When Derek Draper is interviewed about Smeargate remember his words in that email

In response to some of Damian McBride's ideas Derek Draper emailed:

"These are absolutely totally brilliant Damian.

I'll think about timing and sort out the technology with Andrew this week so we can go asap.

Do we want to tip off anyone about Red Rag having set up? Walters? I could do it and say LabouLlist had been sent the link anonymously."

So Derek Draper was so appalled that he wrote "These are absolutely totally brilliant", sounds believable...


And by the way, who did Derek Draper CC on the email?

"Dodgshon, Andrew; Whelan, Charlie"

I haven't heard much in the media from either of these two gentlemen.


So we have Derek Draper replying approvingly to smear ideas emanating from Gordon Brown's Head of Strategic Planning and CC'ing Gordon Brown's former spin doctor currently working at Unite. Hmmm, I think it absolutely clear that Gordon Brown never knew anything about RedRag or the smears that were being suggested and to suggest otherwise is just not fair on the man who is steering the UK into bankruptcy.