Category Archives: Tim Pollard

Croydon Tories’ leader distances himself from SPAC Nation

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

On the eve of the Fairfield council by-election, the leader of the Conservative group at Croydon Town Hall has tried to distance his local party from the controversial SPAC Nation. The Tory candidate in Thursday’s Fairfield by-election, 20-year-old Jayde Edwards, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Church and religions, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Crisis for Newman as Momentum councillor forced to quit

Posted on September 25, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the latest clusterfuck in the Croydon Labour group and reveals that a departing councillor had spent six months working for the local MP but had failed to make proper declarations of interest as … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fairfield, Niro Sirisena, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Newman ducks questions to show he’s all words, not deeds

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

TOWN HALL SKETCH: Who are we to believe? The last full council meeting until October descended into accusations from politicians of lying (ahh, the sweet irony), while the public’s petitions were re-written for them by council officials, until debate was … Continue reading →

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Only five Croydon Tory councillors listed as ‘Backing Boris’

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

Croydon Town Hall’s Conservatives are not backing Boris. That’s according to a listing published today by the Boris Johnson leadership campaign which includes just five of Croydon’s 29 Tory councillors, from among 1,000 Conservative elected representatives at local authorities around … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Stranack, Boris Johnson, Jason Cummings, Mario Creatura, Neil Garratt, Steve O'Connell, Tim Crowley, Tim Pollard, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

The mystery of Purley’s disappearing Conservative councillor

Posted on May 29, 2019 by

KEN LEE reports from the Town Hall, where the continued absence of a new councillor could prompt a local by-election There is mounting concern among Croydon Tories that they may be forced to defend one of their council seats in … Continue reading →

Posted in Badsha Quadir, Oni Oviri, Purley, Simon Brew, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Creatura’s Town Hall promotion could signal early end of May

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

The next full meeting of our council is Monday’s anachronistic annual ‘mayor-making’ ceremony in the Town Hall chamber. Ahead of it, the council’s two political groups have been tinkering with their line-ups. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that one … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Chris Clark, Crime, Croydon Council, Helen Redfern, Knife crime, Leila Ben-Hassel, Mario Creatura, Oni Oviri, Purley, Stephen Mann, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

‘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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