» Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Northern Ireland

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) started by saying that the Prime Minister was in Northern Ireland this morning. He and the Taoiseach had been engaged in discussions through the night, both with the Sinn Fein and DUP leaderships and with other Northern Ireland political leaders. Meetings would continue this morning and the Prime Minister continued […]

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Yemen Meeting

Asked what the Prime Minister hoped to achieve at the meeting on Yemen, the PMS said that there would be a focus on how the Yemenis could deal with the challenge of security. We were expecting around twenty delegations including the Yemeni Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Planning and the Deputy Prime […]

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Afghanistan Conference

Asked what the Prime Minister was seeking to get from his meeting with President Karzai, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had regular conversations with President Karzai by telephone and today was a good opportunity for them to meet face to face and discuss some of the proposals ahead of the conference tomorrow. Asked […]

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Misc

Asked about the Supreme Court’s decision today on freezing assets of terror suspects, the PMS said that it was best to talk to the Treasury; the key point was that the assets that had been frozen would remain so we wanted to make sure that there was legislation on the UK books to address this. […]

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» Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Northern Ireland

The Prime Minister has had a further series of meetings in Belfast today. First he met with the Taoiseach, then he and the Taoiseach met with the Sinn Fein leadership, and then separately with the DUP leadership. There were further such meetings after lunch. The Prime Minister has kept in touch with all the key […]

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GDP Figures

Asked whether the Prime Minister would be commenting on the figures released today, the PMS replied that the Chancellor had commented today and she would refer people back to the Prime Minister’s comments yesterday at his press conference, where he stressed the need to be confident but cautious about the economy and the recovery. The […]

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» Monday, January 25, 2010

Northern Ireland

Asked when the Prime Minister would be in Belfast, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach had just left and were travelling together to Belfast. They would be having a joint meeting with Martin McGuiness and Peter Robinson when they arrived. The hope was that a solution would be […]

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Misc

Asked why so many Cabinet Ministers had visited No 10 today, the PMS said that Cabinet Ministers regularly came to No 10. original source.

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» Friday, January 22, 2010

Banking

Asked for the Prime Minister’s reaction to President Obama’s plans for US banking, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we would have to look at it in detail. What the President was doing was very much in accordance with the direction that we had been taking. One of the issues in […]

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Iraq Inquiry

Asked how the Prime Minister felt about being out-manoeuvred over the Chilcot inquiry, the PMS said that he would reject the assertion that the Prime Minister had been out-manoeuvred. The Prime Minister was keen to take up the opportunity to state the case as to why Britain was right to take the action that it […]

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