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 ‘The Community Right to Buy is now law. Labour must go further to make it count’ The Community Right to Buy has finally made it onto the statute book, following Royal Assent for the… Tony Armstrong 2nd May, 2026, 10:00 am News EXCLUSIVE: Usdaw General Secretary writes to MPs over fears of weakened workers’ protections LabourList has seen a letter addressed to MPs from Usdaw general secretary Joanne Thomas raising concerns about the… James Tibbitts 1st May, 2026, 4:07 pm Comment ‘Labour is rebuilding our NHS and our nation’s health’ There has been enormous progress made over the past century in the health of the nation. At the… Wes Streeting MP 1st May, 2026, 3:47 pm
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