» Tuesday, October 7, 2008
42 Days
Put that Patricia Hewitt and others had advised the Prime Minister to drop 42 days, the PMS said that the Government s position on 42 days remained the same as set out in lobby yesterday; the Prime Minister believed that the 42 days proposal was the right proposal. It had been voted on by the […]
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» Monday, October 6, 2008
Economic Situation
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began the press briefing by telling journalists that we had just issued a joint statement from all EU Heads of Government/State. This set out the common position of the European Union in relation do how they were dealing with the financial situation. The Prime Minister had been discussing this […]
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National Economic Council
The PMS said that the National Economic Council (NEC) would probably next meet on Wednesday, rather than Thursday, which had been announced at this mornings press briefing. Asked what the Prime Minister would say to those critics who might suggest that the NEC was just a talking shop that wouldn t achieve very much, the […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked if the Prime Minister would be making a speech on Middle East matters at the Jewish event this evening, the PMS said that he didn t think it would necessarily be on Middle East matters. original source.
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Economy
Put that bank shares had been in freefall this morning and asked if any of that could be attributed to the speculation about a recapitalisation scheme, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that it was not for him to provide market commentary, and the Government was not going to speculate on possible policy options. […]
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Pre-charge Detention
Asked if he could reassure those who backed 42 day detention that the Government was not going to bottle it , the PMS replied that the Prime Minister s position on 42 days was very clear the House of Commons had expressed its will very clearly back in June, the Government continued to believe that […]
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Academies
Asked which Minister was in charge of the academies programme now, and did the removal of Andrew Adonis mean that the Prime Minister had gone cool on them, the PMS replied that Ed Balls was the Secretary of State dealing with schools policy, and Jim Knight remained the Schools Minister. Andrew Adonis had also put […]
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Ukrainian President
Asked what would be discussed later when the Prime Minister met with the Ukrainian President, the PMS replied that no doubt they would be discussing NATO along with other regional issues in particular the situation in relation to Georgia. Of course they would want to discuss the global economic situation, which was obviously affecting Ukraine […]
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Misc
Asked if we were in a position to confirm or deny that Alistair Campbell would be shortly be joining the Government, the PMS replied that he had no information, and no reason to believe that Alistair Campbell would be joining the Government. Asked if he had seen Peter Mandelson this morning, and how was he, […]
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» Friday, October 3, 2008
Reshuffle/National Economic Council
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled journalists that there were two press notices being issued today. The first was the list of Cabinet members and the second was on the creation of the new National Economic Council (NEC) and its membership. The Prime Minister would give a press conference at […]
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