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Sovereignty

Asked in light of the Law Lords decision today had the Government decided to side with the Saudi government against British citizens, the PMOS said that if the journalist listened to what the Prime Minister had said, he had said precisely that we were not taking a position. Rather, we were defending British national interest, which was to defend the principle of sovereignty. The PMOS said that people could not take a neutral position on their own national sovereignty; people either surrendered it, or they defended it. Put that it was not the national sovereignty, the PMOS said that in terms of the legal implication, it was.

Asked if any of the principles of sovereignty could apply to General Pinochet, the PMOS said that he was quite happy to deal with one case at a time, rather than giving a running commentary in a case that was quite some time ago before he became PMOS. Which was another way of saying to Channel Four to shut up and don’t ask silly questions!

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Doesn’t sound like a silly question to me – probably a very embarrassing one to answer though.

Why should the PMOS be able to duck answering legitimate questions?

Maybe this needs CH4 to ask the same question under the FoI Act, and then run a documentary including the PMOS in the story-line:))
Comment by Roger Huffadine — 15 Jun 2006 on 5:22 pm | Link
Usual garbage and unprofessional response from the PMOS. These people are pretty poor at their job. About time they got some professional help, I think.
Comment by Chuck Unsworth — 16 Jun 2006 on 8:14 pm | Link

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