» Thursday, June 9, 2011

Archbishop of Canterbury

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the Archbishop was a silly old fool’, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had already responded to the Archbishop’s comments, as had several Cabinet Minister’s. Asked if the Prime Minister had read the piece in the media, the PMS replied that […]

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Sentencing

Asked what the Prime Minister had meant when he said that Ken Clarke still had plenty of fuel in the tank’ and did this mean that he would be in the Cabinet for many years to come, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had said what he said. Asked whether sentence discounts’ had only […]

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David Kelly

Asked if the Attorney General had the authority to rule that no further inquests were needed, the PMS said that he did have that authority. The Attorney General had been considering some evidence and had decided that it should not proceed any further. original source.

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BMA

Asked if there had been contact between the Government and the BMA, the PMS said that there certainly had been lots of conversations with the BMA over the last couple of months. Asked how important it was that organisations like the BMA changed their view on NHS reform, the PMS said that we had been […]

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Banks

Asked about Stephen Hester admitting that some taxpayer’s money could have gone in to paying bankers bonuses, the PMS replied that the Government had put a significant amount of money into RBS and they had paid bonuses. Asked if that was right, the PMS said that banks were operating under much stricter rules and the […]

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