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The Public Gallery: Rubbish, reports and regionalism

Street cleans are made of… this, apparently Last Thursday saw the publication of the long-awaited report from the Croydon North Streets Commission, chaired by Nero Ughwujabo. Our very own Liz...

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The Public Gallery: How our MPs have changed the law

It’s easy to have a pop at our MPs, or accuse them of this, that and the other. Indeed, the right to hold them to account is an integral part of our democracy. I hope readers of TPG know that it’s a...

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The Public Gallery: Parachutes spotted all over Croydon

Croydonians concerned about the council’s proposed de-twinning with Arnhem in the anniversary year of Operation Market Garden may breathe a small sigh of relief. While there has been no update as to...

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Let’s build a more co-operative Croydon

There’s a growing number of co-operative councils across Britain. They are piloting new ways of running services that give local people a bigger say over the decisions that affect them. If Labour wins...

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‘I know exactly how I’d attack me’: Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell on...

Those who imagine the MP for Croydon Central living the Westminster high life would be disappointed by his entrance. He saunters into Matthew’s Yard, hands in pockets and clad in the most casual of...

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The Public Gallery: Free speech, smears and non-debates

Ulterior motives a possibility in the ‘outrage’ over Bieneosa Ebite’s National Front interview On Sunday, during a four hour radio election special, Croydon Radio’s Bienesoa Ebite broadcasted a...

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Debate with MPs highlights practical problems and vulnerabilities facing...

A clear set of practical problems and vulnerabilities facing Croydon Tech City dominated the debate between Croydon’s two MPs and the audience at this month’s event. Both MPs acknowledged that...

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#Croydon #TechCity: The politicians’ view

Though Labour MP for Croydon North Steve Reed and Gavin Barwell, the Tory MP for Croydon Central, may have plenty to argue about on a national scale, their support and admiration for Croydon Tech City...

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#Croydon #TechCity: April Review

Crowdfunding was the buzzword du jour at the Croydon Tech City April edition, which saw four start-ups bring their financial tech ideas to the stage. April’s #Croydon #TechCity event took a financial...

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The Public Gallery: Fares and Fairfield

Is the Fairfield Halls at risk of closing within 12 months? No, it isn’t As the flippant subheading above suggests, this week saw a QTWTAIN – A Question To Which The Answer Is No – explode into...

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The Public Gallery: Labour in the lead in Croydon Central as Zone 4 united...

O’Connell and Barwell write to Boris about Zone 4 Croydon Gavin Barwell MP and Steve O’Connell AM have written to Boris Johnson about the Zone 4 Croydon campaign, requesting “a meeting with TfL...

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No plan B: should Croydon pin its hopes on Westfield?

What kind of economy do we need in Croydon? The Croydon Trades Union Council’s (CTUC) commentary and recommendations on Croydon Council’s Growth Plan, issued in August 2014, have been ignored by the...

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The Public Gallery: from Cherry Orchard Road to Westminster and Hong Kong

The council tax freeze, 2015, and you The leader of Croydon Council, Labour’s Cllr Tony Newman, announced to a full council meeting on Monday that Labour’s manifesto pledge to freeze council tax for...

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Leading ourselves up the garden path – confirmation bias and Croydon

A recent Twitter conversation with fellow Croydonian David White and an unknown person in Cumbria brought me up against my old enemy: confirmation bias. It may not sound like a formidable opponent,...

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Croydon election hustings in 2015: time for community groups to ‘put up or...

2015 stands as an important year for Croydon as it is the year of the general election. Whatever your thoughts about voting, politics and politicians, it’s inescapable that 7th May 2015 stands as the...

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The Public Gallery: What the next government could mean for Croydon

The next election is the hardest to predict in living memory. The papers and the airwaves are filled with talk of minority governments, coalitions, pacts, ‘case-by-case agreements’, and ‘well hung...

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The Public Gallery: The campaign begins

Croydon no longer has any MPs. Strictly speaking, nowhere has any MPs. Parliament dissolved (not literally) on Monday at one minute past midnight, marking the formal beginning of the election campaign...

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Election 2015: Croydon’s new MPs

In Croydon North, Labour’s Steve Reed comfortably held the seat. In Croydon South, newcomer Chris Philp was selected to succeed Conservative Sir Richard Ottaway, and has easily won the election. In...

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The Public Gallery: The aftermath

Well, that was a surprise, wasn’t it? Tonight at 10:00pm will be exactly one week since the BBC published that exit poll. One week since David Cameron spat out his coffee and Ed Miliband opened up...

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#Datablog: How the general election was won and lost in Croydon

The recent general election reminds us that just because there’s a consensus doesn’t mean that the consensus is right. Most predictions were for a hung parliament. The polls fooled pretty much...

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