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» Thursday, March 15, 2007

Trident

Asked if there had been any reflections following on from the Trident vote last night, the PMOS said there had not been.

Asked if there was any sense in which the Prime Minister’s authority had been dented, the PMOS replied that what was important was that the policy, which had always been a difficult issue, had been thought through, presented to the House, and passed by a sizeable majority. The Prime Minister said at PMQs that he had always recognised that there were difficult issues, such as Trident, that had to be addressed. The important thing was that a decision had been made.

Asked by Channel Four’s political editor if the Prime Minister had sent any message of thanks to the Leader of the Opposition for helping get the vote through, the PMOS replied that the question did qualify as a "Gibbon-esque" question, but the PMOS added that he was not aware of any message!

Put that a majority of Scottish MPs had voted against the Government, and that some SNP MPs had asked for some subs to be moved from the Clyde, and what were the thoughts on this, the PMOS said that he did not want to get involved in party matters in Scotland. There was, however, one defence policy for the entire UK.

Asked if there would be a reshuffle, the PMOS said that he was not aware of any news on that at all.

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