Talk:Philip Hammond

Unfounded allegations about shares
@Newsnet You could not be more mistaken. My political views have nothing to do with it and it is wrong of you to suggest that they do. What I pasted back in was was not the unsubstantiated allegation itself, only a report of the fact that this allegation had been made; together with its rebuttal, in the form of Hammond's answer to it. You have now deleted the reference to the BBC clip which, until you removed it, would have enabled readers to see for themselves his robust response to the false claims. Note that he does not deny transferring the shares. What he points out is that the transfer had nothing to do with taxation, but was simply normal practice when somebody becomes a government minister. This was spelled out in the fair and balanced text that you have now deleted, so anyone who has heard of the allegation, but did not see the TV broadcast in which he rebutted it, cannot now see from the article that the allegation was unfounded.

The other paragraph you deleted is not an allegation at all, it is a statement of fact, which is that he was accused of flippancy for a remark about suicides. The fact in question was properly sourced with a citation to The Daily Telegraph, which is a WP:RS. To suggest that the inclusion of this paragraph constitutes a violation of Wikipedia policy against unfounded assertions about living people seems to me quite preposterous. Again, this has nothing to do with my views; as it happens, I agree with what he said about railway suicides. -- Alarics (talk) 08:35, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Parking and second home
The link between the two stories is very difficult to understand, as it's currently worded. It's not helped by the awkwardness of: "refused to support his opposition". Could someone who understands the issue please copyedit the paragraph? Thanks --Dweller (talk) 09:39, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I trimmed it up to leave the basic worthwhile detail. The soapboxing of the Sun and Mackensies campaign to keep car park charges at his local train station from rising although a small part of the story just confuses the issue.It is extremly notable that a politician said he would give all the profit of the sale from his second house back to the public purse. I removed the trivia about him buying newspapers - politicians need to read papers and they are allowed to buy then with their expenses and  we all need spoons also, so its really irrelevant to cherry pick these two factiods out of thousands of his claims when they were perfectly allowed. Off2riorob (talk) 10:08, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 10:36, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

uncited dob
since six months - shirley his dob is somewhere..? Off2riorob (talk) 16:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Deputy Prime Minister
The source cited in the infobox states only that he's the Chancellor. There's no mention of the additional titles of Deputy PM and First Secretary of State. Likewise, he's listed as only Chancellor on gov.uk. In fact, gov.uk states quite explicitly that "the current administration does not have a Deputy Prime Minister". Can someone point me to a source which refers to him as Deputy PM? Otherwise I think that the relevant sections should be deleted. 58.173.2.159 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:49, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * There's a Times story about how he was appointed DPM/FSOS "by accident". Sceptre (talk) 14:23, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

First Secretary of State
In Wikipedia, it says that office of First Secretary of State is currently not in use. However, in November, Speaker of House of Commons: John Bercow MP said "First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer: Chancellor Philip Hammond." during Autumn Statement. I don't know if it is just a name or if the office still exists, so please double check the information.

2016 Autumn Statement: Chancellor of the Exchequer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbozrsxBTM — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steve Dim (talk • contribs) 10:27, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Hammond is not First Secretary of State see this Times article and this government document outlining the offices of the members of the government. Bercow just misspoke, he may not even have been aware that the initial announcement that Hammond was to become FSOS was an error on the part of the Cabinet Office. Bercow has to remember the: names; constituencies; and where appropriate, government positions, of 650 individuals so its not suprising if he makes the occasional error now and again, or misses a small editorial retraction. Ebonelm (talk) 13:30, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

First Secretary of State
On 23 November 2016, In House of Commons, Speaker John Bercow MP called Mr Hammond "First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor Philip Hammond.". I just want to make sure if the First Secretary of State is just a title or the office is not vacant.

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsbozrsxBTM — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doctor TP (talk • contribs) 12:24, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

See the section above this one asking the same question. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 14:27, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

"There are no unemployed people"
I'm not sure this is really notable enough to be on here, he quickly clarified his remarks and it doesn't seem to have recieved any sustained coverage. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 13:58, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

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