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 ‘Our world-leading Animal Welfare Strategy will protect domestic, farmed and wild animals for generations’ Today, I’m delighted to announce the government’s world-leading Animal Welfare Strategy – a bold five-year plan to deliver… Sue Hayman 22nd December, 2025, 10:00 am Quiz LabourList Christmas quiz 2025 round 1: Put your party knowledge to the test We welcomed many of our LabourList readers for a Christmas pub quiz with festive and political trivia. If… LabourList Staff 22nd December, 2025, 6:00 am Analysis ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… my first four months as Editor’ There are two very different tales to be told about the Labour government this year. And they are… Emma Burnell 19th December, 2025, 2:26 pm
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