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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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Comment ‘The fight against online conspiracy theories starts in schools’ Conspiracy theories are too often treated as if they are confined to some distant corner of the internet.… Helen Hayes MP 28th March, 2026, 9:00 am
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