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Speakers Conference

Put that there had been suggestions that the party leaders would now meet the Speaker separately at the behest of Downing Street, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister appeared tomorrow in his capacity as the leader of the Labour Party and he confirmed that the leaders would […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Post Office

Asked whether the Prime Minister had been involved in any talks regarding the postal dispute, the PMS replied that he had not but was being constantly updated on it. Clearly this was a challenging situation; the two Ministers leading on this were Lord Mandelson and Pat McFadden and the Prime Minister shared the views of […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Afghanistan

Asked when the Prime Minister had spoken to President Karzai, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had spoken to him this morning and had been in touch over the weekend with a number of people. He had spoken to Senator Kerry, who was working on behalf of the President and Secretary of State. The […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

ED Balls

Asked whether the Prime Minister was involved in any way in Ed Balls decision to overrule the Childrens Select Committee over the appointment of the new Commissioner and did he agree with Barry Sheerman that Ed Balls was a bully, the PMS replied that he had made the Prime Minister s view on bullying very […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Biscuits

Asked why the Prime Minister crumbled over Biscuit-gate , the PMS said that the Prime Minister had received 800 postings during the course of his Mumsnet Q&A. He had had the opportunity to respond only to thirty questions, so the question on his favourite choice of biscuit had not been dodged. The Prime Minister had […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Speakers Conference

Put that there had been suggestions that the party leaders would now meet the Speaker separately at the behest of Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister appeared tomorrow in his capacity as the leader of the Labour Party and he confirmed that the leaders would be […]

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Post Office

Asked whether the Prime Minister had been involved in any talks regarding the postal dispute, the PMS replied that he had not but was being constantly updated on it. Clearly this was a challenging situation; the two Ministers leading on this were Lord Mandelson and Pat McFadden and the Prime Minister shared the views of […]

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Afghanistan

Asked when the Prime Minister had spoken to President Karzai, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had spoken to him this morning and had been in touch over the weekend with a number of people. He had spoken to Senator Kerry, who was working on behalf of the President and Secretary of State. The […]

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

ED Balls

Asked whether the Prime Minister was involved in any way in Ed Balls’ decision to overrule the Childrens Select Committee over the appointment of the new Commissioner and did he agree with Barry Sheerman that Ed Balls was a bully, the PMS replied that he had made the Prime Minister’s view on bullying very clear […]

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Biscuits

Asked why the Prime Minister crumbled over Biscuit-gate , the PMS said that the Prime Minister had received 800 postings during the course of his Mumsnet Q&A. He had had the opportunity to respond only to thirty questions, so the question on his favourite choice of biscuit had not been dodged. The Prime Minister had […]

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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