25th November, 2011, 1:06 pm

How not to appear on the Today Programme

Mark Ferguson

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)

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Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.

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