Have all the country’s politicians lost the ability to say, “No, thank you very much”?

That’s just one of the questions considered by our panel guests in this latest, packed edition of the Croydon Insider.

Our guests for this episode are Darryl Chamberlain, editor of another south London news website, the GreenwichWire, iC’s culture correspondent Ken Towl and former Olympic athlete Donna Fraser.

They discuss the Metropolitan Police’s declared aim to become an “anti-racist” organisation, 30 years after the McPherson Report declared it to be institutionally racist.

The panel also looks at the council’s £42million overspend and its plans to close four public libraries.

And how a developer’s £6million fine for broken promises is being used to help the developer’s own business.

While we’re at it, when is it ever right and proper to accept free suits, boots, hospitality or other donations?

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