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 ‘It’s one year since I became Britain’s youngest MP. Here’s what I’ve achieved so far’ It’s been almost a year since I became the Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire. That still… Sam Carling 5th July, 2025, 6:00 am Comment Tribute: ‘David Lipsey’s joie de vivre is missing in Labour politics today’ The death of David Lipsey while swimming in the River Wye closes an era of Labour history. He… Denis MacShane 4th July, 2025, 3:11 pm Comment Ellie Reeves: ‘One year in, the next phase begins – focused on living standards’ Just over a year ago, the British people made a historic choice. After 14 years of Tory chaos… Ellie Reeves 4th July, 2025, 2:47 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 ‘It’s one year since I became Britain’s youngest MP. Here’s what I’ve achieved so far’ It’s been almost a year since I became the Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire. That still… Sam Carling 5th July, 2025, 6:00 am
Comment Tribute: ‘David Lipsey’s joie de vivre is missing in Labour politics today’ The death of David Lipsey while swimming in the River Wye closes an era of Labour history. He… Denis MacShane 4th July, 2025, 3:11 pm
Comment Ellie Reeves: ‘One year in, the next phase begins – focused on living standards’ Just over a year ago, the British people made a historic choice. After 14 years of Tory chaos… Ellie Reeves 4th July, 2025, 2:47 pm
More from LabourList
‘It’s one year since I became Britain’s youngest MP. Here’s what I’ve achieved so far’
Tribute: ‘David Lipsey’s joie de vivre is missing in Labour politics today’
Ellie Reeves: ‘One year in, the next phase begins – focused on living standards’