» Monday, March 17, 2008
The Dalai Lama
Asked whether the Prime Minister would be meeting the Dalai Lama, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he did not have anything to add to what he had said this morning. It was still quite early in terms of the exact arrangements for the Dalai Lama’s visit and no decision had […]
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Economy
Put that the Bank of England had just spent £5billion to support the liquidity of financial institutions, the PMS said that he did not think that they had spent £5billion. They had injected that amount into the money markets; clearly it was a loan and it was secured, so they could reasonably think that they […]
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Peter Mandelson
Asked whether the Prime Minister and Mr Mandelson had had any discussions while the Prime Minister was in Brussels, the PMS replied that they did not have an opportunity to meet. They had a long and constructive meeting in Brussels just a couple of weeks ago and they talked regularly. Asked whether it was normal […]
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Deficits
Put that the Prime Minister had said that the American deficit would be higher than the British deficit because we had taken the right action to deal with global economic turbulence and did the Prime Minister think that deficits were a good thing as it kept economies inflated, the PMS replied that we had fiscal […]
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Misc
Put that Ed Balls had announced that 46 people working in schools at the moment had been found out to be sex offenders and what was the Prime Minister’s view on the matter, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s view was that it was a matter for the relevant department who were dealing with […]
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John McCain
Asked if John McCain would be meeting the Prime Minister this week, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that John McCain was expected to be in London later this week, and the Prime Minister was expected to meet him, but we were not in a position to confirm the exact details at this point. original […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
National Security Statement
Asked to say more about the National Security Statement and in particular how a National Security Council would differ from ther National Security Cabinet Committee which currently existed, the PMS replied that it was better to wait until we made announcements before responding to them. Asked how the Prime Minister saw the National Security Strategy, […]
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Iraq
Asked if there would be a visual commemoration on the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war, the PMS replied that the Government did not have anything specific planned. Asked if there would be any statement on troop numbers, the PMS replied that as and when we were in a position to update on troop numbers, […]
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Tibet
Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on the situation in Tibet, and had he spoken to any international leaders on this, the PMS replied that we were following with concern recent unrest in Tibet, as well as related incidents in India and Nepal, and had called on the Chinese authorities to exercise restraint. We had […]
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Financial Markets
Asked if the Prime Minister had been taking an interest in what was going on in Wall Street, and was he involved actively in monitoring how world markets were reacting, the PMS replied of course, as you would expect. In particular the tripartite authorities here in the UK, the Bank of England, the Treasury, and […]
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