Tag Archives: Barwell

Croydon’s top Tory Barwell admits: I am politically homeless

Posted on September 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on the Conservative peer’s criticism of the Truss government’s reckless ‘Mini-Budget’ Baron Barwell of Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon has had enough of the Conservative government. The patience of the man who was Tory … Continue reading →

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‘If things go badly, a Bring Back Boris campaign will start’

Posted on September 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

Far-right comedian Joe Lycett was not available to give us his take on the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss. So instead, we turned to the doom-laden Twitter feed of Conservative peer GAVIN BARWELL “Lord” Gavin Barwell was Chief of Staff … Continue reading →

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M&S recruiting 130 staff ahead of opening Purley Way store

Posted on August 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: The company CEO’s life-long association with the Croydon store may have helped to give the beleaguered Whitgift Centre a reprieve. By STEVEN DOWNES Marks and Spencer is recruiting more than 130 staff in advance of its opening a new … Continue reading →

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Rish! Sunak brings the Tory leadership contest to Purley

Posted on July 31, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our mole in the Croydon Conservatives was quite impressed by the flying visit of the former Chancellor. And with his shoes Liz is down in Surrey but we’re told she’ll come to visit us, too. But with a good two … Continue reading →

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Tories’ Not-So-Famous Five offer little real hope for nation

Posted on July 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

ANDREW FISHER on the search for a new Prime Minister, and what it could all mean for Croydon The ancient Roman poet Juvenal observed that people needed “bread and circuses”. In Britain today, more people than ever are queuing for … Continue reading →

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Finally, Coulsdon’s Tory councillor Creatura cuts before he runs

Posted on July 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

Boris Johnson fanboy and former Downing Street aide to Theresa May is trying to clean up his act ahead of parliamentary selections Tory councillor Mario Creatura, for many years the “gobby factotum” to Gavin Barwell when he was a Conservative … Continue reading →

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MP Philp finally emerges to be skewered by Benny Hill theme

Posted on July 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

More on the final throes of Boris Johnson’s government from our political correspondent, WALTER CRONXITE Like Michael Fabricant’s syrup, once seen, this can never be unseen. Once heard, it certainly can never be unheard. In fact, this has been playing … Continue reading →

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Croydon MP Philp in stunned silence as government collapses

Posted on July 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the deeply divided Conservative Party – in Croydon There has been what can only be assumed to be stunned silence overnight from Croydon’s sole Conservative MP, Chris Philp, as all around him other ministers in … Continue reading →

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Mayor Perry has LOST the plot over latest Allders scheme

Posted on July 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

Hammerson and Westfield are back in town, only this time they’re offering a bit of artwashing in the disused Allders department store building. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Fabien Riggall, the founder of Secret Cinema, today confirmed Inside Croydon’s report earlier … Continue reading →

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Boo-ris Johnson: Barwell predicts end for PM could be close

Posted on June 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

As Boris Johnson is booed by royalists gathered outside St Paul’s Cathedral for the latest part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a former colleague lays out the weaknesses of the Prime Minister’s position as a result of Partygate, and the … Continue reading →

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Westfield wants to revive plans for Croydon’s blighted centre

Posted on May 18, 2022 by insidecroydon

More than three years after shelving their £1.4bn scheme for the town centre, the developers’ monster mall is back on the drawing board – but with significant differences. By STEVEN DOWNES Like a Frankenstein monster after being given a shot … Continue reading →

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‘Morally and politically, the government needs to do more’

Posted on May 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

Tory peer and former Croydon MP has barbed criticism for his former parliamentary colleagues Croydon’s local election results left one prominent Tory Party grandee in something of a quandary. “Lord” Gavin Barwell of Clarion is the former Croydon Central MP … Continue reading →

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‘The Prime Minister admits he lied’ says Tory Lord Barwell

