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Tag Archives: Paul Scully MP
XR’s slow march highlights lack of progress on emissions
Extinction Rebellion protesters yesterday marched through Sutton town centre before delivering letters to the borough’s pair of Tory MPs, Paul Scully and Elliot Colburn, demanding action on the climate emergency. Sutton XR said, “The letter urges our MPs to publicly … Continue reading
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Davey, Pidgeon, Umunna all cave-in over Twitter smears
CARL SHILTON on how support for the Sutton and Cheam LibDem candidate’s nasty smear campaign started to evaporate, following challenges through formal complaints and threats of libel action It started yesterday, around noon time. The first of the offending social … Continue reading
Hina Bokhari: election candidate with past shrouded in mystery
CARL SHILTON checks out the credentials of the controversial Liberal Democrat candidate seeking to win Sutton and Cheam from the Conservatives Hina Bokhari, the Liberal Democrat General Election candidate for Sutton and Cheam who has been accused of libel during … Continue reading
Threats of libel action as Sutton election campaign turns nasty
EXCLUSIVE: Chuka Umunna, Jo Swinson, Caroline Lucas, even Bianca Jagger, have all taken at face value allegations made by a Liberal Democrat General Election candidate, and so now could now be dragged into a bitter legal action. Our Sutton investigations … Continue reading
Scully goes in to Batt at PMQs for Sutton’s SEND families
Sutton’s failing SEND service looks set to get an early return visit from the inspectors of Ofsted, this time accompanied by officials from the Care Quality Commission. At least, that’s what Theresa Mayhem, the lame duck Prime Minister, indicated yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Schools, SEND, Sutton Council
Tagged Jenny Batt, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, SEND, Sutton Council
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Sutton LibDems have cause to worry over Brake’s boundaries
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on the potential consequences of the parliamentary boundary changes for the borough’s veteran MP It is not only Labour seats in London that the Tories are after through their gerrymandering exercise masquerading under a constituency … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Merton, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Paul Scully MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Matthew Maxwell Scott, Member of parliament, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake MP
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Sutton Conservatives trying hard to keep it in the family
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Our political staffer, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on how the Tories have loaded their candidate lists for the Town Hall elections with their nearest and dearest Residents of Sutton have heard a lot about “Better for Families” from the Tories. … Continue reading
Under-fire Sutton LibDems are beginning to feel the squeeze
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Over in Sutton, the political party which controls the council is sending out distress signals ahead of the May 3 vote, as BELLE MONT reports Liberal Democrats have clung on to power in Sutton over the years by … Continue reading
LibDems having a Brake-down in Sutton as UKIP stand down
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on a development today which could alter the political make-up in south-west London for years to come The Regressive Alliance is alive and kicking in Sutton, where UKIP has opted to keep their General Election … Continue reading
Scully and Sutton Tories sent scrambling over St Helier plans
JAMES KILLDARE, our health correspondent (recently successfully put out to tender), reports on a growing row in Sutton over the Conservatives’ opaque plans for one of the area’s largest NHS hospitals It started so casually, with Sutton’s two MPs together … Continue reading
Penny’s cheap jibes may not be welcomed in Carshalton
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the colourful political past of a Tory candidate for next year’s council elections There must be local elections coming up, because some very peculiar wannabe councillors are beginning to crawl out of the woodwork ahead of … Continue reading
The Brake Escape: Sutton unscathed by Boundary Commission
WALTER CRONXITE on the wider ramifications of the Boundary Commission’s somewhat gentle realignment Sutton’s parliamentary seats So excited was London’s last remaining LibDem MP last night that he – or one of his over-eager aides – broke the strict embargo … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 General Election, Merton, Norbury, Paul Scully MP, Siobhain McDonagh MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Boundary Commissioners, Carshalton and Wallington, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Norbury, Paul Scully MP, Siobhain McDonagh MP, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake MP
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Westfield PR spinner calls for Brexit to improve our curries
An influential Croydon businessman, who is one of the new intake of Tory MPs at Westminster, wants Britain to turn its back on our European neighbours, including Poland, Italy and Greece, in favour of encouraging more curry cooks into the … Continue reading
Hopes go up in smoke as LibDems hold Sutton council seat
Last week’s Sutton Council by-election result was bad news for Labour and worse news for any campaigns to halt the incinerator at Beddington Lane, reports WALTER CRONXITE Candidates who oppose the Beddington Lane incinerator won 55.9 per cent of the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Environment, London Assembly, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Paul Scully MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP, Waddon
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