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Snubbed! Tricky Dicky Ottaway misses out on the Lords
Purley and Coulsdon have been snubbed. And so has Bletchingley. “Sir” Richard Ottaway, for 23 years the disinterested MP for Croydon South, has been left out of the latest batch of peerages doled out by Tory Prime Minister David Cameron … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged "Sir" Tricky Dicky Ottaway, Conservative, Croydon South, Richard Ottaway, Tory
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Croydon College free school proposal gets fobbed off by DfE
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports on the surprising reasoning given by Whitehall to block expansion plans around College Green It’s official: according to the Department for Education, there is no school places crisis in Croydon. That was the reason … Continue reading
Caption competition: What’s in “Sir” Tricky Dicky’s dreams?
It must be tough, getting by on the miserable 66 grand salary as a Tory backbencher in the House of Commons. In our picture, poor old “Sir” Tricky Dicky Ottaway, the hard-working Conservative MP for Croydon South, appears to be … Continue reading
Yeo, Perry and the ‘unacceptable face of Conservatism’
Croydon can rest easy: there is only one Jason Perry (and no, this is not suggested as a new chant from the Holmesdale End, “One Jason Perry, there’s only one…”). Inside Croydon’s loyal reader points out that, if you dig … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, South Croydon, URV, Waddon
Tagged "Sir" Tricky Dicky Ottaway, Carlton Building Plastics, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Iain Dale, Jason Perry, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Tim Yeo, Tory, Waddon
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Tory candidate asks locals to visit hospital more often (sort of)
The Urgent Care Centre at Purley Hospital, opened just a few months ago after a £11million refurbishment of the century-old buildings, is to have its opening hours halved because of a lack of demand. And according to Chris Philp, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Health, Purley, Purley Hospital, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged "Sir" Tricky Dicky Ottaway, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Member of parliament, NHS, Purley, Purley Memorial Hospital, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Tory
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I might have been murdered, claims Croydon MP Ottaway
“Sir” Tricky Dicky Ottaway, the absentee Tory MP “for” Croydon South, says he is afraid of being murdered in his own office, following an incident at his office in Purley on Friday which saw him call out the police when … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon South, David Musker, Policing, Purley, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged "Sir" Tricky Dicky Ottaway, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Daily Mail, London, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, MPs' expenses scandal, Richard Ottaway, Tory
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