» Friday, February 6, 2009President SarkozyAsked what the Prime Minister s reaction was to the comments made by President Sarkozy, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Elysee had been in contact this morning to assure us that these remarks were not meant as a critique of UK economic policy. On the specifics of this, […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Car ScrappingPut that 75% of cars in the UK were imported and wouldn t this measure help other countries rather than the UK, the PMS replied that Lord Mandelson had spoken about the measure in his speech last night. Scrappage schemes were an interesting idea and we needed to look at how they might work in […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Manufacturing FiguresPut that ONS figures released today showed a continuation of the decline in manufacturing and was there anything the Government could do to address this, the PMS said that these were undoubtedly difficult times and that was why the Government had brought forward the measures that we had over the last few months; to help […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Jeremy ClarksonAsked repeatedly about the comments made by Jeremy Clarkson, the PMS said he would not get into a detailed discussion about those comments. Asked about the point Mr Clarkson had made about the Prime Minister not admitting he had got it wrong about the economy, the PMS said that Mr Clarkson was entitled to his […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (3) Bank BonusesAsked if it was correct that the Prime Minister had the final say on bonuses in banks with a public stake or did that only apply to the top executives, the PMS said that as he had said yesterday, the Treasury were in discussion with the banks about remuneration structures as part of the wider […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) TorturePut that given we had established that the Obama administration had not issued a new threat to withdraw cooperation and given the extent of public outcry, was the Prime Minister considering requesting that the Americans release the information, the PMS said that David Miliband had set out our position on this quite clearly yesterday and […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Tony BlairAsked how incandescent the Prime Minister was that Tony Blair had met the new President, the PMS replied that Tony Blair was the Quartet Envoy and it was important for the Quartet and important for UK interests that he had a close relationship with the US administration. original source. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Dutch Prime MinisterAsked for a readout on the meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister, the PMS said that he had not had a readout yet, but he would let people know when he had. original source. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Royal MailAsked whether the Prime Minister was worried about the prospect of several thousand job losses in Royal Mail, the PMS replied that the Royal Mail had set out their position on that story. It was his understanding that the Royal Mail had said they had no plans for 16,000 job cuts. In terms of staffing […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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