» Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Police Inquiry

Asked, probably for the last time, if there had been any contact with the police, the PMOS replied that his answer still had not changed.

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» Monday, June 25, 2007

Prime Minister

Asked if the Prime Minister would go on to become a Middle East envoy, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that he had nothing to say on the matter. Put to him that there was an expected announcement on this tomorrow, the PMOS repeated that he had nothing to say.

Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Climate Change

Asked what the Prime Minister would be discussing with Governor Schwarzenegger, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told assembled journalists that as people knew when the Prime Minister had met previously with the Governor of California last year, they had agreed to work together to fight climate change, and we had set in place trading mechanisms between California and the UK. With regards to tomorrow, they would meet in the morning, with a press conference to follow. After that, there would be a business leaders round table.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

EU Treaty

Asked what the view today was on the referendum on the EU treaty, the PMOS replied that for those who missed the 0500 press conference on Saturday, as the Prime Minister said, we had set out to achieve four red lines, and we achieved them. Did we achieve an amending treaty? Answer: yes. The PMOS said that the Prime Minister would set out in detail this afternoon why he believed the new treaty met our red lines.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Prime Minister

Asked how accurate the reports were about the Prime Minister's next role as Middle East Quartet envoy, the PMOS replied that people should not get ahead of themselves.

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» Friday, June 22, 2007

EU Summit

Asked how he would characterise the meetings with the Prime Minister Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said all this was about getting through the business, underlining our red lines on the four issues, as he had said yesterday. He was not going to get into the process of giving a running commentary on progress, or lack of progress. As always with Chancellor Merkel, it was businesslike, it was constructive but in terms of progress, we would need to see where we go to.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

European Council Summit

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European Council Summit

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Catholicism

Asked whether PMOS could give any guidance on stories this morning about the Prime Minister's Catholicism, or impending conversion and was it correct that it would be sooner rather than later, the PMOS said these were matters of personal belief which he did not deal with. He dealt with Government policy, not matters of personal belief.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2)

World Trade Organisation


Asked whether Britain would lean on lean Brazil and India, the PMOS said the Prime Minister's view had not changed at all. There was still a good chance of getting a deal if people were prepared to make the necessary moves. The next step was Geneva. We would continue to press for people to make the final decision because it was in the interests, not of any particular part of the world, but of the global community as a whole, including the developing nations for there to be a deal. The stakes in this remain very high if you looked at any issue, such as poverty in Africa or how you continued to sustain growth in the world's economy, the key was to get a successful outcome at Doha. That remained as true today as it did at the very point when we started this process.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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