» Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Party Funding

Asked if the Prime Minister had been contacted by the police on party funding, the PMS replied that as he had said before, the question we would answer on this, to be consistent, was "Has the Prime Minister been interviewed by the police?" And the answer to that question was no. Asked if journalists would […]

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ID Cards

Asked if Keith Vaz was right to say that the Prime Minister was leaving himself "wriggle-room" over the implementation of ID cards, the PMS replied that the position on ID cards had not changed. All the Prime Minister was doing today, as on the Marr programme and in the Observer at the weekend, was just […]

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MP’s Pay

Asked if we were getting recommendations on MP’s pay tomorrow, and did we recognise the figures that were run by the BBC at lunchtime, the PMS replied that the was obviously a lot of speculation around this, and there had been some speculation in on of the Sunday newspapers before Christmas as well. But for […]

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European Leaders Meeting

Asked if there was any reason why the meeting in London with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy had been moved back to the end of January, the PMS replied that he thought it was entirely down to diary issues. Asked if we thought that Italy had been annoyed by not being invited in […]

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Meeting of European Leader’s

Asked for more details on the proposed meeting between the Prime Minister and the leaders of Italy, Germany and France, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman told the assembled press that we were not in a position to confirm a date yet, but it would be later that month. Asked if Italy had confirmed its attendance, the […]

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David Beckham

Asked for more details about the Prime Minister’s meeting with David Beckham last night, the PMS said that it was a private meeting. The Prime Minister would be visiting the David Beckham Academy on Thursday and the main purpose of the meeting was for them to discuss the visit. Asked how he would characterise the […]

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Cannabis

Asked if the Government intended to reclassify Cannabis, the PMS replied that the Government’s position was that there was an independent review by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that was ongoing. The review had not yet reported, so the Government was waiting for the outcome of that review. Blasphemy In response to […]

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Hospital Deep Cleaning

Put that Alan Johnson had said that the deep cleaning of hospitals was a gesture rather than something that was effective against superbugs such as MRSA and in view of that, was it still the Government’s intention to press on with what seemed to be a rather costly gesture, the PMS replied that he was […]

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