? He played down the prospect of military action against Syria. The Syrian armed forces are on a vastly greater scale than those of Libya and so a military intervention would have to be on a vastly greater scale than in the case of Libya," he said.? He said Britain did not want Israel to attack Iran. "We have said to Israel that we are not in favour of a military attack on Iran, we absolutely have said that." But he would not go as far as describing an attack on Iran as inconceivable. "I wouldn't say that," he said. "I would say that we don't take any options off the table." Photograph: Chris Young/PA Archive/PA Photos 9.35am: Centrica, which owns British Gas, has announced profits of ￡2.
Q: Were you told the full circumstances?Johnson says he was given a rough account of what happened. The incident is now being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.Q: Do you have any views on the use of rubber bullets and water cannon?Johnson says the police contained the disturbances using robust policing in a commonsense way.I am not being lobbied by the police for a greater panoply of weapons.But the police want society to support them by ensuring that offenders are punished properly and "go behind bars". At the moment, that is not happening, he says.(He seems to be making a general point, not a point about the way the courts are sentencing rioters.)? Johnson says the police do not need rubber bullets or water cannon.
The Greek election should be a choice between staying in the eurozone or "taking a different path". The EU needs to prepare for both eventualities.Cameron says he also wanted to encourage the good work of the G8 on development, and to encourage the Arab Spring.On development, the G8 pushed forward an inititive on food security. Cameron says he will be building on this with an event on food hunger during the Olympics.Britain is honouring its aid commitments. Others are not. They should. Next year, when Britain chairs the G8, a report will be published showing which countries are and are not meeting their commitments.On Nato, Cameron says some people write it off as a relic of the past. But Cameron does not see it like that.
He was utterly devoted to his amazing family as well as being a wonderfully loyal friend who I will miss terribly.1.10pm: Here's a lunchtime summary.? Theresa May, the home secretary,
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"I don't think it helps at all on issues like that for there to be a sort of running commentary on who says what in the government." Ministers were agreed that the Palestinians should get statehood as part of a two-state solution. But there was "a difficult judgment to make" about whether the UN bid would help.? He firmly denied that he would stand down after one term as deputy prime minister. Asked about the claim, he said: "Not true. Emphatically, totally, 100%, 2,000% not true." But he refused to discuss what he had said to his wife Miriam about this issue. "I can't tell you about conversations Miriam and I have," he said. I'm just going to draw the line there.? He suggested that the proposals in the Vickers report on banking reform could be implemented before 2019.
The decision was taken by the high court judge at the special immigration appeals commission (Siac) following the ruling by the European court of human rights (ECHR) that he could not be deported to Jordan because he would face a "flagrant denial of justice" - a retrial based on evidence obtained through torture. The bail conditions are strict - including a 22-hour curfew.4.13pm: Labour's Paul Goggins has been granted an urgent question on the matter.4.13pm: May says that successive British governments have sought to deport Qatada since 2001. He has a longstanding association with al-Qaida and his reach and influence is formidable. He has been found guilty of terrorist offences in Jordan in absentia.
30am. According to the Financial Times (subscription),
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