Derek Draper

By Derek Draper This morning, after his shameful appearance on the Today programme, and equally shameful blogpost, LabourList removed Iain Dale's Diary from our blogroll. We said: "10.00 am Ashcroft sock puppet Iain Dale has defended Carol…

By Derek Draper Yesterday we noted with interest the front page of the Guardian, which shone the light on the scale of corporate tax avoidance in the UK, and launched the Guardian's new series on tax avoidance. Vince Cable followed up this…

By Derek Draper The Lords scandal brings back unhappy memories for me, and others have not been slack in drawing parallels. Peter Oborne calls me a "sleazebag" and says I should not be allowed to campaign for Labour. The truth is my own…

By Derek Draper In his Guardian column today, Martin Kettle adds credence to David Cameron's claim to be "progressive". Well, Martin, at the risk of being "tribal" (something I'm rather proud of actually) can I ask you to respond to the…

By Derek Draper Fraser Nelson at the Spectator Coffee House blog has responded to the challenge we posted last night. This is our reply: Fraser, Thanks for your kind words about LabourList. We've made an ok start I think, with lots more to…

By Derek Draper Since we launched the beta-site just over 24 hours ago we have had many, many comments. Clearly there are those who want to use this site to interrogate Labour people (usually me!) about our policies. There is nothing wrong…

By Derek Draper Well, needless to say the Tory trolls, as Tom Watson points out in his comment on our first post, have been out in force, but then who thought they'd be out with friends or lovers on Saturday night? Only kidding, after all…