Category Archives: Croydon Central

Former MP John Moore, the ‘Icarus of Thatcherism’, has died

Posted on May 24, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE charts the career of someone once seen by Margaret Thatcher as her successor as Prime Minister The death has been reported this week of the first MP for Croydon Central, John Moore. Moore, who was Conservative MP for … Continue reading →

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Tram operators delay safer driver rotas till 2021 to save money

Posted on May 22, 2019 by

Tram operators delay introducing safer, shorter working hours for drivers for two years Ten extra drivers on the network will cost £500,000 per year TfL admits it has still to implement seven of 13 safety recommendations made following the Sandilands … Continue reading →

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Hancock’s half-hour at Mayday prompts politicians’ squabble

Posted on May 21, 2019 by

Our elected representatives had a busy Monday. As well as the borough’s three MPs and short-attention-span councillors turning out at the Town Hall for the Mayor-making in the evening, earlier in the day many of them were in attendance for … Continue reading →

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MP Jones wants council proposal for Shirley Library ‘ignored’

Posted on May 17, 2019 by

Our bookish gyms correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on how the local Labour MP has vowed to oppose plans to close a library in her constituency, as suggested in a report commissioned by the Labour-run council Sarah Jones, the Labour MP … Continue reading →

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London opinion poll says Tories could regain Croydon Central

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE on some worrying numbers for Labour in Croydon Be afraid. Be very afraid. If a General Election was held this week, then this clown (right) would become Croydon Central’s Member of Parliament. That’s according to the latest London-only … Continue reading →

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Barwell’s parliamentary credit card was suspended 3 times

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the perfectly reasonable suggestion that ‘if MPs can’t deal with this rather narrow sphere of finances, why should we trust them in dealing with the nation’s finances?’ An already bleak week for Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

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Tory splits grow as Barwell ‘flounces’ from social media group

Posted on May 6, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports that the Croydon Conservative Party is not a happy place to be in the midst of Brexit and local election carnage “Gavin Barwell left”. That was the final message on Friday night in an increasingly … Continue reading →

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