» Monday, May 24, 2010
The Queen’s Speech
Asked why there wouldn’t be an official inquiry into the Queen’s Speech leak, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this had only just happened over the weekend and we were looking into it. We had concluded that there wouldn’t be an official inquiry, but we would not go into particular detail about how that […]
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Treasury Savings Announcement
Asked if today’s announcement should have been made to MPs rather than at a press conference, the PMS said that there was a strong need to get on and deal with this problem quickly. The deficit was the biggest priority for this government and they had been committed for some time to the idea of […]
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BA Strike
Asked if the Government planned to intervene in the BA strike, the PMS said that there was nothing to add to what the Transport Secretary said over the weekend; a strike was not going to resolve the outstanding issues and we encouraged the two parties to resume talks as soon as possible. Asked if the […]
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Prime Minister’s Living Arrangements
Asked if the Prime Minister would be moving into the Downing Street this week, the PMS said that there wasn’t an exact date, but we expected him to move into Downing Street later this week. Asked if the Prime Minister would live in No 11, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would live in […]
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Prime Minister’s Security
Put that there had been criticism over the weekend about the Prime Minister’s security arrangements in terms of walking down White Hall and asked if there would be a change to the arrangements, the PMS said that the Prime Minister felt there was a balance to be struck; there was not a great distance between […]
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Misc
Put that the majority of Cabinet members were millionaires and that this was not a fair representation of the public, the PMS said that the Cabinet should be judged on the job that they did and this morning they were making a priority of dealing with the problems the country faced. original source.
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» Monday, May 17, 2010
Treasury announcements/economy
Asked whether all spending decisions since January would now be under review, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the announcement made this morning was about all spending decisions made since January. All those spending decisions, including things such as pilots would be looked at again to see whether we should proceed […]
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Coalition agreement
Asked when the second agreement would be published and would the Human Rights Act appear in it, the PMS said that there would be a further Coalition document which would set out the Government’s policy programme. The precise timing of that had not yet been decided but was likely to happen in the next couple […]
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World Cup bid
Put that the Prime Minister had backed the World Cup bid and did he stand by that after the events of the weekend, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that this was a matter for the FA and they had acted swiftly. The Prime Minister remained very enthusiastic about the World Cup bid […]
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Ash cloud
Asked whether the Prime Minister would agree with the comments made by Richard Branson, the PMS said that the Government’s priority was the safety of passengers. There was a process for analysing what was going on, which involved the MET Office, the CAA and the Air Traffic Control Service and those experts would be the […]
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