» Friday, February 6, 2009
Dutch Prime Minister
Asked for a readout on the meeting with the Dutch Prime Minister, the PMS said that he had not had a readout yet, but he would let people know when he had. original source.
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Royal Mail
Asked whether the Prime Minister was worried about the prospect of several thousand job losses in Royal Mail, the PMS replied that the Royal Mail had set out their position on that story. It was his understanding that the Royal Mail had said they had no plans for 16,000 job cuts. In terms of staffing […]
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» Thursday, February 5, 2009
Bank Bonuses
Asked if the Prime Minister was attracted to President Obama s idea of there being a ceiling on remuneration for bank chiefs in institutions that had a public stake, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had said in his press conference earlier that in October, we set […]
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Knife Crime
Asked if there was any response to the claim that a Downing Street advisor had ordered the publication of the knife crime stats, the PMS said that Kevin Brennan had told the Public Administration Select Committee that he would respond to their request. In reference to the Downing Street official the PMS said that this […]
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Misc
Asked whether the BBC were right to sack Carol Thatcher, the PMS said that that was a decision for the BBC. original source.
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Economy
Asked if the Prime Minister understood people s anger at the bonuses being paid by RBS, and did he support President Obama s idea of capping salaries, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that there had been comments from Lord Mandelson this morning on this, and it was important as well to reiterate where […]
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Torture
Put that yesterday the Foreign Secretary said that the Government did not condone or accept torture, and asked if the Prime Minister knew about this allegation, the PMS replied that the allegation as he understood it dated back to October, and these were not new. The Home Secretary had already referred the facts in the […]
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» Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Binyam Mohamed
Asked whether the Obama administration reaffirmed the threat to withhold intelligence, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he thought there were a number of assumptions in the question and he was not sure whether we would agree with any of them. Asked whether he recognised the fact that the Obama […]
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PMQ’s
Asked if the Prime Minister thought we were in a depression, the PMS said that the Prime Minister didn t believe that. Asked why he had said that in PMQ s, the PMS said that it was not the Prime Minister s intention going into PMQ s to describe the current global situation by using […]
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Nuclear Weapons
Asked about the Government s response to President Obama s plan to reduce nuclear weapons, the PMS said that David Miliband had given a long speech on this today. We had been very clear for some time that we strongly supported the global commitment to a world free from nuclear weapons and creating the conditions […]
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