Downing Street SaysEvery day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'.Cabinet- September 17, 2008 The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by informing journalists that the official Cabinet met for around 45 minutes this morning; the main items discussed included an update on the economy and financial markets from the Chancellor, an update from Shaun Woodward on the situation in Northern Ireland, and ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/16/6041 XL- September 17, 2008 Asked for the Prime Minister s view on the collapse of the holiday firm XL, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had enormous sympathy for both customers and employees of XL. As Ruth Kelly had made clear, she was working very ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/12/6029 Misc- September 17, 2008 Asked if the Prime Minister saw Lady Thatcher at Chequers over the weekend, the PMS confirmed that the Prime Minister had met Lady Thatcher at Chequers. This was a longstanding, planned lunch and a private meeting between the two, so no more details would be given. ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/15/6040 Zimbabwe- September 17, 2008 Asked for the Government s thoughts on the power-sharing deal, the PMS replied that we congratulated President Mbeki s efforts to broker a deal between Zanu PF and the MDC, but we would of course need to study the detail. In principle, we stood ready to support Zimbabwe s ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/15/6039 AirbusGKN- September 17, 2008 Put that the deal between Airbus and GKN meant that Britain was effectively out of the Airbus consortium, the PMS said it would be best to check with BERR on the matter. original source.http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/15/6038 Ministerial Posts- September 17, 2008 Asked if it was the Government s policy that any Labour MP who asked for nomination papers who had a role in the Government would lose their job, the PMS replied that he would be at risk of straying into party political territory and he would not start answering ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/15/6037 Lehman Brothers- September 17, 2008 Asked for a reaction to the news that Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy, the PMS replied that we would not comment on specific firms. There had been a statement from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). What the events of this weekend had once again demonstrated was that there ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/15/6036 Georgia- September 17, 2008 Asked how the meeting with the Georgian Prime Minister was brought about, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister met the Georgian Prime Minister in Brussels two weeks ago and they had agreed to stay in touch. The Georgian Prime Minister would ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/15/6035 Economy- September 17, 2008 Asked how long the economic discussion at Cabinet lasted, the PMS replied that the discussion lasted around 30 minutes. Asked if anything specific was said about the City, aid packages and help for workers, the PMS replied that it was a general discussion and he would not be going ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/16/6042 Russia- September 17, 2008 Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned about the comments made by the Russian Foreign Minister to David Miliband, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had covered this in his press conference yesterday, where he had said that we wanted a good relationship with Russia and we wanted ...http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/09/12/6030 |