Tag Archives: BBC Question Time

Croydon gets two pokes in the Eye over Newman and Negrini

The national media really is waking up to the scandal in Croydon, with the latest issue of Private Eye having not its usual one, regular report about the basketcase borough, but two. And that includes a prominent place on the … Continue reading

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‘Spectacularly useless’ Croydon is ridiculed on Question Time

The parlous state of Croydon Council’s finances, and the chronic incompetence of the people in charge of them, made it on to national television last week. Thursday night’s Question Time on BBC1 broke away from its obsessions with Brexit and … Continue reading

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Philp’s TV role in raising new questions over Tory Islamophobia

Steve Reed is not the only Croydon MP who has needed to be schooled this week over racism in politics. STEVEN DOWNES on the latest car-crash TV appearance by Chris Philp There may come a time, the sooner the better … Continue reading

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