» Monday, August 20, 2007

Family Values

Asked for a No10 reaction on behalf of the Prime Minister to David Cameron’s recent comments about the breakdown of families, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled journalists that she was not going to respond directly to the Leader of the Opposition, and recommended that people spoke to the Labour Party. Asked what […]

Briefing took place at 12:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Crime

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed that parts of the country were now inflicted by anarchy, the PMS replied that what both the Prime Minister and the Government as a whole would emphasise was that public protection was the top priority. With reference to knife crime, that was why the Government had introduced a new […]

Briefing took place at 12:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Chancellor Merkel Meeting

Asked why the Prime Minister was holding a bilateral with Chancellor Merkel specifically this week, and also, was the Prime Minister back at work now, the PMS said that Chancellor Merkel would be in London on Wednesday. They would discuss a wide range of topics, specifically looking at international development issues, trade, and other issues […]

Briefing took place at 12:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Iraq

Asked if the Prime Minister had had any thought about the reports over the weekend from the US that said that the UK was beaten in Iraq and that we were now facing rising violence and a Saigon situation, the PMS replied that people should look at the response that the Basra military spokesperson Major […]

Briefing took place at 12:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

EU Treaty

Put that a Times report from Brussels this morning had reported that a committee had asserted that the reform treaty was much the same as the constitution, the PMS said that our position on the treaty had been well established, the constitutional aspects of the treaty were not in this draft either in form or […]

Briefing took place at 12:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Afghan Medals

Asked if the Prime Minister had any further thoughts regarding Richard Dannatt’s comments that there should be a class added to the medals given out for Afghanistan to reflect the nature of the fighting, the PMS replied that as the MOD had said yesterday, obviously the Chief of the General Staff had given his opinion […]

Briefing took place at 12:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Family Values

Asked for a No10 reaction on behalf of the Prime Minister to David Cameron’s recent comments about the breakdown of families, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled journalists that she was not going to respond directly to the Leader of the Opposition, and recommended that people spoke to the Labour Party. Asked what […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Crime

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed that parts of the country were now inflicted by anarchy, the PMS replied that what both the Prime Minister and the Government as a whole would emphasise was that public protection was the top priority. With reference to knife crime, that was why the Government had introduced a new […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Chancellor Merkel Meeting

Asked why the Prime Minister was holding a bilateral with Chancellor Merkel specifically this week, and also, was the Prime Minister back at work now, the PMS said that Chancellor Merkel would be in London on Wednesday. They would discuss a wide range of topics, specifically looking at international development issues, trade, and other issues […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Iraq

Asked if the Prime Minister had had any thought about the reports over the weekend from the US that said that the UK was beaten in Iraq and that we were now facing rising violence and a Saigon situation, the PMS replied that people should look at the response that the Basra military spokesperson Major […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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