Briefing from the Prime Minister’s Spokesman on: Middle East Peace Process (MEPP), General Petraeus, cannabis and elections
Middle East Peace Process (MEPP)
Asked for more details on the Palestinian Investment event, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that this was an event to encourage UK businesses to invest in the Palestinian territories. Also attending would be Douglas Alexander, the Palestinian Prime Minister Mr Fayad, and Tony Blair. The audience would be many UK businesspeople.
Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting with Tony Blair, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would stay to see Tony Blair speak, so they would be on the platform together at this event.
General Petraeus
Asked what was on the agenda for the Petraeus meeting, the PMS replied that General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker were passing through London, and as they normally did when passing through, they would be dropping in on the Prime Minister. So it would be more of a catch-up meeting than anything else.
Cannabis
Asked about the Guardian report on reclassifying cannabis, the PM replied that he was not a spokesman for ACPO, people should speak to them to see whether their position had been accurately represented on the front page of the Guardian this morning. All he would say was that as ACPO had been saying, they stood by the recommendation that they made to the Advisory Council on the misuse of drugs that cannabis should be restored to the category of a class B drug.
Put that the point of the piece this morning was that if the police were not going to act on a reclassification, then surely there was no point in it, the PMS replied that as he said, it was probably best to speak to ACPO to see whether or not that was an accurate description.
Asked if he suspected that this was not the case, the PMS replied that it was best to speak to them, he was not a spokesman for ACPO.
Elections
Asked if the Prime Minister had voted this morning, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had voted this morning.
Asked who the Prime Minister voted for as his second preference for London Mayor, the PMS replied that this probably fell into the category of political questions.
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