Category Archives: David Campanale

Sutton budget passes with £34.5m deficits to come by 2029

CIVIC CENTRE SKETCH: Sutton’s annual budget meeting proved to be just a subtext for a pre-election psycho-drama being played out behind closed doors by the ruling LibDems. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK was there, ready for any guillotine motions During the Reign of … Continue reading

Posted in 2026 council elections, Barry Lewis, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Ed Parsley, Jayne McCoy, Luke Taylor MP, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tim Foster, Tom Drummond | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

LibDems rocked by councillor attack on Sutton leader Lewis

INSIDE SUTTON: With local elections just weeks away, the ruling group on the council has been shocked by a devastating resignation statement, including allegations of racism, ‘deception, deceit and duplicitous behaviour’. Our Civic Centre correspondent, ROSE HILL, reports In an … Continue reading

Posted in 2026 council elections, Barry Lewis, David Campanale, Jayne McCoy, Luke Taylor MP, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reform hand LibDems complete control across Sutton borough

The story of election night was how Reform UK denied Conservatives seat wins across the country, even with absentee candidates, including in Sutton and Cheam. BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports The final Survation prediction for the Sutton and Cheam constituency was rubbish. … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tom Drummond | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

LibDem candidate cutting a sorry figure on the eve of election

The LibDem candidate in Sutton and Cheam has engaged in a hurried torrent of apologies to political opponents and the public that he – and his father – have abused. By our Sutton news reporter, ROSE HILL There are strange … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Catherine Gray, David Campanale, Luke Taylor MP, Sutton and Cheam | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LibDem Taylor rattled as questions of religion won’t go away

Hustings? What hustings? Across the two constituencies in Sutton, there has been only one public meeting organised ahead of Thursday’s General Election, in the hotly-contested Sutton and Cheam constituency, where it all kicked off when someone posed a question of … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Luke Taylor MP, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LibDems have gone all parochial in Sutton, just as they like it

The national election campaign as it is being conducted in neighbouring Sutton has a very local feel to it, according to NICK MATTEY, Beddington’s independent councillor Here in Sutton, the campaign leading up to polling day on July 4 in … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Reigate, Kingston, Sutton: the seats facing ‘The Croydon Effect’

In the second part of our General Election Special, WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, casts his expert eye further afield, to Sutton and Bromley, and even into the Surrey stockbroker belt Compared with Croydon, it’s an entirely different political landscape in … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Bromley Council, Chrishni Reshekaron, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Kingston, Luke Taylor MP, Mario Creatura, Paul Scully MP, Reigate and Banstead Council, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Drummond | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

‘Ghosted’ LibDem Campanale launches human rights appeal

Our Sutton politics editor, ROSE HILL, on the selection row that threatens to scupper LibDem hopes of winning back a key parliamentary seat Liberal Democrats are tonight staging a selection meeting to choose a new candidate to stand for their … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, David Campanale, Graham Tope, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment