Tag Archives: Taking The Initiative Party

Et tu Brute: Fringe party claims credit for getting Perry elected

There’s more than a sense of the Ides of March about some of the rhetoric coming from public meetings as the 2026 local election campaign gets into its stride, as WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, writes It seems somehow appropriate that, … Continue reading

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Poundshop politician who puts the ‘sham’ into shambolic

ELECTION SKETCH: It was billed as a ‘hustings’, but was really nothing other than a rally for fringe party TTIP’s star candidate. KEN TOWL went along, so that you – and hundreds of others – didn’t have to “Somebody at … Continue reading

Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon West, Donna Murray-Turner, Ken Towl, Marley King, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Croydon West election just got interesting with Labour split

It has been slim pickings for surprises in Croydon’s election campaign so far, but tonight’s rally for a Taking The Initiative Party candidate might just cause a stir, reports our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Probably the biggest surprise of the … Continue reading

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Croydon May 2022 is writing on the wall for Starmer’s Labour

CROYDON IN CRISIS: One week on from the election count that turned the council from merely a bankrupt borough into a national laughing stock, JIMMY BALDWIN adds his personal reflections on the events that took place at Trinity School from … Continue reading

Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, David Evans, David White, Gavin Barwell, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Police investigate Mayor candidate for ‘election offence’

The police have been asked to investigate a possible case of electoral fraud involving one of the candidates standing to become Croydon’s first executive Mayor in this Thursday’s local elections. A formal complaint has been filed to the Metropolitan Police … Continue reading

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