» Thursday, May 21, 2009

Expenses

Asked to explain the apparent inconsistency in the Prime Minister s remarks about Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, the PMS said there was no inconsistency in the Prime Minister s remarks. Asked whether it was capital gains tax, or flipping that the Prime Minister found totally unacceptable in Hazel Blears behaviour, the PMS reiterated the Prime […]

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Gurkhas

Asked if the Prime Minister was hosting a garden party for the Gurkhas, the PMS told the assembled press that some Gurkhas would be coming to Downing Street at 4.30pm with Joanna Lumley. Asked if the Prime Minister would support moves to make Joanna Lumley a Dame, the PMS said he would not comment on […]

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Misc

Asked if the Prime Minister feared the Mayor of London was inviting controversy by allowing BNP Leader Nick Griffin to Buckingham Palace, the PMS said he did not have a comment on the issue at this point. original source.

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Standard and Poor

Asked about the Standard and Poor forecasts, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that as the Treasury had been saying, Standard and Poor had reaffirmed the UK s AAA rating, on the basis of what they described as our wealthy diversified economy and high degree of fiscal and monetary flexibility. The […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

MPs Expenses

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the expenses claims made by Geoff Hoon or James Purnell were unacceptable, the PMS said that James Purnell and Geoff Hoon had given detailed explanations of their situations in relation to Capital Gains Tax and people would have seen the detailed statements from both of them. They had […]

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Gurkhas

Put that Joanna Lumley emerged from her meeting with the Prime Minister saying that he had been generous and affectionate and how would the Prime Minister describe the meeting, the PMS said that he was sure that the Prime Minister would have an opportunity to answer that question in his own words during the course […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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