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 ‘We must protect people, planet and pensions’ I’m proud to be part of a Labour government that is committed to fixing the UK’s pensions system.… Simon Opher 1st December, 2025, 1:41 pm Comment ‘The UK must invest well to invest for good’ The investment system is a public good. Its social duty is to channel money that ordinary UK citizens… Ashok Gupta 1st December, 2025, 6:00 am News Members oppose government’s asylum clampdown – but back specific measures Almost two-thirds of Labour members are opposed to the government’s plans to make Britain’s asylum policy stricter, exclusive… Daniel Green 1st December, 2025, 6:00 am
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