Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman on: David Blunkett and Robert Mugabe
David Blunkett
Asked what David Blunkett’s interview with Piers Morgan would contribute to the debate on welfare reform and pensions, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that was a matter for the DWP. Asked if it was wise for David Blunkett to be doing such an interview, the PMOS said it was a matter he would leave to David Blunkett and his department, it was not a matter that would detain Downing Street for long. Put to him that perhaps it would be a matter for Downing Street when we heard what came out of it the PMOS said that not only did that come under the heading of a hypothetical question but also perhaps wishful thinking on the part of the journalist.
Robert Mugabe
Asked for a response to Robert Mugabe’s comments comparing President Bush and the Prime Minister to Mussolini and Hitler, the PMOS said that nothing Mr Mugabe said surprised us, nor would it deflect us from our view of what was happening in Zimbabwe, which was anything other than a laughing matter. Asked if we thought it was wrong that Mr Mugabe was a guest in Rome, the PMOS said that was a matter for Rome. Put to him that we held the EU presidency, the PMOS said that last time he checked Italy was a sovereign country.
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