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 ‘How Burnham’s devolution revolution can deliver for North Wales’ The North Star leads the way; it certainly has over the past two weeks and looks like it… Andrew Ranger MP 4th July, 2026, 12:00 pm Comment ‘A century of keeping Labour true to working people – and the work continues’ This week, we celebrated 100 years of the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs. From its inception in… Ian Lavery MP 4th July, 2026, 10:00 am Interview What are Labour’s newest MPs proudest of two years into government? As Labour marks two years in government, its newest MPs are beginning to build their own records in… Daniel Green & James Tibbitts 4th July, 2026, 6:00 am
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