» Wednesday, March 11, 2009
G20 Costs
Put that the Times had said that the summit would cost in the region of 50m, the PMS said that as far as he could see this figure had been completely plucked out of the air. The estimate that the Foreign Office had given was 19m, when the comparable figure for Gleneagles was 80m. So […]
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Terrorist Groups
Asked which terrorist organisation Lord West was referring to, the PMS said that it was Jamaat-ul-dawa, which was an alternative name for Lashkar-e-toiba (LET), the Pakistani/Kashmiri terrorist organisation. Asked if that was the organisation demonstrating yesterday, the PMS said that it wasn t; there was no link between the announcement today and the demonstration yesterday. […]
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Misc
Asked what the Chancellor would be talking about in his speech, the PMS said the purpose of the speech was to set out the Government s position on a range of global economy issues ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting later this week. Asked whether off-shore tax havens had anything to worry about, the […]
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» Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Gus O’ Donnell
Asked whether the Prime Minister shared the concerns of Gus O Donnell when he had said that civil servants were finding it difficult to deal with the US administration in the lead up to G20, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that you had to put Gus O Donnell s remarks […]
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Cabinet
Asked for a rundown of what was discussed in Cabinet, the PMS said that there had been an update on Northern Ireland from Shaun Woodward, there was a report from Ed Balls on the Laming Report which was coming out on Thursday, there was a brief discussion led by the Prime Minister with the Chancellor […]
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Northern Ireland
On Northern Ireland, as we were saying this morning, Shaun Woodward was emphasising that there appeared to be a small number of criminals behind these murderous acts. The PMS said that Shaun Woodward had used the word criminals regardless of how these people chose to describe themselves. It had been very clear from the Prime […]
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You and Yours Interview
Asked whether the Prime Minister was feeling bruised after his interview, the PMS said that the Prime Minister felt it was very important that he was out there engaging with the public and explaining what the Government was doing. Of course, people were very concerned about what was happening in the economy and you would […]
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Wrekin Construction
Asked about a company called Wrekin Construction that had gone into administration and had blamed RBS and the Government for the treatment of what they saw as a perfectly viable company, the PMS replied that he was aware of the story but he would not comment on the details of the individual company. It was […]
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G20
Asked about any more preparation for G20, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had spoken to President Sarkozy last Friday and he would be meeting Chancellor Merkel at the weekend. This week, quite a lot of the G20 preparatory activity was being undertaken by Finance Ministers, with the meeting today of EU Finance Ministers […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a readout of what was discussed at Cabinet. There was an update on the situation in Northern Ireland from Shaun Woodward; a report on the conclusions of the Laming review on child protection from Ed Balls; a brief update on the economy led by the Prime […]
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