Category Archives: 2017 General Election

Croydon Tories are getting ready for snap General Election

Posted on December 28, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE takes a look ahead into the uncertain territory of the next few months for the borough’s MPs Here’s the bad news for any Croydon residents who might hope that their local councillors would do more than, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, 2021 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | Leave a comment

Greens in Croydon are ready in case of Brexit snap election

Posted on October 9, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on some behind-the-scenes preparations for a General Election (yes, another one) Speculation continues to mount over whether Prime Minister Theresa Mayhem can get her Brexit plan through Parliament, and at least one of the local political … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, Esther Sutton, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace, Esther Sutton, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Mario Creatura, Peter Underwood, Rachel Chance, Sarah Jones MP, Tory | Leave a comment

Boundary changes put Labour MP Jones’ seat under threat

Posted on September 10, 2018 by insidecroydon

The parliamentary boundary commissioners have finally issued their proposals for new constituencies, and it is not good news for Croydon’s Labour MPs. WALTER CRONXITE reports Tasked by the Conservative Government under David Cameron (remember him?) to reduce the size of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Lambeth Council, Merton, Sarah Jones MP, Siobhain McDonagh MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | 2 Comments

Barwell gets his social media bag-carrier a job at No10

Posted on November 24, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the predictable and inevitable latest piece of Croydon nepotism going on in Downing Street Things are so bad for the interim Prime Minister Theresa May that she’s sent for help from… Mario Creatura. The Times is … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura | Tagged Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Tory | 2 Comments

Stormzy enters the political charts – though not at No1

Posted on October 2, 2017 by insidecroydon

What does it say about the borough’s MPs and other elected politicians when they fail to make it on to an annual political listical which does manage to include a policy adviser and a grime star? WALTER CRONXITE reports Three … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | Leave a comment

Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We are now the political mainstream’

Posted on September 27, 2017 by insidecroydon

CONFERENCE SKETCH: Something has changed in British politics in the past year, and it was palpable at the Labour Party conference. Party veteran DAVID WHITE reports from Brighton Transformed. I think that would be the word to describe the Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, Croydon Central, David White | Tagged Croydon Central, David White, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour | 6 Comments

New MP Jones challenges Tories to pay for sprinklers

Posted on July 13, 2017 by insidecroydon

Sarah Jones used her maiden speech to Parliament yesterday to challenge the Tory Government to provide the funds needed to pay for the potentially life-saving fitting of sprinklers in council-run residential tower blocks across the country. Croydon Central’s new MP … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Housing, London-wide issues, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Croydon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones, Sarah Jones MP | Leave a comment

‘It was Jeremy Corbyn who won the election for me’ says Jones

Posted on July 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on some significant shifts in position among some figures in the local Labour Party Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s new Labour MP, admits that she won the seat from the Tories at last month’s General Election … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Croydon Central, Croydon North, Labour, Sarah Jones, Steve Reed OBE | Leave a comment

‘Disgusted’ councillor accuses Brake’s LibDems of ‘cult’ status

Posted on June 20, 2017 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest break in the ranks in what was once a LibDem single-party state The barely disguised tensions within the Sutton Liberal Democrats were exposed during the General Election campaign, when one of their … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, Hamish Pollock, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged Conservative, Elaine Drage, Hamish Pollock, John Drage, Liberal Democrats, London, Tom Brake MP | Leave a comment

May’s Chief of Staff was the author of his own election obituary

Posted on June 14, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE has drilled down into the election numbers (well, Electoral Calculus has), and come up with some worrying figures for Croydon Tories It wasn’t only Gavin Barwell who got his P45 from his Westminster job last week. And while … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Addiscombe West, Andrew Fisher, Ashburton, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Gill Hickson, Jennifer Brathwaite, Kathleen Garner, Michael Swadling, Paul Scully MP, Samuel Kasumu, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Tom Brake MP, Waddon | Tagged Addiscombe West, Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon | 3 Comments

Corbyn policy aide Andrew Fisher: ‘We changed politics’

Posted on June 12, 2017 by insidecroydon

Andrew Fisher, the former union official from Croydon who has been working as Jeremy Corbyn’s policy adviser for the past two years, says that many of the “political myths” of the 1990s have been laid to rest. “Socialist politics have … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central | Tagged Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour | Leave a comment

Mayhem in Downing Street: Ex-MP Barwell lands No10 job

Posted on June 10, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, was taking the weekend off. Then Theresa Mayhem offered a job to a gaffe-prone ex-MP Like a bad penny, Gavin Barwell keeps turning up. Amid the chaos of the aftermath of her General Election “victory” … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell | 9 Comments

VOTE 2017: Live coverage of Croydon’s General Election

Posted on June 8, 2017 by insidecroydon

INSIDE CROYDON is throwing more resources at covering election night than ever before, with staff and stringers at six different counts across south London. We will be reporting live through the night on the General Election results in Croydon – … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tom Brake MP, Tory | 10 Comments

Election 2017: Will it be a horse of a different colour?

