» Tuesday, May 5, 2009GurkhasAsked if there was any response to Joanna Lumley s claims at the Select Committee meeting, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that Joanna Lumley s campaign was taken seriously. The letter she had sent in had been acknowledged and Joanna Lumley had met the Home Secretary following the start of […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Youtube VideoAsked whether the Prime Minister agreed with the comments made by John Prescott, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out his views on how he communicated and in particular how he communicated via new media when he was asked about this last week. Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was helpful […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Hazel BlearsAsked whether the Prime Minister had had a one on one meeting with Hazel Blears this morning, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had meetings with all of his Cabinet colleagues regularly as you would expect, but he would not get into a discussion about which Cabinet colleagues he had met when. original source. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Royal MailPut that John Grogan MP had commented that a deal would need to be done between Ministers and backbenchers, the PMS said that he would not get into a public discussion between the Prime Minister and his backbenchers. The general point was the one made by Pat McFadden on the radio this morning; we did […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Hazel BlearsAsked for the Prime Minister s view of Hazel Blears following the publication of her article in the Observer over the weekend, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that Hazel Blears had given her own views on the article in a statement she released on Saturday. Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetAsked if the subject of the European Commission forecast came up at Cabinet this morning during the economy discussion, the PMS said that the European Commission forecast was mentioned at Cabinet and the Chancellor made the point that the European Commission forecast showed that they were expecting the UK to perform better this year and […] 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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