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| Labour Leaders: Tony Newman with David Christison in Waddon |
The Croydon Labour Party ran a borough-wide campaign calling
for the opening of more public toilets, whilst its leading candidate was secretly
filming men urinating.
Writing
in local newspaper
The Croydon Guardian, Councillor Timothy Godfrey who represents the Selhurst
Ward claimed, "Labour Councillors in South Norwood worked hard to find an
appropriate site and negotiated proper toilet facilities in the Station. Only problem
is that Croydon Council have failed to work with the railway company so the
toilets remain shut.”
In
another
campaign, Councillor Pat Ryan raised awareness of public toilet provisions,
"There was also a problem with drug users and people loitering about and
intimidating others.”
The news comes as Labour’s flagship Waddon candidate David
Christison is due to be sentenced at Croydon Magistrates' Court after secretly
filming
men urinating in the Centrale shopping centre's toilets. David Christison was, until his suspension, one of the
Croydon Labour party’s leading political strategists, serving as Secretary of
West Thornton and leading the group’s campaign in Waddon where he hoped to
become a Councillor.
He is also a close personal friend of Labour Leader Tony
Newman who co-launched a campaign to overturn the Waddon election in the High
Court after Christison lost by 500 votes. It was subsequently revealed that
Christison, who is on benefits, used a legal loophole as a benefits claimant to
ensure the election petition was
funded
entirely by taxpayers, to the tune of tens of thousands of pounds. Tony
Newman was then photographed with Christison for the petition in the local
newspapers, the pair were dressed smartly in suits.
But Labour will today be facing serious questions about how
a man like Christison was able to reach the core of the Labour Party and have
such influence over policy in his role in a Senior role as Secretary.
