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Tag Archives: Brexit
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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Tory MP’s Brexit ignorance that borders on the laughable
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on how Croydon’s Tory MP showed himself to be excess baggage when it comes to finding solutions to some of the tougher problems of exiting the EU It’s not just Labour politicians in Croydon who, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South
Tagged Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Tory
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When taking to the streets offered a way out of Brexit
KEN TOWL, our non-resident rambler, went on a walk with a difference yesterday, on one of the biggest popular marches of this century, and in some very mixed company The plan was to meet up with some colleagues from work, … Continue reading
Housing market dips before Brick by Brick finishes first build
Brick by Brick’s gamble with millions of pounds of council-owned land and tax-payers’ money is looking like an increasingly risky punt, as estate agents and the construction industry are reporting down-turns in the housing market. Of course, if Croydon’s Labour-run … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning
Tagged Brexit, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Paul Scott, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Philp and Pelling go head-to-head in Brexit debate, Jan 12
The Brexit debate comes to Croydon this week, when two of the borough’s politicians go head-to-head. Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South – who himself backed Remain at last year’s referendum, although his father has recently been a candidate … Continue reading
Brexit means ‘business as usual’. Which may be not so good
Could Croydon Council be getting the jitters over the post-referendum prospects for the town centre’s redevelopment? WALTER CRONXITE looks at a cabinet report which tries to look on the bright side, but cannot disguise the uncertainties Croydon faces “significant challenges … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brexit, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon Brexit campaign go Dutch for their meeting leaflets
It is not entirely original to suggest that, with one look at leading figures in the Leave campaign, any reasonable person ought to be very concerned at the possible leadership of this country should they prevail in the EU Referendum … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 EU referendum, Croydon Central, Peter Staveley
Tagged Brexit, Conservative, EU Referendum, Tory, UKIP
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