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 ‘Labour has work to do to regain the trust of Prospect members’ Prospect is a politically independent union, but it would be a mistake to believe we are not invested… Mike Clancy 23rd May, 2026, 6:00 am Analysis ShakerMakerfield If you’re asking ‘What’s the story?’, then let me inform you that LabourList spent this morning in the… James Tibbitts 22nd May, 2026, 5:21 pm Comment ‘How We Win In 2029’ Friday 8th May, my eyes open at 5:48am. The morning after the polling day before, and I immediately… Jeevun Sandher MP 22nd May, 2026, 6:00 am
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