Tag Archives: BBC Question Time

Et tu Brute: Fringe party claims credit for getting Perry elected

Posted on March 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

There’s more than a sense of the Ides of March about some of the rhetoric coming from public meetings as the 2026 local election campaign gets into its stride, as WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, writes It seems somehow appropriate that, … Continue reading →

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Croydon gets two pokes in the Eye over Newman and Negrini

Posted on March 1, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Manju Shahul Hameed, The Penn Report, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

‘Spectacularly useless’ Croydon is ridiculed on Question Time

Posted on February 20, 2023 by insidecroydon

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

Posted on November 3, 2020 by insidecroydon

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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