Tag Archives: Conservative

Man In The Eye: Gavin Barwell (Part 94) (Part 2)

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

From today’s edition of Private Eye magazine (available at all good newsagents. And some not so good ones, too).

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#SouthernFail: New MP Jones questions on the Gibb Report

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

Sarah Jones, the new MP for Croydon Central, has wasted no time in trying to hold the Government to account over its mismanagement of the Southern Rail crisis, as yesterday she tabled five written questions on the subject to Chris … Continue reading →

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Tower residents have three-month wait for sprinkler action

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

Croydon Council last night announced that it is to fit sprinklers in all of its residential tower blocks which are 10 or more storeys tall, in a scheme expected to cost £10million. It makes Croydon the first local authority in … Continue reading →

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‘Disgusted’ councillor accuses Brake’s LibDems of ‘cult’ status

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the latest break in the ranks in what was once a LibDem single-party state The barely disguised tensions within the Sutton Liberal Democrats were exposed during the General Election campaign, when one of their … Continue reading →

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More than one Tory politician to blame for austerity

Posted on June 17, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Inside Croydon’s editor, STEVEN DOWNES, puts forward a view that may surprise many It’s time to lay off Gavin Barwell. Not because of the sly and underhand way he often conducted himself when a Tory MP for Croydon … Continue reading →

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Barwell under pressure over failure to review fire safety

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

Gavin Barwell, a week after losing one job, is already under pressure in his new post, as more difficult questions are being asked why he did not fulfil a promise he made, when housing minister, to act over a fire … Continue reading →

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May’s Chief of Staff was the author of his own election obituary

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE has drilled down into the election numbers (well, Electoral Calculus has), and come up with some worrying figures for Croydon Tories It wasn’t only Gavin Barwell who got his P45 from his Westminster job last week. And while … Continue reading →

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