Tag Archives: Member of parliament

London Minister Philp to hold urgent meeting on SPAC Nation

Posted on January 10, 2020 by insidecroydon

Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South and the government’s Minister for London, is to hold an urgent meeting over the activities of the controversial cult-like church SPAC Nation with Steve Reed, Labour’s Croydon North MP. Top of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Church and religions, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, SPAC Nation, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | 4 Comments

Ex-Tory minister has no policies, but says he’ll listen if Mayor

Posted on January 9, 2020 by insidecroydon

There are elections coming up, again, and in Croydon this week was the newest candidate to be London Mayor. RORY KELLY went to hear what Rory Stewart had to offer Rory Stewart, the former Conservative government minister and now an … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 London elections, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rory Stewart, Sadiq Khan | Tagged London, Mayor, Member of parliament, Rory Stewart | 1 Comment

Scott’s election own goal as Tories seize on Green Belt plans

Posted on December 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, reports on how local council planning issues have become a key campaign matter for the General Election The Tories have put Labour councillor Paul Scott’s electorally toxic plans to build on Croydon’s Green Belt … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Alison Butler, Anna Jones, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Mario Creatura, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Planning, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Alison Butler, Anna Jones, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Mayor, Member of parliament, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Waddon | 6 Comments

Labour looking strong as freezing polling day approaches

Posted on December 5, 2019 by insidecroydon

As we enter the final week of the General Election campaign, political editor WALTER CRONXITE gets a guide on the likely results from the pollsters and the bookmakers Next Thursday’s polling day for the General Election is predicted to have … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Anna Jones, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Donald Ekekhomen, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged Anna Jones, Barwell, Boris Johnson, Brexit Party, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP | 1 Comment

You can question the election candidates in our virtual hustings

Posted on November 22, 2019 by insidecroydon

For the General Election, we are doing something different: Inside Croydon is staging Croydon’s first ever virtual hustings. And you can be part of it. Through our Under The Flyover podcasts, we’ll be interviewing a selection of the candidates across … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Member of parliament, Tory, UKIP | Leave a comment

People and events will decide what this election is about

Posted on November 18, 2019 by insidecroydon

ELECTION COMMENTARY: The publication this week of the Labour and Conservative Party manifestos could see the narrative of the campaign change significantly. And as JOHN BRAGGINS, a former campaign adviser to Tony Blair, discovers, the LibDems could win seats in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election | Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit Party, Conservative, John Braggins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Member of parliament, Tory | Leave a comment

SPAC-backing Tory campaigned on Remembrance Sunday

Posted on November 11, 2019 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest, and late, entry to the Croydon General Election campaign After much dither and delay, and some serious second thoughts among local Tories, the Conservatives have finally got round to announcing the name … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon North, Donald Ekekhomen, Mario Creatura, Steve Reed MP, Waddon | Tagged Conservative, Croydon North, Donald Ekekhomen, Labour, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Waddon | Leave a comment

Empty promises and puppet candidates shape Fairfield vote

Posted on October 25, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, crunches the numbers ahead of the next Croydon polling day Labour look to be on course to win the election. No, not the Christmas General Election which Prime Minister Boris Johnson may or may not … Continue reading →

Posted in Caragh Skipper, Croydon Central, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell, Jose Joseph, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman | Tagged Andrew Rendle, Barwell, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Esther Sutton, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell, Jayde Edwards, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Mayor, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory | 6 Comments

The Creatura Files (Pt 1): Tories breaking data laws (again)

Posted on October 13, 2019 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals the damning verdict of an official investigation into misuse of Croydon residents’ personal data by Mario Creatura, the Coulsdon Conservative councillor who is so desperate to become an MP that he’s been breaking the law … Continue reading →

Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Ian Parker, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Tory | 1 Comment

Residents gather to bring an end to ‘Tony and his cronies’

Posted on July 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our political correspondent WALTER CRONXITE reports that moves to have Tony Newman replaced by a more accountable, directly elected Mayor, are gathering pace Tony Newman’s having a mayor. Around 60 people turned up at Christchurch, Purley, last night for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Paul Scott, Tony Newman | Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Member of parliament, Purley, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory | 6 Comments

Tory leadership rivals express contempt for Barwell’s team

Posted on June 7, 2019 by insidecroydon

It would appear that no matter how hard Gavin Barwell and his Croydon cronies try to polish up their CVs after their disastrous couple of years at the heart of one of the most incompetent governments in this country’s long … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Jason Cummings, Mario Creatura, Nero Ughwujabo | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Jason Cummings, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Nero Ughwujabo, Sara Bashford | 4 Comments

Can Labour and Tories stop ‘The Peterborough Effect’ here?