Posted on April 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

Boris Johnson should resign over Partygate: that is the clear view taken by the former Croydon Central MP. But having law-breakers running the country at Westminster won’t affect how he votes in next month’s Town Hall elections. By WALTER CRONXITE, … Continue reading →

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MP Philp subject of complaint to parliamentary commission

Posted on April 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE discovers another Tory politician breaking the rules for the advantage of his party-loving political party Chris Philp is the latest member of the Conservative Party Party Party to be placed under an official investigation. Philp, the Tory MP … Continue reading →

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Grenfell inquiry set to quiz Barwell over ignored warnings

Posted on April 4, 2022 by insidecroydon

Former Conservative housing minister is set to give evidence about his part in what has been described as ‘one of the greatest public policy failures anywhere in the modern world’ Gavin Barwell, the former Croydon MP who as housing minister … Continue reading →

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MP Jones accused of breaking Commons rules over leaflet

Posted on March 21, 2022 by insidecroydon

Sarah Jones, Labour’s MP for Croydon Central, has been accused of breaking parliamentary rules over the use of the Commons logo and her Westminster email address on constituency “updates” which feature her party’s candidate for election as the borough’s first … Continue reading →

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Officials knew dangers of cladding 15 years before Grenfell

Posted on February 22, 2022 by insidecroydon

Evidence given at the inquiry into the deaths of 72 people in North Kensington in 2017 show that the priority of successive governments was always ‘the demands of corporate interests above the needs of people’, according to a union leader … Continue reading →

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Labour council passes £5.7m cuts to benefits for vulnerable

Posted on February 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Town Hall leaders, most of whom presided over the council’s financial collapse, last night voted to take £116 per month from the borough’s poorest and most vulnerable. But the vote was not as straightforward as they expected. … Continue reading →

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‘Leftie’ Barwell adds to chorus of disapproval over ‘Partygate’

Posted on February 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

Two of south London’s Conservative MPs are damaging their own integrity with their floundering appearances on television to defend lying Prime Minister Boris Johnson, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Croydon and Sutton’s senior Tory MPs, government junior ministers Chris Philp … Continue reading →

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Poll misery for Perry as #Partygate could cost him council seat

Posted on January 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The latest opinion polls suggest that despite bankrupting the borough, Labour could increase its number of councillors in May’s Town Hall elections. STEVEN DOWNES reports Inside Croydon’s mole in the lawns of Croydon Tories’ suburban Purley headquarters … Continue reading →

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Boff bashes Boris, as careerist Philp digs himself into a hole

Posted on January 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s only Conservative MP is rapidly developing a reputation for cravenly saying anything that might get him a promotion. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Croydon South’s Tory MP Chris Philp is looking increasingly marginalised, and more ridiculous than ever, … Continue reading →

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‘Unbelievable’: Barwell joins chorus of condemnation for PM

Posted on January 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

Tory grandees, and Gavin Barwell, have begun to turn on Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his and his wife’s attendance at what The Times was today describing as a “boozy shindig” in the Downing Street garden during the first covid … Continue reading →

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After wasted decade, Mayoral candidates need town centre plan

Posted on January 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

How do you replace a long-promised but never delivered £1.4bn redevelopment in the town centre? In his first column of 2022, ANDREW FISHER (left) offers some suggestions Croydon’s town centre has suffered a torrid time of late. The biggest queues … Continue reading →

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The truth will out: ‘Lord’ Barwell turns on old mate Johnson

Posted on December 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

“Lord” Gavin Barwell, the sometime Tory MP for Croydon Central and former Downing Street Chief of Staff, has this morning turned on his old mucker, Blundering Boris Johnson, and called for “total honesty” from No10 over the mounting Christmas party … Continue reading →

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Businesses furious over Tory’s Christmas lights blame game

Posted on November 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE,  on the latest controversy caused by Coulsdon’s most witless councillor Councillor Mario Creatura, the failed Conservative parliamentary candidate, has caused fury among local businesses and residents in the ward he is supposed … Continue reading →

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