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Derek Draper obituary
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Rishi Sunak refuses to criticise Tory MP who said struggling children in his town were ‘products of crap parents’ – UK politics as it happened
Lobbyist turned psychotherapist Derek Draper dies aged 56
September 2023
Campaigners back Kate Garraway over Derek Draper’s essential care needs
TV presenter says she is ‘battling the system’ to get support for her husband, who has been severely ill since getting Covid in 2020
April 2021
What other lobbying scandals have there been in British politics?
David Cameron is far from the first current or former politician to apparently lobby for a commercial interest
Long Covid: many will need specialist therapies, says expert
Intensive care consultant says doctors are hoping to create a uniform structure for follow-up clinics
Derek Draper returns home after over a year in intensive care recovering from Covid
Husband of GMB presenter Kate Garraway was admitted with Covid symptoms in March 2020
March 2021
Kate Garraway deserves our thanks for her heart-breaking home movie
Barbara Ellen
TV review
Kate Garraway: Finding Derek review – devotion and honesty in the face of Covid
April 2019
Lost in showbiz
Pools, ponds and 40ft aquariums: planning disputes of the stars
Ed Sheeran’s home improvement ideas have run aground. So how does his tale fit in with the four great categories of celebrity planning permission stories?
May 2011
Lost in showbiz
Who's your favourite TV psychotherapist?
Meet television's Hippocratic Oafs, the media shrinks who are messing with your minds
November 2009
I shan't mourn GMTV, that smarmy, padded seat of power
Marina Hyde
Guido Fawkes: The blogger who knows the power of gossip
September 2009
Nadine Dorries sues Damian McBride over email allegations
A peek at the diary of ...
A peek at the diary of Derek Draper
August 2009
Politics blog
Jack Straw's son puts his left foot forward
A new website promoting progressive politics is a sign that the left, once hugely outgunned in the blogosphere by the right, is not dead yet online
