference and I want to make that difference.
Here's how ...
· Promoting Waddon's excellent shops which are a focal point for the community
In the current climate, I am looking to reduce business rates for local shops as a rejuvenation incentive for our valued traders, with a relaxation of current parking restrictions, to encourage local trade. Let us concentrate on re-opening closed shops for imaginative and appropriate use throughout Waddon and the rest of the Borough.
· Ensuring new developments are an improvement for Waddon
I shadow planning meetings, and believe that there must be properly controlled planning development in the area with sufficient early information and genuine consultation for local residents. I shall preserve the best of our heritage and encourage the best of developments.
· Maintaining your clean streets in Waddon
Residents are entitled to clean streets with rubbish collected on time, abandoned cars removed, graffiti on both public and private premises removed promptly. Wheeled bins must be put back and not left by refuse collectors to cause obstruction on pavements, which should be also be free of holes or bubbles. I will be reporting defects for remedial action, to the director, every week.
· Lobbying for a safer environment
Croydon Community Police Consultative Group has been told Waddon requires its share of regular uniformed police on the street and CCTV for all areas.
· Campaigning for better traffic management
With public support, I have successfully petitioned the council not to remove existing free weekend parking on Brighton Road, stopped the imposition of further fine traps for motorists, including yellow box junctions and another bus lane. Safe and appropriately positioned pedestrian crossings are needed in certain places.
· Promoting Mayday and Purley Hospitals
I will vigorously praise already excellent services and campaign those they seek to improve.
· Supporting local schools, green spaces, education and sport
Having won the 2012 Olympics, let us have some real winners in Waddon! Local schools should be encouraged to participate; we have facilities at Purley Way and Duppas Hill. We must send a strong message to local and central government on how their policies impact on education across the London Borough of Croydon.
Your vote will MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Vote for Mark Samuel - Independent – THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE!
barry mcsherry
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11:24pm Sun 25 Jan 09
BODICA
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5:42pm Thu 5 Feb 09
Many have buried their heads in the sand with regard to mass immigration, especially in areas where the effects have not been too drastic. Others have literally been driven out of thier homes by the drugs and violence that surround a large majority of immigrants. In dense areas many British people must feel like they are living in a foreign country. Political correctness thats gone stupid. God bless her, she has definately got my vote and most others I know. We are not racist and have friends of all different nationalities, but, enough is enough. Who else is going to stand up for the British people, definately not the Conservatives, Labour or Libs. What on earth happened to the British jobs for British workers crap this Labour government came out with.? Charlotte Lewis sounds like a very caring person. I admire the woman for raising her head above the parapet and representing a lot of people who have been made to feel afraid of representing the Bnp. I would like to see them in government for all our sakes, including of course my own children, who I fear for each time they go out. It didn't used to be like this.
Since reading the article on Charlotte Lewis I've looked at the Bnp webbsite where you can read their manifesto. I'd recommend others do too. It all makes sence to me.
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