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#GE2019 LIVE: Rolling results coverage through the night
Bookmark this page and keep returning and refreshing the page for Inside Croydon’s unmatched live coverage across half a dozen local constituencies, with updates on events nationally throughout the night. In Croydon, the first results are not expected until around … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Anna Jones, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Donald Ekekhomen, Jo Negrini, Kathleen Garner, Mario Creatura, Olga Fitzroy, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Sprague, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brexit Party, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Jo Negrini, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, Olga Fitzroy, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, UKIP
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This is how we have always run elections, since before there was TV or even radio, and no one’s noticed how pointless it is
KEN TOWL finds there’s not much recreational fun in this electioneering lark, as he attends last night’s set-piece hustings Having tried my hand at canvassing at the weekend, I thought I would really throw myself into the democratic melee by … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Ken Towl, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Sprague
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon Central, Esther Sutton, Fairfield Halls, Green Party, Ken Towl, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, Peter Sonnex, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Sprague, Stormzy, Tory
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People and events will decide what this election is about
ELECTION COMMENTARY: The publication this week of the Labour and Conservative Party manifestos could see the narrative of the campaign change significantly. And as JOHN BRAGGINS, a former campaign adviser to Tony Blair, discovers, the LibDems could win seats in … Continue reading
School governor using social media to spread race hate
What sort of school could possibly want to have an unapologetic racist on its governing body? GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports that some on the far-right are trying to ‘normalise’ their conduct by infiltrating community organisations Earlier this week, … Continue reading
Mayor Khan facing ‘the most fragmented Assembly ever’
Like last month’s European elections, the London Mayor and Assembly votes in May 2020 will be conducted using a form of proportional representation. As WALTER CRONXITE reports, based on the Euro poll, that could cause even further discomfort for Croydion’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Charlie Mansell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Siobhan Benita, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP
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Can Labour and Tories stop ‘The Peterborough Effect’ here?
After a week to let the dust settle and some of the implications of the voting sink in, our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE crunches more numbers from the European elections and discovers that two of the borough’s sitting MPs have … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Brexit, Brexit Party, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, UKIP
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The mystery of Purley’s disappearing Conservative councillor
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 Brexit, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Oni Oviri, Purley, Purley and Woodcote, Tory
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Barwell’s legacy to Croydon: Tories set for fifth in Euro vote
While the two major parties in Croydon try to behave as if there’s nothing going on, weekend polling ahead of Thursday’s European elections suggests that Labour and Tories are to lose seats in London. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports With … Continue reading
Surrey’s voters face a multi-coloured swapshop at the polls
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, checks out some straws in the election wind caused by the Brexit storm, as neighbouring councils hold their elections today Londoners might be spared the bother of going to the polling stations today, but for … Continue reading
