» Monday, March 5, 2007
Police Inquiry
Put to him that earlier today he had denied leaking details of the email, which the CPS had also denied, however Scotland Yard had not commented, and did he think they should, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that it was a matter for the police.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Arts Speech
Asked for more detail on the Prime Minister's arts speech, the PMOS replied that it was a speech on the arts and would follow the seminar held by the Prime Minister last week on the same subject. This was one of the Prime Minister's "Our Nation's Future" speeches.
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Ethiopia Kidnap
Asked for clarification on the Ambassador's call for a "restraint" in the media, the PMOS replied that the UK Ambassador in Addis Ababa had said that this was time for media restraint, and we would support that. Any speculation could only be harmful to those we all wanted to help. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office were in the lead on this, and we would say nothing more than they were saying.
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House of Lords Reform
Asked if he could tell Lobby precisely how the Prime Minister would vote on Lords reform on Wednesday, the PMOS replied that he could not.
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Northern Ireland
Asked if the Prime Minister would be visiting Northern Ireland towards the end of the month, the PMOS replied that there was an election on Wednesday, the results would come out on Thursday and Friday, and it was best to wait until Friday teatime. But it had been a very interesting election campaign.
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BBC Documentary
Asked to comment on the BBC documentary to be screened tomorrow, and the allegation that the Prime Minister offered to hand the premiership to Gordon Brown in the second term if he agreed to adopt the Euro, the PMOS replied that the BBC could do its own publicity and did not need us to do it for them.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
EU Council
The PMOS said the important thing about this summit was that it was focussing on energy and climate change. It is very much a stepping stone from where we were at Gleneagles to where we want to be by the end of the G8 in Germany this June. We want the Council to set stretching targets fort tackling greenhouse gas emissions. To embrace climate friendly technologies, to commit to maximise efficient use of existing energy supply and to continue to open up the energy markets to competition. It is an important summit and we congratulate the lead that has been given by Germany as President of the EU.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Police Inquiry
Asked why Scotland Yard thought No10 were leaking details of emails to wreck their inquiry, the PMOS asked if Scotland Yard really thought that. The reporter responded by saying that the papers said so. The PMOS went on to say that suggestions that we leaked, or were trying to leak, this information, were just plain wrong, and that judgement was not based on his personal hunch, but because there were inaccuracies in reports that meant it could not have come from No.10. He added he could not get into what the inaccuracies were as the approach from No.10, all the way through, had been that we are against all leaks, all speculation. It was a police investigation that should just be allowed proceed. All the weekend had done was to illustrate precisely why the leaking in the past had been unhelpful, just as this leak had been unhelpful.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Stock Markets
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned by slide in the stock market, the PMOS said he would not comment on the stock market but thanked the reporter for her question.
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Social Exclusion
Asked about the line coming from think tanks that there was an economic gulf growing between London and the rest of the country and this was a danger economically, the PMOS said that the economic growth throughout the country showed that the country as a whole was benefiting from the Government's economic policies. If you looked, for instance, at today's employment figures, which were outlined at the press conference on the Freud report, what it showed was that we have amongst the highest employment levels throughout the country in terms of the G8 countries.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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