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 Comment ‘MattGPT and Me’ As some of you may have seen, it has not been a good week for ReformUK’s failed Gorton… Andy Twelves 1st April, 2026, 12:01 am Analysis Fight for London begins as Labour launch local election campaigns across England Campaigning is officially underway for Labour across England, following Keir Starmer’s local election launch speech in Wolverhampton. Starmer… James Tibbitts 31st March, 2026, 3:53 pm News Hull East MP Karl Turner has Labour whip suspended after jury reform criticism Hull East MP Karl Turner has had the Labour whip suspended after his outspoken criticism of the government’s… Daniel Green 31st March, 2026, 2:06 pm
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