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Except this was never built as council homes. Nor was it developed for Croydon Council. Red Clover Gardens was built for Brick by Brick, whose financial collapse brought the council to its knees. Over-specced and delivered years late. Object lesson in how not to do things
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.@JasonForCroydon #Croydon
Who can forget the Bridge to Nowhere? A £24m public project still not complete after 14 years. And who was responsible in 2012 for that omnishambles? Cabinet member @JasonForCroydon
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This is the bloke who couldn’t be bothered to turn up for a meeting at the Town Hall with workers facing redundancy from a multi-million Croydon business.
Failed Mayor who only does slogans and photo ops. And free meals
insidecroydon.com/2026/09/23… #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis
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A piece from 15 yrs ago, Nov 2011, predicting Man City would fail Uefa's FFP. Table with all the numbers at the bottom of that. There was NO WAY, ever, MCFC were going to legitimately stay within the rules. Always clear that cheating would be required.
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Oh. You mean the pool he was going to reopen for next to nothing, before that turned out to be bollocks, and he then lined up the dodgy BVI company to build 220 old aged flats. But forgot to do the S105 agreement! Doh!
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"The project is moving forward."
A couple of weeks ago, you admitted you had no idea when work might possibly begin.
2 years since the planning app was submitted, and only now is your council in a position to sign the S116.
Does no one at your council know the law?
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.@JasonForCroydon Planning app was submitted in 2024. Planning committee approved the scheme in Feb 2025. Here we are in Sep 2026. Why did it take you so long to realise you couldn't sign a S116 agreement with a company registered in the BVI tax haven? #Croydon
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That’s exactly what we reported.
Thing is, @InsideCroydon is better at being up-front and informing #Croydon residents than you and your omnishambles council is.
It’s five years since you promised to reopen Purley Pool. You lied.
insidecroydon.com/2026/09/12…
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He’s not called Porkie Pie Perry for nothing. There’s no collusion. We’ve just reported what is in the Tory Mayor’s secret internal council briefings. No one said the #CALAT move threatens jobs. But Perry’s outsourcing plans will
CALAT is not being cut. Funding stays in place, courses will continue and no jobs are at risk.
Classes are simply moving to an existing CALAT centre at Strand House. Labour and Inside Croydon’s claims otherwise are irresponsible scaremongering.
jasonperry.uk/CALAT
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“Irresponsible scaremongering”? You’re having a laff, Jase. We reported *your* plans for outsourcing to save money from *your* council’s internal briefing.
But good for you to admit you read @InsideCroydon
insidecroydon.com/2026/09/11… #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis
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But what about Purley Pool?
insidecroydon.com/2026/09/12…