The question is: do we then support [a Tory vote of no confidence]? said a well-placed Labour source. To scrap all the speeches from shadow ministers, as well as the dozens of scheduled fringes and receptions across Manchester, would be a dramatic and unprecedented move by Labour, depriving the party of all-important media attention in the run-up to next years general election campaign and casting an awkward shadow over Milibands set piece speech on Tuesday. No one thought about it, said a senior Labour frontbencher, when asked by HuffPost UK why the party leadership hadnt anticipated the party political fallout from a Yes vote in the Scottish referendum and, in particular, the implications for the annual conference season. The arrogance of some parties has been astounding.
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