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Phone hacking allegations

Asked if the Prime Minister would be having a meeting with Andy Coulson regarding the phone hacking allegations, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that we did not generally comment on the Prime Minister’s meetings. Asked if Andy Coulson had offered his resignation, the PMS said no, and the matter didn’t arise because nothing had […]

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Phone hacking allegations

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Misc

Asked about reports that the government was going to scrap plans to build two new aircraft carriers, the PMS said that there was a Strategic Defence Review underway and there was some speculation about that, but it was purely speculation. Once the review had concluded we would let people know the results. Asked if the […]

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Misc

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Spending Review

Put that the Deputy Prime Minister seemed to be trying to calm people down this morning by saying that the cuts amounted to 6% each year over the next four years, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Deputy Prime Minister had been setting out the position; these were significant cuts by any standard […]

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Phone hacking allegations

Put that the Home Secretary had said earlier this week that the Government position on the phone hacking allegations was to let the police get on with their job, but that the Deputy Prime Minister had said this morning that police should investigate new allegations as quickly as possible, and asked why there had been […]

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Burning of Koran

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on the US pastor calling on people to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11, the PMS said that primarily this was an issue for the US, but the government’s view was that we would not condone the burning of any book. We would strongly oppose […]

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