John Prescott is emerging as the diplomat of New Labour. Certainly not something one would have expected. In his memoirs, he says that he hosted “hundreds” of reconcilitaory meetings and phone calls between Blair and Brown in order to prevent the breakout of outright hostility between the two most powerful men in the Cabinet.
Eventually, however, [...]

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I suppose the best we can do is be grateful for small mercies, that this wasn’t Prescott:
Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek has admitted that he is the man who features in two widely circulated DVDs of an unmarried couple having sex.He said he had apologised to the prime minister and other ruling party leaders [...]

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He is finally no longer mooching off of the taxpayer!
It’s the end of the road for Two Jags. John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, this weekend lost his official Jaguar, driver and four-strong security team.He was dropped off at his home in Hull yesterday for the last time by his government driver and praised [...]

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When I blogged about John Prescott being released from hospital after his pneumonia and going to his grace-and-favour apartment in Admiralty House, I said: “Well, just so long as he is out of his grace-and-favour apartment in just over two weeks [on 27 June when his resignation comes into effect], it’s fine.” But now it [...]

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The contest for the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is “a cross between Big Brother and the Muppet Show” says David Cameron, to which Tony Blair’s reply was basically ‘I agree’ as instead of refuting the statement he said “with the greatest respect to all my colleagues who are standing for the deputy leader: [...]

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First I blogged about Prescott going to hospital, then following reports that he had pneumonia I wished him well - and now he has been released from hospital:
“Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been sent home from hospital after being treated for pneumonia.Mr Prescott’s condition will continue to be monitored by University College Hospital, London.A [...]

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I blogged just a few days ago about the irony of John Prescott returning from his junket to Jamaica and ending straight up in hospital with what was said to be a chest infection. It turns out that what he actually has is pneumonia - which can be serious in someone as old as Prescott [...]

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John Prescott, back from his junket in Jamaica, and into hospital with a chest infection. His trip to Jamaica was extended by a week, at taxpayers expense, so that he could enjoy a family holiday. A Foreign Office source said:
“Prescott just doesn’t care at this stage. He knows this is an outrageous junket and he [...]

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