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 Ex-Cooper aide: ‘Keir’s ground-breaking deal with France suggests his migration approach could be bearing fruit’ At yesterday’s UK-France Summit, Prime Minister Keir Starmer achieved what his three predecessors have failed to do since… Beth Gardiner-Smith & Emily Graham 11th July, 2025, 8:46 am News Labour to scrap first past the post for mayoral and PCC elections The Labour government has set out plans to scrap the first past the post voting system for mayoral… Daniel Green 11th July, 2025, 7:37 am Comment New intake Labour MPs: ‘Why we set up the Living Standards Coalition’ Everyone being able to live a decent life. This is the core of our Labour values. But people… Jeevun Sandher, Luke Murphy, Graeme Downie, Andrew Lewin, Lola McEvoy & Yuan Yang 10th July, 2025, 12:20 pm
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