Tag Archives: Conservative

Labour official wants new scrutiny body to oversee incinerator

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

A leading official in Sutton Labour has called on his party colleagues in Croydon and Merton to establish urgently a scrutiny body to keep the South London Waste Partnership in check, in order to better monitor the emissions from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Charlie Mansell, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tories rush to pick Croydon candidate for General Election

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on latest indications that, while Theresa Mayhem might be saying one thing, behind the scenes her ‘top advisers’ are doing another Senior figures in Downing Street, which presumably must mean gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell, the Prime Minister’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Calls for Creatura to be sacked from his Downing Street job

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest egregious breach of his employment contract by the Tories’ desperately ambitious parliamentary candidate for Croydon Central On the day when his boss at No10 seems set to suffer one of the worst defeats … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Brokenshire faces court battle over ‘Purley Skyscraper’ ruling

Posted on January 14, 2019 by

A London-based property developer has launched a legal challenge against the decision announced by a Conservative Government minister to block plans to build 220 flats plus community facilities at Purley Cross. The scheme, which includes a 17-story tower block dubbed … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon South, Housing, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley BID | Tagged , , , , , , | 12 Comments

MP Philp denies any direct line with insurers over whiplash

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

KEN LEE on the continuing questions over the conduct of one Croydon MP and whether he has any undeclared ‘interests’ over insurance claims Chris Philp, the thrustingly ambitious MP for Croydon South, has admitted that he failed to declare any … Continue reading →

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‘People’s Vote’ poll paints bleak picture for Labour in London

Posted on January 8, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE has been crunching some numbers from the latest opinion poll A much bigger survey than usual  of London voters by YouGov, as part of their mega 25,000-people national poll (funded by something calling itself “The People’s Vote”), suggests … Continue reading →

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Meeting called over failed Addiscombe one-way scheme

Posted on January 4, 2019 by

The Addiscombe traffic balls-up is set to be discussed at a public meeting next week. The organisers were unable to confirm whether a proposal to change the name of Lebanon Road to “Alderman Watson Boulevard” will be on the agenda. … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Community associations, ECCO, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, HOME, Jeet Bains, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Maddie Henson, TACRA | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments