» Monday, March 21, 2011
Strategic Defence and Security Review
Asked if the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) provided the flexibility needed in future operations, the PMS said that the SDSR was about ensuring that we had the right kind of forces for the future looking ahead to 2020. We were now starting to implement the SDSR. Put that there had been a call […]
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MPs’ Pay
Asked what advice the Prime Minister would give to MPs when they voted on their pay today, the PMS said that there should be a pay freeze for MPs and that’s what they should be voting for. original source.
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» Friday, March 18, 2011
Libya
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) spoke to the assembled press about the process leading to the UN Security Council Resolution on Libya. He explained that the Prime Minister had made a number of phone calls on Wednesday to the King of Saudi, the Crown prince of Abu Dhabi, the Prime Minister of Qatar, and the […]
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» Thursday, March 17, 2011
Libya
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had made some further calls on Libya, following his calls last night. The PMS said that we would not get into specifics about those calls, but they were to Arab and African leaders. Talking to Arab leaders was important and the Prime Minister was making […]
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Japan
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) advised that travel advice had been updated. Non-essential travel to Tokyo and north east Japan should still be avoided and as an additional precaution British nationals had been advised to remain outside an 80km radius of Fukushima. This was in line with US advice. He advised that SAGE continued to […]
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Libya
On Libya the PMS advised that there had been substantive discussions on the draft resolution at the UN yesterday and that there remained a range of views in the Council. Tabling the resolution had had the desired effect of triggering serious discussions on next steps. The Prime Minister was closely engaged with the process. He […]
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Bahrain
On Bahrain the PMS advised that the Foreign Office had updated their travel advice. They had recommended that those people without pressing reason to remain should leave the country. The first option was via commercial routes. In addition the UK Government would be chartering planes to assist departure. There would be a charge of 260 […]
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» Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Libya
Put that the Foreign Secretary had just said that a no-fly zone could go ahead without a UN resolution and asked if he was going off message, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that he hadn’t seen the Foreign Secretary’s comments but presumed he had been referring to past precedents. Asked if the UN Council […]
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Nick Griffin petition
Put that Nick Griffin from the BNP was delivering a petition to No 10 tomorrow and asked if the Prime Minister had been made aware of this in advance and how he felt about it, the PMS said that he wasn’t sure if the Prime Minister knew. People were entitled to deliver petitions to Downing […]
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Sentencing Council
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about sentencing guidelines from the Sentencing Council that meant fewer people would be imprisoned for assault, the PMS said that the Sentencing Council was an independent body and it was responsible for setting out sentencing guidelines. Those guidelines were a point of departure for the judiciary, and it […]
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