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Category Archives: 2017 General Election
Philp’s brown-nosing traits seem common among local Tories
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
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If you’re in a safe seat, here’s a way to make your vote count
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
Splitters! LibDems resort to panic appeal to ‘lend’ votes
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
One month in, and Labour’s candidate campaigns in ‘Coulsden’
KEN LEE, our political reporter for the south of the borough, has been on the election trail in ‘Coulsden’ Labour has found an election winner in true-blue Croydon South. Only trouble is, it isn’t the rarely seen candidate who has … Continue reading
Tories withhold ‘dynamite’ report on commuter rail crisis
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on how the Tories have suppressed a highly critical report on the failures of their government over the commuter chaos on Southern, and why some of the report’s recommendations may already have been implemented Just like … Continue reading
The mystery of Croydon South’s invisible Labour candidate
Politics correspondent KEN LEE has been searching for signs of an election campaign in Croydon South, and has been disappointed Have you seen the woman in the photograph above? Based in Gipsy Hill in Lambeth, she is believed to have … Continue reading
Call for London Mayor to block high-cost district heat network
Sadiq Khan has received an appeal from a local councillor this week, asking him to use his powers as Mayor of London to block a district heating scheme to be powered by the Beddington Lane incinerator, so that he might … Continue reading
Greens candidate kicked out of council meeting over new gift
BELLE MONT reports on a lively planning meeting at Sutton Council on Wednesday, when a parliamentary candidate chose to remind the councillors of a decision they took four years ago which is likely to have environmental consequences for generations Shasha … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Peter Underwood, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, London, Peter Underwood, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council
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LibDems having a Brake-down in Sutton as UKIP stand down
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on a development today which could alter the political make-up in south-west London for years to come The Regressive Alliance is alive and kicking in Sutton, where UKIP has opted to keep their General Election … Continue reading
