» Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Northern Ireland

Asked for guidance on the Prime Minister’s meeting with Gerry Adams, the PMS confirmed that the Prime Minister was meeting with Gerry Adams this morning; they were meeting to discuss power sharing in Northern Ireland and it was expected to be quite a wide-ranging discussion. The meeting was ahead of the deadline n Thursday for […]

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UN/Food and Agriculture Organisation Summit

Asked if Douglas Alexander would walk out if Robert Mugabe made a speech at the UN/FAO summit, the PMS said that it was best to double check with Douglas Alexander’s spokesman who was with him, as he could relay the expected timetable for the day. However, our expectation was that Douglas Alexander would not be […]

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42 Days

Asked if the Government was seriously worried about losing the vote on 42 days, the PMS replied that there was a general view at Cabinet that there were some reports in the media this morning that were getting a bit ahead of themselves; the Government had always remained confident of its arguments, but it was […]

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Polyclinics

Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that people would back him on polyclinics, the PMS replied yes. Put that the British Medical Association were against polyclinics, the PMS said that whenever any kind of reform was undertaken there was bound to be resistance, but that the Prime Minister had always been clear that when […]

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Scotland

Put that Frank Field had today given a speech on "the English question" and asked if the Prime Minister had any thoughts on how to address peoples’ worries in relation to that, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that we needed to do more to push our localism agenda and that more needed […]

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Bank Holidays

Asked if the Prime Minister supported the idea of a Bank Holiday being a day to celebrate Britishness, the PMS replied that the Goldsmith Review had given a number of recommendations on this matter a few months ago and that there was still an ongoing debate. The Government and the Prime Minister was sympathetic to […]

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» Monday, June 2, 2008

Pre-charge Detention

Asked if the Prime Minister would resign if he lost the vote on 42 days, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister answered that question in the press conference following his meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister earlier. He said that this would be treated as a normal vote in the same […]

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Mugabe

Put that some Labour MPs thought that there was an inconsistency with the position of the Prime Minister on Mugabe visiting the Rome Conference, and allowing Douglas Alexander to sit through the conference with Mugabe, the PMS replied that first of all tomorrow was an important meeting. Secondly this was a UN meeting and therefore […]

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Brendan Barber

Put that Brendan Barber had been seen going into Downing Street this afternoon, and asked if there was anything they need to know, the PMS replied that he had a private meeting in Downing Street. It was not unusual for the Prime Minister or other senior figures in Downing Street to meet people from the […]

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Scotland

Asked if the Prime Minister had received the Scottish First Minister’s letter, the PMS replied that he did check just before he left and we still had not yet received this letter from Alex Salmond. Obviously we read the contents of the letter in some newspapers yesterday, but it would be inappropriate to give a […]

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