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David Chaplin (born 11 March 1983) was Chair of the Young Fabians from 2009–2010 and he is a British Labour Party blogger and commentator. In 2010 he was elected to the Fabian Society Executive Committee.[1]
He was a member of the Young Fabians Executive since 2006 and held various roles including Vice Chair in 2008/9 and Chair in 2009/10. In his former role as the Young Fabians Policy & Communications Officer, Chaplin set up the Young Fabian Policy Forums, and managed them for two years and in 2010 he spoke at the launch of the Young Fabians Networks [2] at an event in the City with Lord Drayson the former Science Minister [3]
Chaplin is a regular Labour blogger and commentator, he writes a regular 'Young Progressives' column for Progress.[4] He also writes on the Young Fabian Blog [5] and the grass-roots Labour website LabourList where he has written about online campaigning and new media.[6]
In 2009 Chaplin was tipped as part of the next generation of Labour Party leaders by the national newspaper The Independent after featuring on the front-cover of Esquire magazine alongside other young leading lights in the Labour Party such as Chuka Umunna.[7] During Labour Party Conference 2010, Chaplin also appeared in the top ten young ones to watch in the Independent on Sunday [8] alongside Jessica Asato, another former Chair of the Young Fabians .
Chaplin has been published in the magazine of the New Labour pressure group and think-tank Progress, in January 2010 he wrote a controversial article for the Progress magazine on the opium trade in Afghanistan titled 'the parallel state'.[9] He is also a member of the Progress School Governors Network [10] and has been a Labour secondary school governor at Fortismere School in Muswell Hill, North London since 2006 [11]
In 2009 Chaplin edited a pamphlet for the Fabian Society titled 'Fast Forward: The Next Generation of Progressive Politics' [12] which featured contributions from young politicians including Conor McGinn.
In 2010 the Young Fabians marked their fiftieth year by holding an event with Lord Mandelson at the Fabian Society New Year Conference.[13] The Young Fabians also guest edited the grass-roots Labour website LabourList for a day to mark their fiftieth year anniversary [14]
References
- ^ Fabian Society Executive Committee website
- ^ Welcome to the Launch of the Young Fabians Networks
- ^ Lord Drayson keynote speaker at the Young Fabians Network launch
- ^ Young Progressives column
- ^ Articles by David Chaplin on the Young Fabian Blog
- ^ Articles by David Chaplin on the LabourList website
- ^ Can you spot a future Labour leader? The Independent
- ^ Independent on Sunday - Labour's young ones on the move: 10 names to watch
- ^ Britain and Afghanistan article
- ^ Progress School Governors Network
- ^ Fortismere School Governing Body
- ^ Fast Forward Fabian Pamphlet
- ^ Lord Mandelson speaks to the Young Fabians
- ^ Young Fabians take over LabourList
External links
Categories:- Living people
- Labour Party (UK) politicians
- 1983 births
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