Lafaucheuse 3,659 Posted January 3 At least that’s not Bill Gates Sr. or Ruby Muhammad. I maintain B. Chirac could have been on though 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 12,196 Posted January 3 19 minutes ago, Lafaucheuse said: I maintain B. Chirac could have been on though Whooooooo? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 5,999 Posted January 3 1 hour ago, Arsewipe said: It's not a question of Draper obitting, it's the fact he's only going to do so because of being the husband of someone famous who also happened to get a bad case of covid. He should be in the fringes of fame thread, no more than that. He was a lobbyist and political advisor who was in the news for his work before he married Garraway or got ill. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imelda 606 Posted January 3 42 minutes ago, Sean said: He was a lobbyist and political advisor who was in the news for his work before he married Garraway or got ill. As a political advisor he was involved in two political scandals, "Lobbygate" in 1998, and again in 2009 while Draper was editor of the LabourList website So an absolute nailed-on. Some of us are old enough to recall the sheer amount of headlines he generated. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 1,878 Posted January 3 Elizabeth Edwards was a DL pick and her notability outside of her husband was quite limited (particularly when she was selected). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilham 650 Posted January 4 Is Derek Draper well-liked? I just read his wiki page and I would block his number if I knew him. He reminds me of Andrew Breitbart, and apparently his Labourlist was an early affiliate of Breitbart's co-founded Huffington Post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted January 4 I mean I certainly wouldn’t wish Draper to be in the state he has been for almost the past 4 years being as ill as he is but yeah he seems to be a massive scumbag 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted January 4 5 hours ago, lilham said: Is Derek Draper well-liked? I just read his wiki page and I would block his number if I knew him. He reminds me of Andrew Breitbart, and apparently his Labourlist was an early affiliate of Breitbart's co-founded Huffington Post. Not particularly but a lot of people have forgotten those things. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commtech Sio Bibble 1,369 Posted January 5 On 02/01/2024 at 23:11, Commtech Sio Bibble said: His death will be likely be frontpage on BBC News, and I'd say he has a fair shot at a breaking news notification as well. Told you he'd get a breaking news notification. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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