» Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Financial Markets

Asked whether the Government had suggested that the European Commission should look closely at the guarantee on savings made by Irish banks, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that what the Government was saying was that any policy announcement by a member state that impacts on the single market needed to […]

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Meeting in Paris

Asked whether the Prime Minister had accepted an invitation from President Sarkozy to meet in Paris over the weekend, the PMS said that as people knew, the Prime Minister had said that he was happy and indeed keen to meet other world leaders to discuss the current financial instability, but we were still in discussions […]

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Reshuffle

Asked whether the PMS could rule out a reshuffle, the PMS said that we never commented on reshuffles. Asked whether the Prime Minister was too busy to be thinking about reshuffles, the PMS said he would not get into reshuffle speculation. The Prime Minister was focussed very much on the economic situation and that was […]

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Investment Banks

The PMS clarified that it was not true that No10 had hired UBS or Rothschilds as was confidently inserted in the Daily Mail this morning. Asked if there was any confusion caused by UBS or Rothschilds working for No10 in another capacity, the PMS said that there was no such confusion. Lots of investment banks […]

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Opposition Parties

Asked if there were any plans to meet with the opposition parties again, the PMS said that he was sure the opposition parties would be updated by the Chancellor as and when it was necessary. original source.

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