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MP Jones survives the ins-and-outs of the Burnham reshuffle

WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports on the varied fortunes of local MPs and some with notorious connections to Croydon Town Hall in the appointments by the new Prime Minister There was no need for any vainglorious resignation letter from one … Continue reading

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Reed is first Cabinet casualty under new PM Andy Burnham

WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on the end of a local MP’s ministerial career, as power shifts in Downing Street Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North when he could be bothered) was the first to resign from the … Continue reading

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End for ‘Uncle Keir’ leaves Croydon MPs scrambling for jobs

Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon’s Labour politicians responded to the Prime Minister announcing his resignation Keir today, gone tomorrow. And for Croydon’s right-wing Labour MPs, the scramble to preserve their positions, or to gain some favour under Keir … Continue reading

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Burnham’s election could make all the difference in Croydon

Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election this week. Here, ANDREW FISHER outlines what the result could mean for Britain, and for Croydon and its politicians When I interviewed journalist Peter Geoghegan earlier this month, I put to him that his … Continue reading

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Cabinet Office to ‘look at the facts’ of Reed’s Labour Together

Journalist who wrote The Fraud calls for any investigation to be conducted completely independently of the government or Labour Party Six months after journalist Paul Holden revealed that he had been followed by private investigators, today the Cabinet Office said … Continue reading

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MP Reed gets dragged into the scandal over Peter Mandelson

The Croydon MP and friend of Morgan McSweeney is ‘disingenuous’ in his claims over how his aide blocked debate about the controversial appointment of Ambassador to the United States. By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Mostly, here at Inside Croydon, … Continue reading

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In one-hour interview, pandering PM Starmer offers no answers

Columnist ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, begins the New Year doing a spot of TV reviewing, and reveals how four of Croydon’s mayoral candidates will be invited to take part in his podcast interviews To start 2026, we were treated to … Continue reading

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Reed’s loyal Streatham SPAD gets transferred into No10

Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on a Whitehall transfer which may have considerable significance Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North if he can be bothered), who has been implicated in spying on his colleague councillors in Lambeth and … Continue reading

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MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon

Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES The illegal hacking of this website in 2021 has been … Continue reading

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How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals

The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, by Paul Holden, has already been a deeply impactful book which has claimed the scalp of Downing Street’s director of strategy and, quite plausibly, No10’s director of communications, … Continue reading

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The Fraud: how Reed’s Labour spied on Croydon councillors

Three years ago, Al Jazeera broadcast a series of films, called The Labour Files, based on information gleaned from one of the biggest data leaks in history. One episode was devoted to events that took place in Croydon in early … Continue reading

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