Category Archives: Mario Creatura

‘We’re doomed!’ Local Tories shut down discussion on Brexit

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

KEN LEE reports on how the Conservatives have decided to block their usual mass debates As new splits, divisions and dissent over Brexit rent the Conservative Party asunder at Westminster, here in Croydon, local Tories have shut down all discussion … Continue reading →

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Politicians’ posturing and positioning as Brexit chaos reigns

Posted on March 25, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE tracks the activities of Croydon’s Town Hall and Westminster elites over a weekend where the fate of the nation appeared ever more precarious, in some part thanks to the ill-judged interventions of sometime MP Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

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Tram drivers to strike next Thursday in dispute over pensions

Posted on March 22, 2019 by

Croydon’s tram drivers will be on strike, next Thursday, March 28. ASLEF, the union which represents the majority of tram drivers, announced the strike action last night, after talks broke down at the arbitration service, ACAS, over a long-running dispute … Continue reading →

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Councillor’s £1,000 grant to football club outside the borough

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

One of Croydon’s football crazy Conservative councillors has been doling out council cash to a sports club that is based outside the borough. Croydon Council has allocated £560,000 per year to what it calls its ward budget scheme. Under the … Continue reading →

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Downing Street orders checks on Barwell’s Croydon cronies

Posted on February 14, 2019 by

Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a report which suggest that the mates of the Prime Minister’s chief of staff are being put under pressure Helen MacNamara, the head of ethics at the Cabinet Office, has written to every government … Continue reading →

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Tories rush to pick Croydon candidate for General Election

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on latest indications that, while Theresa Mayhem might be saying one thing, behind the scenes her ‘top advisers’ are doing another Senior figures in Downing Street, which presumably must mean gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell, the Prime Minister’s … Continue reading →

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Calls for Creatura to be sacked from his Downing Street job

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest egregious breach of his employment contract by the Tories’ desperately ambitious parliamentary candidate for Croydon Central On the day when his boss at No10 seems set to suffer one of the worst defeats … Continue reading →

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