25th November, 2011, 1:06 pm How not to appear on the Today Programme Mark Ferguson Share this article: Grant Shapps wastes the first three minutes of his Today programme interview arguing about whether or not he hadn’t turned up for a previous interview. Listen to the interview below: (H/T: Political Scrapbook) Tags: Today Programme / Grant Shapps / Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson Subscribe to our daily email More from LabourList Comment ‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’ Colleagues, I never wanted to have to write this. But with the Government once again moving to weaken… Ian Byrne 16th January, 2026, 6:16 pm News West Midlands police and crime commissioner announces immediate retirement of embattled chief constable Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands, Simon Foster has announced the immediate retirement of Craig… LabourList Staff 16th January, 2026, 4:08 pm News Burnham’s Britain: King of the North on how he would ‘rewire’ Westminster Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled a radical approach to “rewire” Westminster and encourage greater cross-party collaboration.… James Tibbitts 16th January, 2026, 12:45 pm
Mark Ferguson Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015. View all articles by Mark Ferguson
Comment ‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’ Colleagues, I never wanted to have to write this. But with the Government once again moving to weaken… Ian Byrne 16th January, 2026, 6:16 pm
News West Midlands police and crime commissioner announces immediate retirement of embattled chief constable Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands, Simon Foster has announced the immediate retirement of Craig… LabourList Staff 16th January, 2026, 4:08 pm
News Burnham’s Britain: King of the North on how he would ‘rewire’ Westminster Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has unveiled a radical approach to “rewire” Westminster and encourage greater cross-party collaboration.… James Tibbitts 16th January, 2026, 12:45 pm
More from LabourList
‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’
West Midlands police and crime commissioner announces immediate retirement of embattled chief constable
Burnham’s Britain: King of the North on how he would ‘rewire’ Westminster