» Monday, October 26, 2009
EU Presidency
Asked if the Prime Minister was going to push the issue of Tony Blair’s candidacy for the role of EU President, the PMS said the Lisbon Treaty needs to be agreed then a candidacy process would follow. The PMS said if Tony Blair wished to be a candidate, the Prime Minister would be supportive of […]
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European Council
Asked whether there was a formal agenda for the upcoming meeting yet and would the subject of the EU President form part of the agenda, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the formal agenda had not been confirmed. One of the big issues would be climate change finance and there would […]
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Territorial Army
Asked about the Telegraph story this morning on TA training, the PMS said that the TA played an extremely important role as part of our overall military effort and the Prime Minister was very grateful for what TA members did to support the country. The focus at the moment was on ensuring our efforts in […]
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Copenhagen
Put that the White House had said that the President would not attend the Climate Change Summit and did the Prime Minister still intend to go, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister did intend to go. The Prime Minister had said in September that showing leadership in Copenhagen was important and he was very […]
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Lockerbie
Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the re-opening of the investigation into Lockerbie, the PMS said that the Prime Minister believed that if there was to be a re-opening then it would be a matter for the Scottish authorities. original source.
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» Friday, October 23, 2009
GDP Figures
Asked how disappointed the Prime Minister was with this morning’s GDP figures, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Chancellor had spoken about the GDP figures this morning and the Prime Minister agreed with him; we would see growth returning at the turn of the year. The Chancellor also said that confidence was beginning […]
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BNP on Question Time
Asked if the Prime Minister had watched Question Time and asked for his views on it, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had not watched Question Time, but had spoken to Jack Straw to thank him for appearing on the programme. The Prime Minister had set out his views on Question Time yesterday when […]
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» Thursday, October 22, 2009
Royal Mail Strike
Asked if it was in the Government’s best interest for the disputing parties to attend ACAS, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the two parties needed to express themselves willing to sit down with ACAS and so far the Royal Mail management team had said they don’t think that would be appropriate until the threat […]
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E-Petition
Asked how the Prime Minister will respond to a website petition with 72,000 signatures asking him to resign, the PMS said e-petitions were an important way of people expressing their views on a range of issues and that the Prime Minister received notification of all e-petitions. However he had to rely on the official process […]
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Postal Strike
Asked if the Government had played any part in the scuppering of an agreement between Royal Mail and the union, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had said a few words about the postal strike this morning and made clear that it was incumbent on the sides to get together. The […]
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