Posted on June 8, 2017 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COMMENTARY: As Croydon goes to the polls today, American politics professor DR BOB BEATTY takes a brief pause to reflect after a frantic week following the various campaigns As a professor of political science at Washburn University in Topeka, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Andrew Pelling, Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Dr Bob Beatty, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, UKIP | Leave a comment

Change in political weather has made Croydon a ‘must win’

Posted on June 7, 2017 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, takes a last look at the latest opinion polls and what they mean before tomorrow’s polling day There can be no excuses for Labour if they fail to take Croydon Central tomorrow. Labour fell short … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tory | 1 Comment

Labour rouse their troops in the rain with a touch of park life

Posted on June 7, 2017 by insidecroydon

Park Hill Park was the venue last night for by far the biggest election campaign event in Croydon of the 2017 campaign, as Labour staged a rally, one of half a dozen similar events held simultaneously around the country Photographer … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Jeremy Corbyn, Sarah Jones MP, Tory | Leave a comment

Barwell’s bogus ‘Dear Neighbour’ letters use an old Cons trick

Posted on June 7, 2017 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our politics reporter, has found that the Tory campaign in Croydon Central has been less than truthful, again In the final days of the election campaign, and gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell has resorted to a tried and trusted tactic … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Gareth Streeter, Gavin Barwell, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Gareth Streeter, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tory | 3 Comments

Tory minister Barwell chooses £16,650 private school for son

Posted on June 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on a piece of information that Croydon Central’s MP of the past seven years didn’t want you to know A possible reason for gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell’s reluctance to engage with Croydon’s voters over the plight … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Education, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Whitgift Foundation | 7 Comments

Dear Jeremy Corbyn, I have an apology to make. I was wrong

Posted on June 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COMMENTARY: After two years under near-constant attack not only from the Tories but also from members of his own parliamentary party, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is nearing a true test at the ballot box. And former Tony Blair adviser … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South | Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, John Braggins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tory | 2 Comments

Candidates call for Commission inquiry into Brake’s charity link

Posted on June 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

The LibDems in Sutton have been having problems with charities lately. After one of their councillors pleaded guilty to siphoning off thousands of pounds from a local charity for the elderly, now election candidates are demanding that a local Muslim … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Charity, Church and religions, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP | Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Charty Commission, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Matthew Maxwell Scott, MCWAS, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tory | 1 Comment

Philp’s brown-nosing traits seem common among local Tories

Posted on June 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest dodgy leaflet from a Conservative candidate in Croydon, which tries to pass off a motley crew of party hacks as ordinary residents Do politicians take us for fools ? Chris Philp has a leaflet … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Richard Ottaway MP | Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Purley, Tory | 2 Comments

If you’re in a safe seat, here’s a way to make your vote count

Posted on June 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COMMENTARY: In Croydon, two of the three parliamentary seats being contested on Thursday are safe seats with combined majorities of 37,000 votes. Nothing seems likely to change the status quo in Croydon North or Croydon South. But PETER UNDERWOOD, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Catherine Shelley, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Peter Underwood, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon North, Croydon South, Green Party, Labour, Peter Underwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | 2 Comments

Now Barwell refuses to answer questions on Croydon schools

Posted on June 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on the questions on the borough’s schools which Croydon Central’s Tory candidate refuses to answer Tory Gavin Barwell is now so scared of facing Croydon’s teachers, he not only doesn’t show up for a hustings … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Education, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon NUT, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Whitgift Foundation | Leave a comment

Jones: ‘We must stop the £20m budget cuts to our schools’

Posted on June 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

Gavin Barwell may have been unable to come up with answers to the questions on education of local teachers and parents, but Labour candidate in Croydon Central Sarah Jones did. GENE BRODIE reports Yesterday, Croydon NUT’s secretary, Dave Harvey, emailed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Central, Education, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Schools | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon NUT, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Tory | 2 Comments

Splitters! LibDems resort to panic appeal to ‘lend’ votes

Posted on June 2, 2017 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE reports from another battleground seat, where accusations over a ‘dirty’ campaign have been flying among the bluebottles around the unemptied bins of Sutton It’s all gone a bit Monty Python in the Carshalton and Wallington marginal seat, where … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP | Tagged Beddington, Carshalton and Wallington, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP | 1 Comment

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