Tag Archives: Siobhan Benita

LibDem campaign disarray over candidate’s antisemitic tirade

Posted on September 16, 2020 by insidecroydon

Well, that didn’t last long. Geeta Sidhu-Robb has been forced out of the race to be the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for London Mayor after it was revealed she had delivered a public antisemitic tirade in 1997, when a Tory parliamentary … Continue reading →

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Leaderless LibDems now lose their London Mayor candidate

Posted on July 27, 2020 by insidecroydon

The Liberal Democrats, without a party leader for more than six months, have now lost their London Mayoral candidate, too, after Siobhan Benita withdrew from the contest this morning. What is often regarded as a “two-horse race” between Labour and … Continue reading →

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Bonham selected by LibDems to seize Assembly seat chance

Posted on June 14, 2019 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports that while Labour in London is sitting on their hands over next year’s Assembly elections, their polling booth rivals are already getting to work Chuka Umunna, who was elected as the Labour MP for Streatham … Continue reading →

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Mayor Khan facing ‘the most fragmented Assembly ever’

Posted on June 4, 2019 by insidecroydon

Like last month’s European elections, the London Mayor and Assembly votes in May 2020 will be conducted using a form of proportional representation. As WALTER CRONXITE reports, based on the Euro poll, that could cause even further discomfort for Croydion’s … Continue reading →

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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 →

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