Category Archives: Croydon South

Newman admits: we’re only trying to win two Croydon seats

Posted on December 6, 2019 by

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on a leaked memo which belies the council leader’s true thoughts Not for the first time, what Tony Newman says publicly and what he will admit in private are two entirely different things. Newman, … Continue reading →

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Labour looking strong as freezing polling day approaches

Posted on December 5, 2019 by

As we enter the final week of the General Election campaign, political editor WALTER CRONXITE gets a guide on the likely results from the pollsters and the bookmakers Next Thursday’s polling day for the General Election is predicted to have … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Anna Jones, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Donald Ekekhomen, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Under The Flyover Election Special podcast: Olga FitzRoy

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE introduces the latest of our innovative virtual hustings Labour won two of the three Croydon parliamentary seats in 2017, and seeking to deliver a cleansweep in 2019 is their candidate Olga FitzRoy. An award-winning sound engineer … Continue reading →

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Under The Flyover Election Special podcast: Peter Underwood

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, introduces the third of our  ground-breaking virtual hustings Ahead of the General Election on December 12, Inside Croydon invited some of the candidates from across the three Croydon parliamentary constituencies to join us at our … Continue reading →

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Under The Flyover Election Special podcast: Chris Philp

Posted on December 2, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, introduces the second of our ground-breaking virtual hustings, this time with a candidate who has been MP since 2015 Ahead of the General Election on December 12, Inside Croydon invited some of the candidates from … Continue reading →

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Conservative candidates get backing from far-right fringe group

Posted on November 26, 2019 by

“The fact that Nigel Farage praises the Conservatives’ manifesto for having UKIP policies should ring alarm bells among traditional Conservative voters. “This is not the party it used to be.” So warned Dominic Grieve QC, the former Attorney General in … Continue reading →

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Green Party opts against ‘Remain Alliance’ in Croydon Central

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

There’s no chance of the Green Party’s Croydon candidates running up any gas-guzzling air miles to get around their constituencies ahead of the General Election on December 12, as all three live and work in the areas they are seeking … Continue reading →

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