On 10 December the Opposition Labour Party claimed if the reports in the press of the contents of the Pact were true, the government contradicted the pro-League policy on which it had just won the 1935 election.
Oppositionen i form av Labour hävdade den 10 december att om rapporterna i pressen angående paktens innehåll stämde motsade sig regeringen den Nationernas förbund-vänliga policy som de hade vunnit valet 1935 på.