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 Nudification apps facilitate digital sexual assault – and they should be banned On 25 July, rules will finally come into force that restrict online pornography to over 18s and require… Jess Asato 18th July, 2025, 1:32 pm News Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after defending racism comments Mother of the House Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party after defending her comments about… Daniel Green 17th July, 2025, 6:25 pm News Labour campaign groups join forces to call for reinstatement of MPs Three Labour campaign groups have joined forces for the first time to launch a petition objecting to the… Luke O'Reilly 17th July, 2025, 3:11 pm
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