» Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Lord Falconer Speech
Put that Lord Falconer had attacked Guantanamo Bay during his speech in Sydney today, and did the Prime Minister share Lord Falconer's sentiments, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that the Prime Minister all along had said that Guantanamo was an anomaly. The Prime Minister believed that Guantanamo should be closed, but he also understood the reasons why prisoners were placed there from Afghanistan. The Prime Minister thought that the people there should be put before some sort of tribunal system. The Americans had since said that it was their intention to try to work towards closure, and that was obviously welcome.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
ONS figures
Asked if there was any comment on an investigation by the ONS by the remarks from the Prime Minister yesterday regarding unemployment figures at yesterday's TUC conference, the PMOS replied that as we had said yesterday, what the Prime Minister was talking about was the overall trend in general terms, and he did not talk about any specific figures. If people had concerns, then we would take that into account for the future.
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Foreign media in China
Asked if there was any comment to the Chinese plans to restrict the distribution of news by the foreign media, and would this be discussed today when the Prime Minister met with Premier Wen, the PMOS said that we had expressed to the Chinese already through diplomatic sources the hope that the international media would be able to report freely during the Olympics and thereafter. We would continue to press the issue.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Afghanistan
Asked how concerned the Prime Minister was by the reluctance of the NATO allies to help out in Afghanistan, the PMOS replied that we had to recognise that this request had recently gone in from NATO. We supported the NATO Secretary General who said that if more troops were needed, then they should get them. Equally, what people should recognise was that the Secretary General had also said that he believed that NATO was winning. However, if there were more resources needed, then NATO countries should look at them.
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» Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Prime Minister’s TUC Speech
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) read out some excerpts from the speech the Prime Minister would make to the TUC conference.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Middle East
Asked whether he would make any analysis of his Middle East trip in the speech, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister would refer to, in the general sense, a desire to move forward. We needed to continue to push it forward. The proposal for a national unity government in Palestine was a positive development but we needed to see the detail of the terms on which it had been agreed to see whether they met the principles set down by the international community. For that we would have to wait as this sort of thing took a little time. Asked how the Prime Minister assessed the trip, the PMOS said that the outcome, as the Prime Minister had said himself, would be best judged in the coming weeks and months ahead. The answer to the question of whether we had seen some momentum in the right direction was yes. We were cautious and we did not want to get ahead of ourselves.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Northern Ireland
Asked about any planned meetings with the political parties this week, the PMOS said that given where things were people would be surprised if we were not in touch with the parties. Equally, however, for that very reason we would not be giving a running commentary on meetings and so on. It was a time to see where people were and prepare for what would be a very intensive period ahead.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Chinese Premier Wen’s Visit
Asked if the Prime Minister would discuss Iran, the PMOS that Iran was bound to be one of the issues discussed.
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» Monday, September 11, 2006
Middle East
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) welcomed the announcement by President Abbas that he believed that he had reached a basis for a national unity government following his talks in Gaza. Of course we still needed to see the details but this was potentially a highly significant announcement. We would wait to see how this unfolded in the coming days. Asked whether the government regarded President Abbas's words as breakthrough signals or an expression of optimism, the PMOS said that it was a serious statement that was potentially hugely significant. Events should be allowed to unfold. We would not get ahead of ourselves. We would have to see where we got.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Premiership
Put that in May the Prime Minister had said that the Chancellor was his preferred successor - therefore was this still the case, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister had said what he had said and he had made clear that he did not resile from that in any way.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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