6th May, 2012, 6:15 pm Expectation management fail? Mark Ferguson Share this article: My attention has just been drawn to this spectacular failure of expectation management by CCHQ’s press team on Twitter from Friday morning. 700 started off as the accepted Tory figure that Labour would need to cross, but then they said: Labour gained 824 seats. Tags: CCHQ / 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 News Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns over housing scandal Housing minister Rushanara Ali has resigned from the government following a scandal involving her role as a landlord.… Daniel Green 7th August, 2025, 8:28 pm News Neil Kinnock: Split progressive vote Labour’s biggest election threat Neil Kinnock has warned that a split progressive vote amongst Liberal Democrat, Green and other parties is Labour’s… Daniel Green 7th August, 2025, 6:00 am Comment Remembering Robin Cook: ‘A Scottish Labour giant whose vision still resonates’ This week marks twenty years since the untimely passing of Robin Cook, one of the finest parliamentarians our… Gregor Poynton 6th August, 2025, 6:04 pm
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