http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/08/1515 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/08/1515#comment-2850 Julian Todd Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:32:00 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/03/08/1515#comment-2850 Often the people questioning the PMOS seem to really have the right idea. This is totally about the competance of the executive. The demand to allow executive detention with no public airing of the evidence rests on the assumption that the executive has anything that resembles sound judgement. Which they do not, by a long margin. Often the people questioning the PMOS seem to really have the right idea. This is totally about the competance of the executive. The demand to allow executive detention with no public airing of the evidence rests on the assumption that the executive has anything that resembles sound judgement. Which they do not, by a long margin.

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