No spokesperson worth their salt would answer that question without having had it explicitly given to them in the prebriefing before facing the press. It kind of shows up the limitations of spokespeople and how the system can be abused by asking questions the person is not allowed to answer. You are basically shouting at a press release for not answering a question it wasn't written to answer.
What spokes person isn't well briefed on party position on the biggest story of the day? Leaves you open to looking inept or like you don't have any position
No spokesperson worth their salt would answer that question without having had it explicitly given to them in the prebriefing before facing the press. It kind of shows up the limitations of spokespeople and how the system can be abused by asking questions the person is not allowed to answer. You are basically shouting at a press release for not answering a question it wasn't written to answer.