Category Archives: 2017 General Election

#WadGate II, the sequel: Tory Fisher hasn’t paid back a penny

Posted on May 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

Three years on from #WadGate, the Town Hall allowances scandal which brought down the leader of the Croydon Conservatives, and Mike Fisher has not paid back a penny of the public money that he paid himself secretly in his final … Continue reading →

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Veteran Labour figure calls for CEO Negrini to be dismissed

Posted on May 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

A senior figure in the Croydon Labour Party has called for the immediate dismissal of the council’s chief executive, Jo Negrini. Adrian Dennis, who was made a Freeman of Croydon for his 25 years service as a local councillor in … Continue reading →

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Greens fired up over Brake and pick a vicar to take on Philp

Posted on May 4, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE sorts through the assortment of candidates from the eco-friendly party who want to have a blazing row over Sutton’s incinerator There will be no “progressive alliance” in Croydon at next month’s General Election, after the Green Party announced … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Catherine Shelley, Chris Philp MP, Church and religions, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Gavin Barwell, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tracey Hague, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Labour parachute in Lambeth councillor for Croydon South

Posted on May 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

After lengthy delays, Labour has finally got round to naming its General Election candidate for the true-blue Tory heartland of the borough, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Jennifer Brathwaite has been confirmed as Labour’s candidate for Croydon South in next month’s … Continue reading →

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Umunna gets the call as ‘special guest’ to pep up Reed’s rally

Posted on May 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE on the snail-like progress of Labour’s selection process, UKIP’s choice of Barwell’s bouncer as a General Election candidate, and news from neighbouring constituencies Nearly five years since he was selected as Labour’s candidate in the very safe seat … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon North, Croydon South, Kathleen Garner, Lambeth Council, Michael Swadling, Paul Scully MP, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

‘There is no crisis in our schools’ says Sutton Tory candidate

Posted on May 2, 2017 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COMMENTARY: 500 head teachers from across the country have written to the unelected Prime Minister, Theresa May, to warn of the funding crisis her government is creating in our schools. But according to the Old Etonian standing for the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Education, London-wide issues, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Schools, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Exclusive: Jones is party pick, but Labour hasn’t told anyone

Posted on May 1, 2017 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the barely noticed announcement of Labour’s General Election candidate for London’s most marginal seat After spending the past fortnight delivering campaign leaflets without a candidate’s name on them, Sarah Jones, who was the Labour candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Gill Hickson, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Union calls on underpaid public service workers to #BinBarwell

Posted on April 30, 2017 by insidecroydon

After seven years of Tory-led government, real-terms wage cuts to public sector workers – nurses, teaching assistants and council employees among them – should translate into a ballot box backlash on June 8, with Croydon Central’s Conservative MP Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

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Scully and Sutton Tories sent scrambling over St Helier plans

Posted on April 29, 2017 by insidecroydon

JAMES KILLDARE, our health correspondent (recently successfully put out to tender), reports on a growing row in Sutton over the Conservatives’ opaque plans for one of the area’s largest NHS hospitals It started so casually, with Sutton’s two MPs together … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, Cameron Penny, Health, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Is Barwell’s Privy Council appointment a sign of Tory nerves?

Posted on April 27, 2017 by insidecroydon

Do the Tories quietly believe that there is a chance that gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell might yet cock it up and lose his Croydon Central seat at the General Election on June 8? The hint of some electoral uncertainty was there … Continue reading →

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Polls show that Labour needs a damage limitation exercise

Posted on April 26, 2017 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COMMENTARY: Former Labour Party campaign staffer JOHN BRAGGINS, pictured right, says the political situation is like a football match where his party is 4-2 down with four minutes to the final whistle. Anything can happen, but the result is … Continue reading →

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Negrini bans use of words ‘Tory’, ‘Barwell’ and ‘May’ at council

Posted on April 26, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon, where a constituency Labour meeting last summer banned the use of the word “Blairite”, this week saw the words and phrases “Tory government”, “Barwell”, “Conservative”, “Labour”, “Reed” and “May” all proscribed from use by councillors at a full council … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Greens co-leader pulls out of visit to Beddington incinerator

Posted on April 25, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how cross-party election agreements have encountered significant problems in south London The so-called “progressive alliance”might not be quite as “progressive” as it has been made out to be if some of the shenanigans going on between … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Environment, Nick Mattey, Paul Scully MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Barwell campaign is quick to take to the battleground streets

Posted on April 24, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on Labour’s slow, and candidate-less, start to campaigning in what is supposed to be a marginal constituency, as polls show the Tories likely to win in four key wards Croydon Conservatives have got off to such a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, New Addington South, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sutton councillor takes on LibDem Brake over incinerator

Posted on April 22, 2017 by insidecroydon

Tom Brake, the only London LibDem MP to retain his seat at the last General Election following five years as a Tory enabler in the coalition, is to have an extra challenge in his Carshalton and Wallington constituency on June … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Environment, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Corbyn tells Croydon: We’re coming for you, Barwell

Posted on April 20, 2017 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES reports as the General Election campaign starts on a high street in south London It was just a couple of hours after the House of Commons vote which enabled the Tories to ignore their own Fixed Term Parliament … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 2017 General Election, Allders, Boxpark, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David White, Gavin Barwell, Patsy Cummings, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Definitely, Maybe: General Election is a boost for Barwell

Posted on April 18, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the likely local consequences of this morning’s announcement of a General Election on June 8 Croydon Central, which has been a marginal parliamentary seat for 30 years, where gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell was returned in 2015 with … Continue reading →

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