» Monday, June 9, 2008
Afghanistan
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that the majority of people in this country were convinced of the case for staying in Afghanistan, and the sacrifices that entailed, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister was convinced that staying in Afghanistan was the right thing to do. This was a country that had suffered […]
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Church of England
Asked if the Prime Minister accepted that the Church of England had been marginalised in the last few years, and that it had not been listened to perhaps as much as voices from other faiths, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would not accept that at all. The Prime Minister was obviously keen on […]
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Public Sector Pay
Asked if the Government had a message for public sector workers rallying today, the PMS replied that our general message on public sector pay was that the Prime Minister of course appreciated the good jobs that many people in the public sector did on behalf of the public, and he recognised their commitment to public […]
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Commonwealth Summit
Asked what the Prime Minister’s vision was for reform of global institutions, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s vision of reform was pretty well known. It was set out for example in his speech he gave when he was in India – it was about making reform in the international institutions to make them […]
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OPEC
Asked if the Prime Minister thought we should "put a blowtorch" to OPEC, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had made clear that obviously we would expect the oil producing countries to do more, but that we also needed a comprehensive and long term approach to the issues facing the oil market. That meant […]
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Misc
Asked about a documentary this evening in which Alistair Darling says that he warned the Prime Minister over the 10p issue, the Prime Minister replied that he was not going to give TV reviews after they had been broadcast, let alone before they had been broadcast. Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the tax […]
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» Friday, June 6, 2008
Ireland/DUP/Sinn Fein
Asked if the Taoiseach would be at the talks in No 10 today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said no; there would be representatives of the Irish Government at Downing Street today but it was important to emphasise that the talks we were hosting today were between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein. […]
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42 Days
Asked if the Prime Minister had any views on John Major’s remarks about 42 days and the "authoritarian" State, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had set out the Government’s position on this in his Times article earlier this week. A lot had changed over the past ten years; the terror threat we faced […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked for an update on the situation in Zimbabwe and what we could do to assist non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that work there, the PMS said that we had seen the response this morning of the international aid community to the decision that had been taken by the Zimbabwe authorities, which would affect the 4 million […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked for the Prime Minister’s thoughts on reports about a renewed drive for a European army, the PMS said that the Prime Minister did not think there would be a European army. It was the UK Government’s position that NATO remained the cornerstone of European defence and this was explicitly spelt out in the Lisbon […]
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