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 Assisted dying: How does each Labour MP plan to vote on revived bill? MPs are preparing to vote on a renewed attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, in… Daniel Green 4th September, 2026, 6:00 am Columnist Delivering in Government: your weekly round up of good news Labour stories It was a busy summer for the Labour government. Andy Burnham hit the ground running, combining progress on… Sebastian Salek 4th September, 2026, 6:00 am Comment ‘Our money, our voice: devolving Britain’s pension power’ Andy Burnham has promised to rewire Britain by pushing power outwards from Whitehall to places and people across… Catherine Howarth 4th September, 2026, 6:00 am
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