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Coombe Lodge open at last, but it doesn’t seem quite finished
EXCLUSIVE: After a three-month closure for a £1m refurbishment, what is it like in the first Wetherspoons pub to open in Croydon for 25 years? KEN TOWL went to find out They reckon that last year, across the country, around … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Lloyd Park, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Beefeater, Brexit, Coombe Lodge, Frank Lloyd, JD Wetherspoons, Lloyd Park, Premier Inn, South Croydon, Wetherspoons, Whitbread
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Further 48-hour delay for opening of ‘Spoons at Coombe Lodge
After a £1m refurbishment, Wetherspoons’ first new pub to open in Croydon since 2000 will create 80 jobs The first new Wetherspoons pub to open in Croydon for 25 years has been delayed by a further 48 hours, with Coombe … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Beefeater, Brexit, Coombe Lodge, Frank Lloyd, JD Wetherspoons, Lloyd Park, Premier Inn, South Croydon, Wetherspoons, Whitbread
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Our Corbyn podcast exclusive is followed up by the nationals
Inside Croydon’s latest exclusive podcast, Andrew Fisher’s interview with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been followed-up widely on social media and by the national press. More than 125,000 people have interacted with our online posting in less than 48 … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Brexit, Croydon, David Evans, Islington North, Jack Blackburn, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, National Executive Committee, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, The Times, Your Party, Zara Sultana
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Exclusive: Corbyn talks on Your Party, Labour and David Evans
In our latest premium content podcast, Andrew Fisher interviews Jeremy Corbyn MP, who talks about the formation of the new Your Party and how it might contest local elections in 2026. The former Labour leader also talks about the ‘control … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, 2026 council elections, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2017 General Election, 2019 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Brexit, Croydon, David Evans, Diane Abbott, Islington North, Jeremy Corbyn, Jeremy Corbyn MP, John McDonnell MP, Labour, London, Morgan McSweeney, National Executive Committee, Steve Reed MP, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Your Party, Zara Sultana
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Philp’s taped admission of big Brexit drawback on immigration
The previous Conservative government, and the MP for Croydon South, knew for more than five years that leaving the EU would make it more difficult to deal with asylum seekers – but that’s not what they said publicly Chris Philp, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South
Tagged asylum seekers, Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, immigration, Labour, Sky News, Tory
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Just 2% of Croydon voters join petition call for another election
Tax-avoiding millionaires and newspaper owners are getting all excited about calls for another election. The same people who have said it’s too soon for another vote on Brexit, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor A petition raised by a publican in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election petition, Keir Starmr, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Nigel Farage, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Can you vote for politicians who won’t answer your questions?
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon offered a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers to be published at length. But some of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Croydon West, Rick Howard, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Croydon West, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tory
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It’s not about my personal power or glory. It’s about principles
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon has been offering a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers published at length. Here, we speak with … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Peter Underwood
Tagged 2024 General Election, Brexit, Carla Denyer, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Tory
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Shhhh! Purley pub is open again. Just don’t tell anyone…
Loyal reader CHRIS MYERS took a stroll with some old mates, and while someone else got the beers in, he checked out the changes at the former ‘Spoons pub the Foxley Hatch (plot spoiler: there’s hardly any) “Meet the new … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Brexit, Chris Myers, Foxley Hatch, Purley, Tim Martin, Wetherspoons
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Wetherspoons confirm closure of Purley pub as Brexit bites
The Foxley Hatch in Purley is to close by the end of October, one of 32 Wetherspoons pubs put up for sale across the country. The Foxley Hatch will be the third Wetherspoons in Croydon to close this year, following … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Brexit, Foxley Hatch, JD Wetherspoons, Purley, The Skylark, Tim Martin
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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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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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After campaign criticism, Labour’s organiser passes the Buck
Thursday’s Euro election results are expected tonight, but in Croydon Labour the party in-fighting has already begun, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Recriminations and faction fighting has broken into public among the Croydon Labour Party even before the votes have been … Continue reading
Tories and Labour in late rush to pick Euro election candidates
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the lastminute.com scramble to find candidates willing to stand in European elections next month Both Labour and the Conservative parties are scrambling around frantically for volunteers to stand as candidates in elections neither of them … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections
Tagged Brexit, Conservative, European elections, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Nigel Farage, Tory
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‘We’re doomed!’ Local Tories shut down discussion on Brexit
KEN LEE reports on how the Conservatives have decided to block their usual mass debates As new splits, divisions and dissent over Brexit rent the Conservative Party asunder at Westminster, here in Croydon, local Tories have shut down all discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Brexit, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Mario Creatura, Tim Pollard, Tory
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MP Philp: ‘I stand by my Swiss border tweet completely’
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, discovers that the borough’s Conservative MP is entirely unaware of the old saying, ‘When in a hole, stop digging…’ Croydon South MP Chris Philp says, “I stand by the tweet completely,” after he attempted to … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South
Tagged Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Tory
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