John Prescott
John Prescott
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescottis a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour member of parliament from 1970 to 2010. In the 1994 leadership election, he stood for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 May 1938
Life is better under the Tories' sounds like a Steve Norris chat up line
It was a terrible tragedy that that young lad was killed but ... an independent inquiry is underway. Let us wait for the facts,
I see this fella built like a barn door... and there's all these fox hunters, who didn't like me, screaming and shouting and as I walked past him I looked at him and he hit me with something.
I'm not a fancy rapier man-more of a broadsword. Not for me the flesh wound. I prefer to take the head off.
At the moment he has the right to come in and go out,
I haven't seen the letter and I think it would be terrible if it was done that way,
I want to be a champion of your industry.
So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full.
There is no doubt that Tony Blair is acting in a very courageous way and is doing what he believes to be right and we are supporting him in that,