21st September, 2012, 9:10 pm It gets worse for Mitchell – now he’s accused of threatening to have cop sacked Mark Ferguson Share this article: Tomorrow’s Daily Mail will be hard reading for the Chief Whip. Drip. Drip. Drip… Tags: Police / Andrew Mitchell / 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 Starmer the class warrior? PM pivots focus towards ‘class divide’ After the government suffered its most difficult day in office in Monday, with the Prime Minister’s position looking… Daniel Green 11th February, 2026, 2:40 pm News FBU launches ballot on strike action in Oxfordshire over cuts to fire service The Fire Brigades Union is launching a consultative ballot on industrial action in Oxfordshire – which the union… Daniel Green 11th February, 2026, 1:00 pm News Lord Doyle has whip suspended over links to sex offender Keir Starmer’s former director of communications Lord Doyle has had the Labour whip suspended over his links to… Daniel Green 11th February, 2026, 11:51 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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