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 News What do trade union bosses want from Labour’s next deputy leader? TUC Congress in Brighton is coming to a close, with this year’s conference being clouded by the impending… Daniel Green 10th September, 2025, 7:51 am News Meet the new LabourList columnists LabourList has always been pleased to bring forward voices from across our movement. We bring you the latest… LabourList Staff 10th September, 2025, 7:41 am News Bridget Phillipson leads initial PLP nominations for deputy leadership election Bridget Phillipson is leading the way in the number of nominations from the Parliamentary Labour Party in the… Daniel Green 9th September, 2025, 7:17 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
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