Tag Archives: ‘Basher’ Lewis

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

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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

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The full text of Cllr Patrick Ogbonna’s resignation email

INSIDE SUTTON: Here’s the full text of Patrick Ogbonna’s email to all councillors, sent this morning, with ‘BREAKING NEWS: Standing Down… but Rising Up!’ in the subject field Morning, members. Re: the above, I recently met with the so called … Continue reading

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Sutton council leader denies punching colleague at meeting

EXCLUSIVE: Allegations of bias and cover-up have followed a bit of a dust-up at a local committee meeting last month Six months ago, when he was elected as leader of Sutton Council, Barry Lewis was derided as a bit of … Continue reading

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