» Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Gold
Asked if the Prime Minster lay awake at night wishing that he had not flogged off gold at a knocked down rate and waited until now, the PMS replied that equally you could make the argument that if we had sold off gold in the 1980s when the gold price was very high, then we […]
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Tote
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that the Government had broken the 2001 and 2005 manifesto pledges not to privatise the Tote, the PMS replied that he did not think the Government had broken the 2005 pledge. From memory, it said that if it were not possible to go ahead with a sale of […]
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» Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Cabinet
Asked what was discussed at Cabinet, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that there was a discussion led by the Home Secretary in advance of her speech on Thursday on the implementation of the ID card programme, and also a discussion led by Ruth Kelly on roads and congestion, picking up some of the themes […]
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ID Cards
Asked where we were on ID cards, the PMS replied that Jacqui Smith would give the next update in her speech on Thursday. Put that that was Thursday, and asked where we were now and were we still for them, the PMS replied that the Government had a long standing commitment in favour of ID […]
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Licensing Act
Put that the report on 24 hour drinking suggested that there had been a bit of a problem with some of the violence being pushed into the early hours of the morning, and asked for the Prime Minister’s view, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s view was the Government’s view as set out today. […]
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Misc
Asked what the Prime Minister spoke about at the conference for ambassadors, the PMS replied that it was a private event and quite informal, and the Prime Minister said a few general words on British foreign policy in line with what he had said at his recent speech in India. Asked if the Prime Minister […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling assembled journalists that Cabinet met for approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes this morning. The main items of discussion were; where we were on ID cards ahead of Jacqui Smith’s speech on Thursday and a presentation from Ruth Kelly on roads and congestions, outlining some of the […]
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Proms
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Margaret Hodge that the Proms were narrow and lacked common British values, the PMS replied that, as DCMS had been saying this morning, this was not meant to be an attack on the Proms. DCMS had also stated that, in the view of Margaret Hodge, the Proms were […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked for the Prime Minister’s position regarding the Zimbabwean cricket team and other Zimbabwean sporting teams, the PMS replied that, in regards to cricket, we continued to discuss the matter of Zimbabwe with the English Cricket Board (ECB) as it was a matter for the English cricketing authorities; they ultimately decided whether England would play […]
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ID Cards
Asked where the Government was in regards to ID Cards, the PMS replied that it was best to wait for Jacqui Smith’s speech on Thursday which would set out the latest state of play. Asked for more information on the ID Cards discussion at Cabinet this morning, the PMS said that Jacqui Smith would set […]
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