Former Tory Minister David Mellor says Andrew Lansley is:
“a failed attempt to prove you can take personality out of politics”.
Ouch.

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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