29th May, 2012, 9:29 am This laddie IS for turning Mark Ferguson Share this article: Burying the u-turns before the Jubilee? Smart. Having your u-turns plastered across the front pages by bored hacks. Priceless. Tags: David Cameron / Media / U-turn / 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 ‘Healey and Carns are gone. Labour must finally get serious about national security’ There is no sugarcoating it: the resignations of both John Healey and Al Carns is a major, and… James Rose 12th June, 2026, 2:30 pm Analysis National security was meant to be Keir Starmer’s strength. Now it’s become a liability. Cabinet resignations happen and are often painful affairs, but it is difficult to recall a resignation letter quite… Daniel Green 12th June, 2026, 1:42 pm Comment ‘There are no geographical boundaries on good ideas’ The past few weeks have seen an important debate about the future direction of the Labour Party and… Lord Nick Forbes 12th June, 2026, 12:00 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
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