» Thursday, December 3, 2009
UK/France
Asked if there was a diplomatic rift between the UK and France and was President Sarkozy told that he could not come to Downing Street, the PMS said that there was no diplomatic rift between Britain and France. The opportunity for the Prime Minister and President to meet this week did not present itself due […]
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Afghanistan/Pakistan
Put that the Prime Minister had said that Osama Bin Laden was in Pakistan whereas the Pakistani Prime Minister had claimed today that he wasn’t and who had been wrong, the PMS said that if we knew where Osama Bin Laden was then we would be in a stronger position. The Prime Minister was of […]
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Social Care Vouchers
Asked if the Prime Minister had written any letters on the subject of child care vouchers or had attended any meetings about it, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had said he would listen carefully to peoples’ views. Asked if the Prime Minister had written a letter to some of the MPs that had […]
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Manufacturing
Asked if the Prime Minister would accept that manufacturing had declined three times as faster under a Labour government as it had done under a Conservative one, the PMS said that we had seen an announcement from Lord Mandelson today involving Rolls Royce, that showed that advanced manufacturing was alive and kicking. The Prime Minister […]
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Letters to grieving families of soldiers
Asked about condolence letters that had not been sent out to grieving families who had lost their loved ones in 2007, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had apologised unreservedly for this unacceptable error at the press conference this morning. A letter had not been sent, the Prime Minister was made […]
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Pakistan
Asked why the Prime Minister was so convinced that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan, the PMS said that based on the best evidence we had the Prime Minister believed that the al Queda leadership was in Waziristan. The most important thing was to work as closely as possible with Pakistan to ensure that we […]
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President Sarkozy
Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting with President Sarkozy this week, the PMS said that the Prime Minister and President Sarkozy would not meet this week, but they had had a good discussion at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting last week and would see in each other in Brussels next week. Asked […]
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RBS
Asked if the Government was being held to ransom by RBS due to the threat of mass resignation from the bank, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had said at the press conference this morning that we now had a worldwide approach to bonuses instigated at the G20 meeting. The UK had decided to […]
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» Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Afghanistan
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that it would be the Royal Welsh Regiment who would be going to Afghanistan in mid-December. Put that the Prime Minister had mentioned in PMQs that regional governments would be invited to the conference in January, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had said regional […]
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Pakistan
Asked what the two Prime Ministers would be discussing in the meeting, the PMS said that Afghanistan would be one of the key issues as well as regional and development issues. It was a very timely discussion; the Prime Minister spoke to the President of Pakistan over the weekend and the involvement and contribution of […]
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