» Thursday, November 5, 2009
Afghanistan
Asked when the Prime Minister decided that he wanted to make a speech on Afghanistan, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he had been thinking about it for a few days. The Prime Minister last made a speech on the issue on the 4th September and he thought now was a […]
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Post Office
Asked if the Prime Minister had a comment on the progress of the Post Office dispute, the PMS said that it looked as though there had been some good progress. It was his understanding that the Union Executive Committee was meeting now, talks had been going on all day and those talks were about whether […]
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Economy
Asked why the Prime Minister’s suggestion that 500,000 jobs had been saved by Government initiatives did not tally with the Treasury’s estimate, the PMS said that the methodology used called the Roma and Bernstein Method, was consistent with methods used by the OECD and International Labour Organisation. The rounding up of these figures was considered […]
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Afghanistan
Asked about the Taliban’s possible involvement in the attack on British troops yesterday, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister was briefed immediately on the incident and he was being kept updated as you would expect as details emerged. Evidence was still being gathered, but we knew that local […]
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MPs Expenses
Asked if the Prime Minister would share the views of some MPs that they deserved a pay rise, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s view was that this was the end of self-regulation. We now had a new regime for expenses and he was pleased that the report was going to be implemented as […]
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Jobs
Asked about the Prime Minister’s comment that 500,000 jobs would be saved by Government measures and how that did not tally with the Treasury’s figure of 250,000-400,000, the PMS said that the methodology used, which was called the Roma and Bernstein Method was consistent with the methods that the OECD and International Labour Organisation used […]
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Europe
Asked if there was any more information on Tony Blair becoming President, the PMS said that the Prime Minister continued to talk to his European counterparts, he would be pressing the candidacy of Tony Blair. Asked what plan B would be if Tony Blair did not get the role, the PMS said there was no […]
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GM/OPEL
Asked if the Prime Minister was in talks with GM about job losses, the PMS said that Lord Mandelson had been involved in the initial negotiations. The PMS understood that the First Secretary had held good phone calls yesterday with Fritz Henderson, who was the CEO of GM in the US and the German Economics […]
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Carbon Trading
Put that carbon trading could cause financial problems in the future, the PMS said that the Government’s view on carbon trading was that it could play a role. It had been a feature of the market for some time and made it far more likely that we could tackle some of the difficult aspects of […]
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Health Event
Asked if Andy Burnham’s event in the US was in support of President Obama’s health plans, the PMS said that it was not. It was a think tank event. The Government was very proud of the achievements of the NHS and the improvements over the last 10 years or so. There may or may not […]
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