Tag Archives: Lord Barwell

Badenoch’s Tories remove whip from Croydon peer Barwell

Posted on July 14, 2026 by insidecroydon

Having dodged any sanctions for his failure to declare business interests (sound familiar?), Gavin Barwell has returned to the House of Lords to be told he’s not welcome – by his own party. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on how the … Continue reading →

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Starmer alienates support by adopting the language of Powell

Posted on May 15, 2025 by insidecroydon

The Prime Minister’s ‘island of strangers’ speech this week was ‘as politically stupid as it is morally bankrupt’, writes ANDREW FISHER It could all have been so different. In 2020, Keir Starmer said, “We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them. … Continue reading →

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‘Grenfell was crime committed by politicians and corporations’

Posted on June 12, 2024 by insidecroydon

Build new homes, but make sure that they are safe homes. That’s the message today to the Labour Party from the Fire Brigades Union ahead of Friday’s seventh anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, when 72 people were killed in … Continue reading →

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Baron Barwell does a bunk from Lords after Standards breach

Posted on February 6, 2023 by insidecroydon

More Tory sleaze, after a complaint from an iC reader leads to a finding that the politician broke the rules over his business declarations… and his Lordship isn’t saying whether his ‘leave of absence’ is in connection with something far … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s top Tory Barwell admits: I am politically homeless

Posted on September 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on the Conservative peer’s criticism of the Truss government’s reckless ‘Mini-Budget’ Baron Barwell of Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon has had enough of the Conservative government. The patience of the man who was Tory … Continue reading →

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