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Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'.

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» Friday, March 12, 2010

President Sarkozy

Asked if the Prime Minister and President Sarkozy would be speaking about city and financial regulations at their meeting today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that they would talk about economic issues but people should wait for the press conference for full details. Asked what else would be on the agenda at the meeting, the [...]

Unite

Asked if the Prime Minister had any comment to make about the strike action by BA staff, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would not specifically comment on individual strikes but he hoped that some resolution could be found. These were sensitive negotiations between BA employees and management. Asked what the Prime Minister’s view [...]

» Thursday, March 11, 2010

Economy

Asked to comment about Liam Byrne’s remarks on the Government introducing no new taxes as part of the deficit reduction plan, the PMS said, the Government had already set out its position and there would be no further comment. original source.

High Speed Rail

Put that it would be a more achievable option to make trains run on time rather than building new infrastructure, the PMS said, Lord Adonis had already stated that the country had the most efficient railway network in living memory with trains running on time but that the current network cannot deliver trains to run [...]

President Sarkozy Visit

Asked what would be on the agenda at tomorrow’s Prime Ministerial meeting with President Sarkozy, the PMS said, the economy, the forthcoming summit in Brussels and other international issues such as follow up to Copenhagen climate change talks. Asked if President Sarkozy would meet with David Cameron, the PMS said, he understood the President to have [...]

High Speed Rail

Asked why the Government had not started introducing high- speed rail 13 years ago, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that technology was changing all the time in regard to high-speed rail and we were at a juncture now where we could take the decision to invest in this kind of initiative. [...]

Money Advice Service

Asked what kind of advice the service would give out, the PMS said the service would not be giving out advice on financial products; it was advice on money issues. The PMS said for more detail people should talk to the Treasury. original source.

Strike Action

Asked whether the Prime Minister would condemn any potential strike action by staff at BA and Network Rail as the UK struggled out of the recession , the PMS said that the Prime Minister followed any industrial action issues closely. It was for the relevant departments to make specific comments. original source.

» Wednesday, March 10, 2010

President Sarkozy visit

Asked what would be on the menu when the Prime Minister had lunch with President Sarkozy, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said we didn’t publish the menu as a matter of course, but if we could offer some guidance we would do. Asked whether Greece would be on the agenda in the meeting, the PMS replied [...]

Match of the Day

Asked for more details on the proposed bid for the Prime Minister to appear on Match of the Day 2, the PMS replied that he had seen the reports. The PMS said that if the Prime Minister was not appearing, it could be due to the fact that certain programmes would not accept one political [...]

Budget

Asked if the decision to announce the date of the Budget today had been taken previous to the week’s first press briefing where a journalist raised a question about the timing of the announcement, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that it was for the Chancellor to decide the timing of the Budget announcement and [...]

Afghanistan

Asked about the Foreign Secretary’s speech on Afghanistan and put that the inclusion of the Taliban in the reconciliation process would inevitably result in a changed constitution in Afghanistan, which would make it less democratic, the PMS said that people would have to wait for the Foreign Secretary’s speech for the detail, but he would [...]

Misc

Put that in regards to the announcement on the Government Job Centre application, not many unemployed people had iPhones, the PMS said that the Government was responding to the opportunity that this new technology presented. A number of people who were looking for work no longer needed to rely on physically going to Job [...]

» Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Hillsborough Agreement

Asked if the Prime Minister thinks it matters whether the Ulster Unionists back the further devolution or since with DUP and Sinn Fein backing it, it will go through anyway, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the Prime Minister had said this was a critical day for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State had reminded [...]

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» Friday, March 12, 2010

President Sarkozy

Unite

» Thursday, March 11, 2010

Economy

High Speed Rail

President Sarkozy Visit

High Speed Rail

Money Advice Service

Strike Action

» Wednesday, March 10, 2010

President Sarkozy visit

Match of the Day

Budget

Afghanistan

Misc

» Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Hillsborough Agreement

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