Instant political reaction on Twitter

“Well that was a strange speech: the One Nation bits were good (& coherent!), the rest of it was mince.” Alex Massie.

“Have seen a couple of great Cameron speeches. That wasn’t one of them. In terms of construction it was a shambles,” Iain martin political journalist.” Political journalist Iain Martin.

“Overall, I’d say; good in parts, but going through the motions in others.” ITV political editor Tom Bradby.

“Consensus seems to be PM’s speech was a bit of a mixed bag and nothing to write home about.” Political blogger Guido Fawkes.

“Aides seem to have put more thought into the tune Dave walked off to (The Cure’s Love Cats) than the actual speech.” James Lyons, The Mirror.

“It was a speech written by many hands and poorly knitted together. He needs a proper speech-writer” Paul Richards, Labour Paul.

“Sources: PM has ‘bad throat infection’, hence flat delivery. But definitely not making excuses. Definintely not. Oh no. Not us.” James Kirkup.

“Some of Cameron’s rhetoric inspiring, but largely I thought it fell flat. Biggest cheer when he said Tories don’t boo their former leaders.” Neil Harman.

“Great lines, big statements, but indifferent delivery. British bulldog spirit finale saves non-vintage performance.” Benedict Brogan.

“Underwhelming. Seems like there were drafting problems with the whole of Cameron’s speech, not just the passage on credit cards.” Scotsman columnist John McTernan.

“That was really very average. Look on his face tells me he knows it.” Former Labour Party spindoctor Alastair Campbell.

“Despite the rather downbeat assessment it is worth saying that this was a much better performance than Miliband.” Tim Shipman.