Category Archives: Mario Creatura

‘People’s Vote’ poll paints bleak picture for Labour in London

Posted on January 8, 2019 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE has been crunching some numbers from the latest opinion poll A much bigger survey than usual  of London voters by YouGov, as part of their mega 25,000-people national poll (funded by something calling itself “The People’s Vote”), suggests … Continue reading →

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Prime Minister’s SPAD accused of using data scraping dark arts

Posted on January 2, 2019 by insidecroydon

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Twitter special adviser is the subject of a formal complaint to the Information Commissioner for the misuse of personal data, as WALTER CRONXITE reports New year, same old Croydon Tories. A mass emailing sent in the … Continue reading →

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Honoured? It’s still a case of ‘who you know’, and who you pay

Posted on December 31, 2018 by insidecroydon

There were several Croydon figures in the New Year’s Honours list published on Saturday, many of them having been generous donors to political parties or time-serving journeymen for politicians, as KEN LEE reports The Cabinet Office is keen to emphasise … Continue reading →

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Black swans, splits and boundaries make for uncertain times

Posted on December 30, 2018 by insidecroydon

Expect the unexpected, warns WALTER CRONXITE, in the third part of his gaze into the political crystal ball on the prospects for 2019 As Labour in London, including Croydon, sails serenely towards 2019 with positive prospects seemingly at every turn, … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Mayhem in Downing Street. And some of it is Barwell’s fault

Posted on December 12, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER  CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest piece of Conservative Party in-fighting to throw the nation into crisis It is entirely possible that, tomorrow morning, Gavin Barwell, Jason Cummings and Mario Creatura will all be in a queue in Fisher’s … Continue reading →

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Tory Creatura and Croydon’s nightmare before Christmas

Posted on December 10, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on signs that at least one political party in the borough is gearing itself up for a General Election (yep, another one) Members of Croydon’s Conservative Party will meet tonight to choose a candidate to contest the … Continue reading →

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Minister quits Cabinet: I couldn’t take more Barwell emails

Posted on December 2, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the ‘revelation’ that Downing Street’s chief of staff might not be up to the task Gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell’s week of Brexit balls-ups just gets worse by the day. Now the former Croydon Central … Continue reading →

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Barwell’s role in Brexit sees him rejected by Beckenham Tories

Posted on November 18, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE suggests that Brexit may have sunk the prospects of another career politician Prospects for Gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell to return to the House of Commons as an MP appear to be as ruined a the credibility of … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon councillor exposed as advising corporate lobbyists

Posted on October 28, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest little sideline of one of Croydon’s leading Tories Coulsdon Conservative councillor Mario Creatura, who has a job at No10 Downing Street as a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Theresa Mayhem, may have broken … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Croydon Tories’ Twitter gaffe as they demystify the anus

Posted on September 21, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE on the  latest ham-fisted bungling social media  campaign from the local Conservatives Could Conservatives in Croydon be about to emulate their party colleagues at a national level and stage a leadership contest? After a long, hot and – … Continue reading →

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Former Woolworths manager is advising PM on politics

Posted on August 22, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the latest instance of ‘jobs for the boys’ as the Croydon clique takes a key position in Downing Street At a  time of her greatest political peril, with the looming prospect of a “No … Continue reading →

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PM’s £88,000 a year SPAD who does no councillor surgeries

Posted on July 26, 2018 by insidecroydon

Mario Creatura, the Croydon Conservative councillor who has been over-promoted from being a Tory MP’s bag-carrier to become the Prime Minister’s Twitterer-in-chief, was forced to delete a tweet from his own account yesterday after he made false accusations about the … Continue reading →

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Council gets more secretive over its councillors’ declarations

Posted on July 16, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a strange reversal of previous open and transparent Town Hall policy, which is deliberately keeping cabinet members’ interests under cover The Labour group which is running Croydon Council is becoming more secretive by the … Continue reading →

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Ex-MP Barwell abandons Croydon, as his bag-carrier steps up

Posted on May 12, 2018 by insidecroydon

Local Tories appear to have given up hope of regaining the parliamentary seat lost at last year’s General Election, as KEN LEE reports Gavin Barwell, the Tory who when he was MP for Croydon Central said, “Representing my home town … Continue reading →

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Now Guido Fawkes is catching up with Barwell’s cronies

Posted on April 15, 2018 by insidecroydon

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Westminster political blog Guido Fawkes is following up on Croydon news – six months after it was first published on Inside Croydon On the morning after his boss had taken the nation to … Continue reading →

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Philp left to ponder as PM’s reshuffle passes him by

Posted on January 10, 2018 by insidecroydon

The government’s failed reshuffle was an even bigger failure for one Croydon politician, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Chris Philp, the forever-thrusting Tory MP for Croydon South, might well be asking himself what he’s done wrong, after he was left out … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Batman and Robin act behind reshuffle shambles

Posted on January 9, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a clusterfuck of a cabinet reshuffle which had finger prints from a couple of Croydon notables all over it Ever since they were reunited as a team at No10 Downing Street, the dynamic … Continue reading →

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Tories back candidate who is banned from talking at Town Hall

Posted on December 18, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon Conservatives either do not realise or are trying to ignore strict Civil Service rules which prohibit one of their councillors from voting or speaking at Town Hall meetings. Coulsdon West councillor Mario Creatura has landed himself the plum job … Continue reading →

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Tories’ reward for failure: ex-MP Barwell gets £31,000 pay hike

Posted on December 15, 2017 by insidecroydon

A 22% pay rise, plus winding-up expenses, jobs for the boys (and girl), resettlement grants and a very generous redundancy package means that one Croydon Conservative has never had it so good. And all at your expense, as WALTER CRONXITE … Continue reading →

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Tories scrape together B Listers, but miss out Selhurst

Posted on December 14, 2017 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the latest sign that Croydon’s Tories really don’t much care for the north of the borough Four months on from the botched announcement of their candidates for next May’s local elections, and Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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SPAD Creatura about to become dumb and dumber at Town Hall

Posted on November 29, 2017 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the law of unintended consequences – and the rules of the Civil Service – might just be about to catch up with Gavin Barwell’s gobby fac totum Ho! Ho! Ho! Has Christmas come early for … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Gaffe-prone Gav breaks the rules, and causes Tory panic

Posted on November 3, 2017 by insidecroydon

Not for the first time, gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell’s technical competence and ability to play by the rules have been called into question, after the Downing Street Chief of Staff’s latest bumbling display managed to cause further disquiet among Tory MPs … Continue reading →

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