Tag Archives: Tory

‘Dumb Creatura’: bad week for Tories who duck questioning

Posted on November 29, 2019 by

The subject of ridicule in the national press, criticised for handing over voter details to a cult-like church and now too scared to face questions from Inside Croydon’s virtual hustings: Mario Creatura’s dream of becoming a Conservative MP is turning … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Gavin Barwell, Inside Croydon, Mario Creatura, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Under The Flyover | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Conservative candidates get backing from far-right fringe group

Posted on November 26, 2019 by

“The fact that Nigel Farage praises the Conservatives’ manifesto for having UKIP policies should ring alarm bells among traditional Conservative voters. “This is not the party it used to be.” So warned Dominic Grieve QC, the former Attorney General in … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Donald Ekekhomen, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Michael Swadling, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Stormzy’s Glastonbury slogans become rallying call for Labour

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

Stormzy has thrown his support behind Labour and called on people to register to vote to “end austerity, rebuild our communities and take back the means to change our lives for the better”. Stormzy, recently voted the coolest bloke in … Continue reading →

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Green Party opts against ‘Remain Alliance’ in Croydon Central

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

There’s no chance of the Green Party’s Croydon candidates running up any gas-guzzling air miles to get around their constituencies ahead of the General Election on December 12, as all three live and work in the areas they are seeking … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Esther Sutton, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Brennan and FitzRoy rock up to support Jones’ campaign

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

Ageing rocker WALTER CRONXITE reports on how one Croydon South election candidate is adding a bit of art to the campaign Two Labour musicians are coming to support Labour’s Sarah Jones’ re-election campaign on Sunday. This Croydon version of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Art, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Fairfield Halls, Music, Olga Fitzroy, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

You can question the election candidates in our virtual hustings

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

For the General Election, we are doing something different: Inside Croydon is staging Croydon’s first ever virtual hustings. And you can be part of it. Through our Under The Flyover podcasts, we’ll be interviewing a selection of the candidates across … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tories’ sick joke as absentee councillor runs for parliament

Posted on November 18, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, discovers that despite missing three-quarters of council meetings this year, a Conservative councillor from Purley is now standing as a parliamentary candidate, in a constituency which has never had a Tory MP since the Great … Continue reading →

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