» Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Zimbabwe
Asked for an update on the situation in Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that people would have heard the reports and comments from the opposition parties, but as the Foreign Secretary made clear in his statement, it was the analysis of the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission that we would need to […]
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PMQ’s
Asked if the Prime Minister planned to let Harriet Harman do PMQ’s more often, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was focussing on his work at the NATO Summit at the moment. The Prime Minister was being kept informed of developments in the UK as people would expect. The PMS said the process that […]
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NATO
The PMS gave an update on who the Prime Minister would be having meetings with at the NATO Summit. There would be a bilateral with the Romanian President and he was then meeting with the Danish Prime Minister. Danish and UK troops were in the same area of operation in Afghanistan, so they would be […]
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NATO Summit
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a summary of the Prime Minister’s schedule at the NATO Summit. The Prime Minister would arrive at the NATO Summit this afternoon and we would then update people on any bilateral meetings he had. He would be attending a dinner this evening. There would be a meeting […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Zimbabwe
Asked for the Government’s understanding of what was happening in Zimbabwe at the moment, the PMS said the position was unclear at the moment in terms of when the election results were to be published. The Prime Minister recorded a clip on Zimbabwe during his visit this morning, reiterating what he said yesterday about respecting […]
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Bertie Ahern
Asked for a reaction to the resignation of Bertie Ahern, the PMS said that this had been announced while she was in transit from Downing Street to the lobby briefing. We would issue a statement shortly, but it was not something she was going to comment on just yet. original source.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Russia
Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned about relations between Russia and Britain due to the fact that the UK had been assigned another Russian dissident, the PMS said she would not comment on circumstances around an individual, but more generally, the Prime Minister had been clear recently with the election of the new Russian […]
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Economy
Put that First Direct had stopped issuing new mortgages to customers and did the Prime Minister have any words of reassurance for the public, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had talked in his press conference about understanding the concerns of home buyers and those with mortgages, but also set out the position that […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Ken Livingstone
Asked whether the Prime Minister enjoyed Ken Livingstone’s April Fools joke, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had not expressed an opinion on it, but he had expressed his view on Ken Livingstone more generally yesterday in his press conference. original source.
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Speaker of the House
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that the Speaker could carry on his job in light of the investigation against him, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had expressed his views on the Speaker of the House and there had been no change in his view. The PMS added that the investigation was […]
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