» Monday, October 17, 2005
David Blunkett
Asked what David Blunkett's interview with Piers Morgan would contribute to the debate on welfare reform and pensions, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that was a matter for the DWP. Asked if it was wise for David Blunkett to be doing such an interview, the PMOS said it was a matter he would leave to David Blunkett and his department, it was not a matter that would detain Downing Street for long. Put to him that perhaps it would be a matter for Downing Street when we heard what came out of it the PMOS said that not only did that come under the heading of a hypothetical question but also perhaps wishful thinking on the part of the journalist.
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Iran
Asked what was the current position on Iran, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said what the Prime Minister was talking about was continuing the pressure on Iran, on both the nuclear issue and the events in Basra. The PMOS said that remained the position, and the British Government, the United States, and the E3 had a common position and that was important, and we hoped that Iran would listen to that common position. The PMOS said that as people knew, the IAEA had taken the position it had, and the matter would be discussed further at its November meeting.
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Robert Mugabe
Asked for a response to Robert Mugabe's comments comparing President Bush and the Prime Minister to Mussolini and Hitler, the PMOS said that nothing Mr Mugabe said surprised us, nor would it deflect us from our view of what was happening in Zimbabwe, which was anything other than a laughing matter. Asked if we thought it was wrong that Mr Mugabe was a guest in Rome, the PMOS said that was a matter for Rome. Put to him that we held the EU presidency, the PMOS said that last time he checked Italy was a sovereign country.
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Retirement Age
Put to the PMOS that in Alan Johnson's interview to the Observer newspaper yesterday, he discussed raising the retirement age to 65, and did this mean the Prime Minister was "braced for a winter of strikes", the PMOS said that people should wait for the Adair Turner report to be published.
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ID Cards
Asked if there might be a ceiling cost of ID cards, the PMOS said people should wait for Charles Clarke's statement tomorrow.
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Trident
Asked where the Government stood on Trident, the PMOS said the position had not changed. There would be a decision made at some stage in this Parliament. The PMOS said the story in the Independent was wrong in that the costs were for maintaining the existing Trident and nothing else.
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Drug Use
Asked for further views about the Prime Minister's position on his own drug use/non drug use, the PMOS said that as he had said last week, the question really was about other people's contests, and it would be a mistake for not only him, but also the Government to get involved.
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Education White Paper
Asked why the Education White Paper had been delayed, the PMOS replied that this was the first false premise of the new season! It had not been delayed.
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