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Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lord Drayson calls for greater spending on manned space projects Britain should send astronauts into space, the new Science Minister said yesterday, giving the strongest sign yet that the Government will soon drop its long standing opposition to funding manned space flight. As if we are not in a bit of a financial mess at the moment! Can [...]
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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Here are the latest ministerial appointments and No. 10 moves. Margaret Beckett is new Housing Minister Paul Myners (Chairman Guardian Group) to be a City Minister. Lord Drayson to be Science Minister Stephen Carter (ex No. 10 Strategy) to be a junior Communication, Telecom and Broadcasting Minister Damian McBride is moved from his spokesman role to another job in No. 10. His replacement is Justin...
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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
In case it passed anybody's notice, Gordon reshuffled the Cabinet today! This is the press notice about the reshuffle: The Queen is pleased to approve the following appointments. The Queen has also been pleased to approve that Jim Murphy MP and Lord Drayson be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. The Queen has been pleased to signify Her intention of conferring a peerage of the United...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Racing driver and businessman Lord Drayson becomes the UK's third science minister in two years.
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Labour peer Doug Hoyle has been cleared of deliberate misconduct by an inquiry into the circumstances in which he introduced Michael Wood, an advisor to the arms industry, to Lord Drayson, the Minister responsible for arms procurement. Hoyle failed to declare that he was receiving money from Michael Wood, but defended himself saying that the payments [...]
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 15/04/2008
I just noticed that the Number 10 web site is still listing Lord Drayson as a minister despite the fact he stepped down from Minister for Defence Procurement (so that he could pursue his passion for motor racing, as supporting the troops was obviously too much hassle) back in November 2007. Given that they spend a decent chunk of taxpayers’ money updating the site, shouldn’t they be updating these...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Lord Drayson attempts to qualify for the Le Mans 24-hour endurance event
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 23/03/2008
A few months ago, Lord Drayson was sitting through speeches in the House of Lords, daydreaming of hurtling round a racetrack. But unlike most ordinary men approaching their midlife crisis the minister for defence equipment and support, as he then was, had £80m burning a hole in his pocket. In November last year he decided it was time finally to swap his ermine for a fire-retardant race suit.
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Chicken Yoghurt (Free subscription) | 18/02/2008
The Iraq War, the build-up, according Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement: The military was considering and advising on elements of the equipment list. To order substantial numbers of further body armour pieces beyond the number held in stock—approximately 13,000 at the time, if I recall correctly—would have sent a clear signal about the particular type [...]
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Mick Smith (Free subscription) | 25/11/2007
The full story behind the decision of Lord Drayson to quit as defence equipment and support minister can finally be told, having been covered up to prevent further embarrassment to Gordon Brown. A number of defence and industry sources said...
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Mick Smith (Free subscription) | 17/11/2007
Fresh detail of the shock resignation of Lord Drayson has been passed to this blog, revealing quite how close he came to stomping out of the MoD in fury at what he saw as the refusal of Defence Secretary Des...
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TotalF1.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2007
Britain's Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support Lord Drayson has taken a "leave of absence" from the Labour government in order to take part in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2008.
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Sim-O's Random Thoughts (Free subscription) | 08/11/2007
Part I : Defence Minister Lord Drayson has taken a "leave of absence" from the government in a bid to take part in the world-famous 24-hour Le Mans race. But now in The Guardian : The real reason Paul Drayson quit as minister for defence equipment was out of "frustration" with bureaucracy and lack of money, a former chief of the defence staff said today. Lord Charles Guthrie admitted he was "surprised"...
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 08/11/2007
Heard the one about the peer who gave up his government post handling budgets of tens of billions - to take up motor racing? Well, that's the story we're supposed to swallow about yesterday's sudden resignation of Lord Drayson, Minister for Defence Procurement and Trade. Drayson, apparently, has had enough of politics and has always wanted to retire to his field of dreams on the Le Mans circuit. [...more]...
