Labour were quick out of the traps on responses to all Tory speeches, including Osborne and Cameron. Some of it got reported.RobertSnozers wrote:It partly depends on who the media goes to for their quotes. Moreover, I suspect the likes of the BBC prefer to have opposing voices from the LibDems or from the Tories as it makes for a bigger news story, so even if Labour quickly issued a statement and offered someone for bids, they might not be taken up.PorFavor wrote:What happened to Labour's "rapid rebuttal" strategy (re the Conservative Conference)? I haven't seen much of it in evidence - unless there's just the (usual) dearth of coverage in the press. A bit of aggressive but accurate "rudeness" might alter that situation. If Dominic Grieve can do it (re the the Conservatives' stance on Human Rights) - which he rightly dubs "puerile", so can Labour.
Anyway, I thought the 'rapid rebuttal' was intended for accusations made against Labour's policies or record, rather than as a challenge to new Tory policy - not that there's anything wrong with doing the latter as well. I wonder how many LibDems now find themselves astonished to be in government with a party that can be so extreme in its authoritarian instincts? Did they not know this before they trumpeted the 'civil liberties coalition'? Just because one party believes in free markets and another believes in free people does not necessarily make them natural bedfellows. Possibly even quite the opposite, because free markets work on the backs of oppressed people.
But on the whole the Tories seemed to be taking about right wing policies rather than having a go at Labour.