» Friday, December 5, 2008Party FundingAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Global Europe ConferenceAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ZimbabweAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscellaneousPut 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 […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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