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John Prescott RIP - Charlemagne - 21-11-2024 08:40
Former Labour deputy Prime Minister John Prescott at the age of 86.
RE: John Prescott RIP - Boomerangutangangbang - 21-11-2024 09:52
You could say he led a colourful life. As a Hull MP I would often see him around the city, especial in the railway station, despite his 2 Jags nickname he did use the trains a fair amount. He was quite easily recognize, especially when with his wife who had/has big hair. Which leads onto to one of his many funny quotes. He did support the use of public transport & was against rail privatization, but on occasion he was reported to been chauffeur riven 250 yards with his wife from their hotel to a Labour Party Conference. He explained that it was for security reasons & his wife didn't like getting her hair blown about. "next silly question ? "
The infamous incident when he punched a man who threw an egg at him earned him a new nickname of 2 japs.
Blair has described him as one of the most talented & unusual people he encountered in politics. He added that they would talk via videocall in recent times & that he was still as lively & punchy as ever.
RIP
Prezza
RE: John Prescott RIP - lovebabes56 - 21-11-2024 10:29
One of the more colourful misters of ouor time
RIP
RE: John Prescott RIP - Jamie's Knight - 21-11-2024 13:03
Sad news. He always packed a punch.
RE: John Prescott RIP - Doddle - 21-11-2024 13:54
A lot more pragmatic than ever given credit for. Chris Mullin gives a fair account in his diaries that he was exasperating to work for, but fiercely astute and supportive when in difficulties - not something I suspect could be said about many of his colleagues.
Colourful, perhaps, but generally red.
RIP
RE: John Prescott RIP - southsidestu - 21-11-2024 19:13
A genuine working class politician, Prescott was authentically what Farage inauthentically cosplays as. He was mocked for his manner & language, just as Rayner is, by the same right wing papers who declare Labour has lost touch with the "white working class".
R.I.P
RE: John Prescott RIP - Snooks - 21-11-2024 19:13
John Prescott was the middle man between Blair and Brown and helped to keep the the government stitched together in times of difficulty.
That, for a party far more used to opposition than government at the time was priceless to their electoral success in the period from 1997.
Doddle had it right.
A colourful pragmatist.
RE: John Prescott RIP - lovebabes56 - 22-11-2024 16:21
Just wonder if he would have figured in Starmer's Government in any way.
RE: John Prescott RIP - Tumble_Drier - 22-11-2024 17:30
(22-11-2024 16:21 )lovebabes56 Wrote: Just wonder if he would have figured in Starmer's Government in any way.
He was 86 and had Alzheimer's so...oh hold on, maybe.....
RE: John Prescott RIP - HannahsPet - 23-11-2024 06:52
favorite line from him was at a party conference referred to Michael Heseltine as Karma Sutra man been in every postion apart from no 10