» Monday, July 16, 2007
Alex Salmond
Asked if the Prime Minister would hold bilateral talks with the First Minister today, the PMS said that Alex Salmond was in Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister was at a meeting with the First Minister and they would no doubt exchange some words, but there would be plenty of opportunities to have further meetings and discussions in the period ahead. As the PMS said last week, we had very good co-operation with the Scottish Executive over the Glasgow terror incident, and we hoped that that level of co-operation could continue in the future.
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US Relationship
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the different messages coming from Cabinet regarding our relationship with America, the PMS replied that there was a very clear message coming from the Cabinet, which was also reiterated by David Miliband in an interview at the weekend and by the Prime Minister on Monday about reinforcing the relationship with the US.
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Robert Mugabe
Asked if the Prime Minister had discussed with Bertie Ahern, or was planning to discuss with Chancellor Merkel the row over inviting Robert Mugabe to the EU Summit, the PMS replied that that was not discussed with the Taoiseach, and we were still many months away from the EU/Africa summit. The PMS added that there were still many opportunities to find a diplomatic solution that was agreeable to all parties by then.
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» Friday, July 13, 2007
Germany
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told journalists the Prime Minister would have a meeting and a dinner with Chancellor Merkel on Monday evening.
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School Sports
Asked whether the five hours of sports, was a new policy, the PMS said it was a new policy, the previous policy had been for funding available of up to four hours a week, and the announcement today was for funding for up to five hours a week.
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UK/US Relations
Asked what the Government reaction would be if a junior member of President Bush's Government visited the UK and started dictating foreign policy, the PMS said he did not think anybody was telling anybody how to run their foreign policy. The PMS thought the interpretation that was put on Douglas Alexander's words this morning was extraordinary. This was not the interpretation that the PMS would have put on the speech when he read it. As the Prime Minister made clear this morning, he thought that we needed to have a very strong relationship between Britain and the United States and between a British Prime Minister and US President. What he would not do was allow people to separate the United Kingdom from the US in dealing with the common challenges we face around the world.
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Floods
Asked whether the Government would be announcing how the flood disaster money was being distributed today, the PMS referred people to the Department of Communities & Local Government.
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TUC Reception
Put that the Prime Minister had meet Iraqi trade unionists at the TUC reception and one of the areas they were concerned about was the carve up of Iraq oil reserves by British or American firms, the PMS said he was not aware of any people the Prime Minister may or may not have met at a TUC reception.
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» Thursday, July 12, 2007
Russia
Asked if there was any further movement on Russia, the Prime Minster's Spokesman (PMS) said that there was nothing further to say, but that people should keep in touch with the FCO.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Iraq report
Asked if we had any comment to make on the Iraq report coming out of Washington, the PMS replied as President Bush was still speaking we wouldn't be commenting.
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