FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 7 - The Untold Story

Derek Draper: A vigorous person who should be remembered for so much more than his suffering

The abiding image most of the public have of Draper – the beloved husband of Kate Garraway – is of someone struggling incredibly hard against his frailty. Here, Sean O’Grady reflects on the career of a man who had a front-row seat for the New Labour project

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

Derek Draper obituary

Political adviser during the New Labour era until the 1998 Lobbygate scandal who became a psychotherapist

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2024

New Labour spin doctor Derek Draper was part of media power couple

The former political adviser retrained as a psychotherapist and married TV presenter Kate Garraway.

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

Peter Mandelson attacks ‘ridiculous’ calls for Starmer to back Gaza ceasefire

New Labour guru compares Israel’s war on ‘cold-blooded murderers’ in Hamas to UK’s fight against IRA

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

The ‘let Rishi be Rishi’ plan is a disaster. Only a John Major strategy can halt Tory armageddon now

The byelection routs proved that rebranding the PM as a rightwing radical alienates voters, says the former Conservative minister Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

Things we learned at the Labour Party conference

Sir Keir Starmer said the party was on a journey from protest to power – although one glitter-throwing demonstrator did not get the memo.

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Peter Mandelson wants GB News to survive – because it ‘stirs’ up Tory divisions

New Labour mastermind says channel is ‘undoing’ the Tory party. ‘And very timely it is too’

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023

Is Keir Starmer misremembering Labour’s 1997 victory? I was there, and we were radical

The opposition leader seems to think that Labour needs to water down policies on tax and the climate crisis, writes former Labour cabinet minister Clare Short

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Labour grandee Peter Mandelson slams Unite union over strikes

Unite leader Sharon Graham hits back that the New Labour architect would have opposed NHS in 1945

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2023

The Labour donors: from Tory defectors to a supermarket scion

With Labour heading into election year ahead in the polls, who are the individuals funding its upcoming campaign?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023