7th January, 2012, 10:17 pm What the PM considers reasonable political discourse Mark Ferguson Share this article: In an interview with the Telegraph: “he criticised Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, saying that his heckling at Prime Minister’s Questions was “like having someone with Tourette’s sitting opposite you”.” The PM should apologise. Tags: David Cameron / Ed Balls / 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 Analysis Can Starmer walk the line as the ring of fire beckons closer on the US, NATO & Greenland? For those fans of Johnny Cash reading this, yes the headline is a nod to his work. But… James Tibbitts 20th January, 2026, 1:19 pm News Social media ban for under-16s proposed in government consultation The government is set to start a consultation on an Australia-style ban on social media platforms for under-16s.… Daniel Green 20th January, 2026, 8:07 am Comment ‘Regulating social media means changing who owns it’ If social media technology were owned and controlled by the people who use it, we would not be… Rose Marley 20th January, 2026, 6:00 am
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
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