Videos from the Stop the Incinerator march

More vids here and here
Newspaper coverage here and here -------------------------------------------------- Tags croydon, greenparty

Gavin Barwell MP has a decision to make.

From Croydon Advertiser

From Croydon Guardian

Curiously both Brendan and I sent letters to the local paper regarding Gavin Barwell's opinion on the incinerator. Certainly a first. I think I have more faith in Mr Barwell than Brendan. What d'ya think?

Brendan's letter can be read here

Mine is here:

Dear Editor,

Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell should be praised for speaking up for democratic values. At a recent Conservative 1922 Committee meeting, he was one of only two Tory MPs that spoke up in favour of reforming the House of Lords, and replacing it with an 80 per cent elected second chamber. Arguably, his democratic compass is in good working order. It cannot have been easy to speak up against almost all the other Conservative backbench MPs.

Given Mr Barwell is comfortable in taking an isolated position amongst Tory colleagues, I hope he explains to his fellow Conservatives in Croydon, that the proposed incinerator on the border of Croydon and Sutton is manifestly anti-democratic. Local people would choose a reduce, reuse, recycling and composting strategy over a giant incinerator every time.

The success of food waste collections in Croydon shows there is a real appetite for greener alternatives.

Yours sincerely

Shasha Khan

March to stop the incinerator

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Gordon Ross polls 6.7%

 

Gordon polled a superb 6.68% up from 5.17%. A fantastic result
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Jenny Jones in Croydon Town Centre

A better quality video was filmed by Croydon TV Click on The Today Show -------------------------------------------------- Tags croydon, greenparty

London Road residents and shopkeepers have had enough

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article from the Croydon Advertiser

There is a lot of anger and frustration on London Road, Croydon. I attended a recent meeting where it was decided to hold a march on Sunday May 13th from Mayday Hospital to Croydon Town hall.

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The future's orange

Borrowed from http://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/how-vote

It would be brilliant if Gordon Ross was elected Assembly member for Croydon and Sutton. Equally, it would be a fantastic if Jenny Jones was elected Mayor on May 4th. However, both results are realistically beyond reach when using the FPTP voting system. 

The London-wide Assembly member ballot is a different story. Brendan Walsh takes a look at the value of the orange ballot paper in Croydon.

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Olympics is a corporate event

I was asked to comment on the dearth of local people invloved in the torch relay. That said I was pleased to see only my teacher from Woodcote High School selected.

Link to online version of the article that appeared in the Croydon Advertiser