Derek Draper Admits He Lied To Me

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Derek Draper Admits He Lied To Me

Iain Dale 2:55 PM

Dolly Draper has been tempted out of hiding and has come out with one of the most weasely defences of the "Smeargate" affair I could imagine. Feel free to pop over to his website and let him know what you think... Derek's defence concludes...

Let's not forget that the reason we are being attacked in the first place is because of the fact that we criticised the racist comments on one of these sites. And, incidentally, they are furious that my friend in Downing Street emailed me about that too, calling my attention to it, but I am glad that he did. At the end of the day, though, the lesson is that we should leave tittle tattle and gossip to the right wing blogosphere. We on the left should concentrate on ideas, policy and campaigns, which is what LabourList, whatever is thrown at us, will continue to do.

He may regret that. He admits to lying to my face about the emails, having told me they didn't exist when I met him in Dean's Yard after his DAILY POLITICS appearance. He now admits they did. What else has he lied about?

Isn't it time the Labour Party disassociated itself from him and his nasty little blog?

Don't Say I Didn't Warn You...

Iain Dale 2:14 PM

Plato has just pointed out that I wrote THIS post speculating about the launch of a cyberwar by the Labour Party on the very day that someone (presumably Draper) registeredhttp://www.redrag.co.uk/ - 4 November 2008.

I've just finished doing interviews for Sky and the BBC News Channel on the subject and while I was on air at the BBC news came through that Charles Clarke has called for Damian McBride's head. In addition, the Labour Party Press Office has been trying to get Labour politicians to go on air and take the line that this is all a storm in a tea cup and the apology should be the end of it. Trouble is, so far they haven't been willing to find anyone to take the bait.

In addition, Nadine Dorries has gone public. One of the emails concerns her and she is demanding a personal apology from Gordon Brown and the head of Damian McBride.

Yesterday I predicted that McBride wouldn't have a job on Monday. After Charles Clarke's intervention, I'd say that prediction looks even better than it did yesterday. Mr Draper, meanwhile, has done to ground, thereby showing all the courage of the Prime Minister he serves.