Tributes paid to former deputy PM and Hull MP John Prescott
Prescott was elected as MP for Hull East in 1970 and went on to hold the seat for almost 40 years.
Prescott was elected as MP for Hull East in 1970 and went on to hold the seat for almost 40 years.
John Prescott, Britain’s longest-serving deputy prime minister who died on Wednesday, was indispensable to Tony Blair’s New Labour government, a working-class trailblazer who connected with the public in ways most politicians cannot. Even after punching an egg-throwing protester during an otherwise carefully-scripted 2001 election campaign, Prescott, who died of Alzheimer’s aged 86, weathered criticism saying
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – John Prescott, Britain’s longest-serving deputy prime minister who died on Wednesday, was indispensable to Tony Blair’s New Labour government, a working-class trailblazer who connected with the public in ways most politicians cannot. Even after punching an …
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