Posted on June 2, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 | 2 Comments

MP Philp quits Tory job to back outsider Javid for leader

Posted on May 31, 2019 by insidecroydon

Today truly marks the end of May… Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the local Conservative MP has placed his cards on the table in a gamble with his Commons career Chris Philp, Croydon South’s Tory MP, has resigned … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South | Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon South, Member of parliament, Sajid Javid, Tory | 1 Comment

Croydon Tories’ vote collapses in Euro election meltdown

Posted on May 27, 2019 by insidecroydon

Perhaps ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ is not such a bad campaign slogan after all. Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE crunches the numbers from last night’s European declarations across London, where only UKIP’s Gerard Batten was a bigger loser than the Conservatives … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 European elections, Addiscombe East, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gavin Barwell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Mayor of London, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Shaun Bailey, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Waddon | Tagged Addiscombe East, Barwell, Brexit Party, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Mayor, Member of parliament, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Scott Ainslie, Seb Dance, Shaun Bailey, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP, Waddon | 5 Comments

Barwell’s parliamentary credit card was suspended 3 times

Posted on May 8, 2019 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the perfectly reasonable suggestion that ‘if MPs can’t deal with this rather narrow sphere of finances, why should we trust them in dealing with the nation’s finances?’ An already bleak week for Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Member of parliament, Richard Ottaway, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | 1 Comment

PM’s chief of staff helps to lose Tory council seat in Woking

Posted on May 3, 2019 by insidecroydon

Oh dear. With friends like these… Gavin Barwell, as Inside Croydon’s loyal reader will know, is the former MP for Croydon Central. After writing the book How To Lose A Marginal Seat, Barwell duly lost his parliamentary seat in 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in Coulsdon, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura | Tagged Barwell, Brexit, Conservative, Croydon, Gavin Barwell, Jonny Cope, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Tory | Leave a comment

MP holds urgent Westfield meetings with Chancellor and Mayor

Posted on April 10, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, hears Sarah Jones spouting the developers’ platitudes, while the council leader has so far failed to publish the full contents of a letter of assurance from the Croydon Partners Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Central, Debenhams, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged Barwell, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London, Mayor, Member of parliament, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | 2 Comments

‘Scout master’ Bazza gets elected, but fails to create a buzz

Posted on March 29, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a council by-election where all the political parties did poorly Sutton’s LibDems, and their candidate with a record of serial business failures, duly retained the Wallington North council seat in yesterday’s council by-election, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Lewis, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council | Tagged Barry Lewis, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Member of parliament, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tory, Wallington North | Leave a comment

Prime Minister agrees to quit – How your MP voted on Brexit

Posted on March 28, 2019 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how jobless figures in Croydon might increase by three, but perhaps not for a little time yet So, has Brexit become Texit? After last night’s performance at Westminster’s Palace of Varieties, where Theresa May, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | 2 Comments

By-election rivals say LibDem candidate unfit for public office

Posted on March 7, 2019 by insidecroydon

CARL SHILTON reports on the cross-party condemnations for a council by-election candidate who has overseen failed businesses that have left multi-million-pound debts Barry Lewis, the choice of Sutton’s Liberal Democrats to be parachuted in to Wallington North for the council … Continue reading →

Posted in Barry Lewis, Charlie Mansell, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP | Tagged Barry Lewis, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Member of parliament, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP, Tory, Wallington North | 5 Comments

Croydon Tories are getting ready for snap General Election

Posted on December 28, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE takes a look ahead into the uncertain territory of the next few months for the borough’s MPs Here’s the bad news for any Croydon residents who might hope that their local councillors would do more than, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, 2018 council elections, 2021 London elections, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged Barwell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory | Leave a comment

Tory Creatura and Croydon’s nightmare before Christmas

Posted on December 10, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE reports on signs that at least one political party in the borough is gearing itself up for a General Election (yep, another one) Members of Croydon’s Conservative Party will meet tonight to choose a candidate to contest the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 London elections, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Joseph Lee, London Assembly, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged Barwell, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, London Assembly, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Vidhi Mohan | 2 Comments

LibDems’ Mayoral candidate shows that Khan is a shoo-in

Posted on November 24, 2018 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE on the latest low-powered London election selection London’s Liberal Democrats are gathering in a phone box in Canary Wharf this morning for their annual conference, where their candidate for Mayor in 2020, Siobhan Benita, will give her first … Continue reading →

Posted in 2021 London elections, Brian Paddick, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey | Tagged Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Member of parliament, Sadiq Khan, Siobhan Benita | 1 Comment

Barwell’s role in Brexit sees him rejected by Beckenham Tories

Posted on November 18, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE suggests that Brexit may have sunk the prospects of another career politician Prospects for Gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell to return to the House of Commons as an MP appear to be as ruined a the credibility of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bromley Council, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged Barwell, Brexit, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Jason Cummings, London, London Assembly, Mario Creatura, Member of parliament, Tory | 4 Comments

Government has withheld funding for new tram safety body

Posted on November 9, 2018 by insidecroydon

Croydon Central MP Sarah Jones has discovered that the Tory Government has delayed releasing funds to establish a tram safety body, two years after the tram crash which killed seven people and injured 62 others at Sandilands tram stop. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Sandilands derailment, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon tram crash, Croydon Tramlink, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, New Addington, Sandilands derailment, Sarah Jones MP, Tory | Leave a comment

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