» Friday, December 5, 2008

Party Funding

Asked if the law on party funding needed changing in light of the Peter Hain announcement today, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Electoral Commission had issued a statement this morning relating to this, and in the first instance it was for them to look into. Asked if the Prime Minister was […]

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Global Europe Conference

Asked about the Global Europe conference next week, the PMS said that this was a meeting about the European economy, hosted by the Prime Minister. There would firstly be a trilateral meeting between the Prime Minister, President Sarkozy and President Barroso. This would be followed by a wider meeting of business leaders and economists, the […]

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Zimbabwe

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about Condoleezza Rice s comment that President Mugabe had outstayed his welcome, the PMS said that there had been an election in Zimbabwe earlier this year and the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people had been expressed. It was disappointing that the discussions following the election had dragged on […]

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Miscellaneous

Put that banks weren t passing on the reduction in interest rates and that the Government s recapitalisation plan wasn t working, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had made his view clear this morning; we hoped and expected the banks to pass on the reduction in interest rates. Asked if nationalisation was under […]

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