» Monday, February 26, 2007
Afghanistan Troop Annoucement
Asked how disappointed the Prime Minister was that, in the words of the Defence Secretary, after consistently lobbying our partners for more help in Afghanistan, it was clear that only we and a small number of key allies were prepared to step forward, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that the Prime Minister believed that NATO was the organisation who decided how many troops were necessary. Equally the Prime Minister recognised that other countries had lifted caveats on how their troops could be deployed, and other countries were helping in other ways such as reconstruction. But it was a reality that in the end a certain number of combat troops were needed, and that role had fallen to us. That was why we were making the announcement today. This was an announcement to support our troops in what the Prime Minister believed was a mission that had to succeed.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
EU Summit
Asked if the Prime Minister would be signing up to a document that might contain elements of the constitution at the forthcoming EU Summit, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that this was somewhat surprising, as we had said in Berlin when we had stood beside Chancellor Merkel that the March Summit was not where this would be discussed. It was an economic summit in line with the practice that EU spring summits were economic ones, and it would focus on energy in particular.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
EU Summit
Asked if the Prime Minister would be signing up to a document that might contain elements of the constitution at the forthcoming EU Summit, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that this was somewhat surprising, as we had said in Berlin when we had stood beside Chancellor Merkel that the March Summit was not where this would be discussed. It was an economic summit in line with the practice that EU spring summits were economic ones, and it would focus on energy in particular.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Iran
Asked what was the UK hoping to get out of the talks about Iran, the PMOS said that today was more a preliminary exercise in terms of establishing where people were. Clearly, the report to the UN was worrying and concerning, and clearly, people wanted to take further action. We needed to work out how we did that. What Iran should not in any way do was to make any mistake about the unity of the international community in opposition to its continuing flaunting of what the UN had said its obligations were. Iran should not in any way mistake the fact that discussions were taking place as any weakening of resolve. It was quite the reverse.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Iran
Asked what was the UK hoping to get out of the talks about Iran, the PMOS said that today was more a preliminary exercise in terms of establishing where people were. Clearly, the report to the UN was worrying and concerning, and clearly, people wanted to take further action. We needed to work out how we did that. What Iran should not in any way do was to make any mistake about the unity of the international community in opposition to its continuing flaunting of what the UN had said its obligations were. Iran should not in any way mistake the fact that discussions were taking place as any weakening of resolve. It was quite the reverse.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Gun Crime
Put that the Chief Constable of Merseyside had said that there needed to be tougher action against families who harboured gangsters and who used guns, and what were the Prime Minister's thoughts on it, the PMOS replied that one of the outcomes of the Gun Summit was to look again at making it a crime to pass on a weapon to someone else in the same family. Therefore, that was one of the areas that we were exploring. There would be other areas which we would continue to look at, and the whole point of the Gun Summit last week was to increase the momentum of the different issues.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Gun Crime
Put that the Chief Constable of Merseyside had said that there needed to be tougher action against families who harboured gangsters and who used guns, and what were the Prime Minister's thoughts on it, the PMOS replied that one of the outcomes of the Gun Summit was to look again at making it a crime to pass on a weapon to someone else in the same family. Therefore, that was one of the areas that we were exploring. There would be other areas which we would continue to look at, and the whole point of the Gun Summit last week was to increase the momentum of the different issues.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Oscars-Helen Mirren
Asked if the Prime Minister had responded to Helen Mirren's win at the Oscars last night, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister had said that it took a very special actress to take on a role of this kind, and to do so to universal acclaim. Helen Mirren was a very special kind of actress, and her Oscar was richly deserved.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Oscars-Helen Mirren
Asked if the Prime Minister had responded to Helen Mirren's win at the Oscars last night, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister had said that it took a very special actress to take on a role of this kind, and to do so to universal acclaim. Helen Mirren was a very special kind of actress, and her Oscar was richly deserved.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Deportations-Abu Qatada
Asked for the Prime Minister's reaction to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) decision to continue the deportation of Abu Qatada, especially in light of the meeting with King Abdullah, the PMOS said that the Home Office would put out a detailed statement. However, the PMOS drew journalists' attention firstly to the fact that SIAC had said that Abu Qatada presented a threat to UK's national security and could be deported. Secondly, the court had recognised the value of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and the assurances linked to them. The court had said that "...we saw no justification for the comments from NGOs that the UK Government's attempt to negotiate an rely on MOUs was an attempt to evade the UK's international obligation...". The PMOS said that that was important in this case in that we had agreed an MOU with Jordan. However, the significance went beyond this case as well.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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