» Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Britishness
Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the idea put forward by Liam Byrne suggesting a Great British weekend on the Bank Holiday at the end of August, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister’s general view on the subject was that Lord Goldsmith completed a review on Britishness […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
42 Days
Asked whether the amendments to 42 days were being delayed, the PMS said that the amendments had been laid. Tony McNulty was doing broadcast media on the subject at the moment and the Home Office would be briefing on the detail of this. The three main changes were that the new proposal would bring forward […]
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Northern Ireland
Asked if there would be any further talks taking place on Northern Ireland, the PMS said that he did not have that much to add to what he had said that morning. The Prime Minister did meet Gerry Adams earlier today but he was not in a position to get into specifics at this point. […]
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Alex Salmond’s Letter
Asked whether Downing Street had received the letter from Alex Salmond that had appeared in some Sunday newspapers, the PMS said that he could confirm that we had received a letter of today’s date. He added that as far as we were concerned, we had no intention of putting it into the public domain so […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Cabinet
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled journalists that there had an update from the Home Secretary at Cabinet this morning on pre-charge detention; it was emphasised that, despite the conclusion that the BBC appeared to have reached this morning, it was not the case that we could assume this vote was […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Northern Ireland
Asked for guidance on the Prime Minister’s meeting with Gerry Adams, the PMS confirmed that the Prime Minister was meeting with Gerry Adams this morning; they were meeting to discuss power sharing in Northern Ireland and it was expected to be quite a wide-ranging discussion. The meeting was ahead of the deadline n Thursday for […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
UN/Food and Agriculture Organisation Summit
Asked if Douglas Alexander would walk out if Robert Mugabe made a speech at the UN/FAO summit, the PMS said that it was best to double check with Douglas Alexander’s spokesman who was with him, as he could relay the expected timetable for the day. However, our expectation was that Douglas Alexander would not be […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
42 Days
Asked if the Government was seriously worried about losing the vote on 42 days, the PMS replied that there was a general view at Cabinet that there were some reports in the media this morning that were getting a bit ahead of themselves; the Government had always remained confident of its arguments, but it was […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Polyclinics
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that people would back him on polyclinics, the PMS replied yes. Put that the British Medical Association were against polyclinics, the PMS said that whenever any kind of reform was undertaken there was bound to be resistance, but that the Prime Minister had always been clear that when […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Scotland
Put that Frank Field had today given a speech on "the English question" and asked if the Prime Minister had any thoughts on how to address peoples’ worries in relation to that, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that we needed to do more to push our localism agenda and that more needed […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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