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John Prescott has died at the age of 86, his family revealed today. The former Labour MP and peer passed away to the sound of his favourite jazz music and surrounded with loved-ones at his care ...
By Stephen Castle Reporting from London John Prescott, who rose through Britain’s trade union movement to become one of the country’s best-known politicians, serving as deputy prime minister ...
Tributes have been paid to former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott, who has died aged 86. Lord Prescott, a former trade union activist and ex-merchant seaman who went on to be a key ...
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has died at the age of 86, his family has announced. The former trade union activist and Labour veteran died “peacefully” at his care home following a battle ...
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's. He had been living in a care home following a stroke in 2019 and passed away "peacefully ...
Tributes have been paid to Lord John Prescott, a major figure in Labour politics and the former deputy prime minister, following his death at the age of 86. Known for his blunt, no-nonsense style ...
Former home secretary David Blunkett, who served in Sir Tony Blair’s cabinet alongside John Prescott, described him as 'tenacious, sometimes furious and always committed'. In a statement on X ...
THIS is the moment political titan John Prescott sensationally punched a protester who threw an egg at him. Former Deputy Minister Prescott has died aged 86 after a battle of Alzheimer's.
The funeral of John Prescott, former Labour deputy prime minister, has taken place at Hull Minster Former Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a eulogy to his "personal friend" and "good man" Prescott ...
A highlight of the lacklustre 2001 general election campaign was the “Prescott punch”. John Prescott, Labour’s deputy prime minister, was incensed by a protester who hit him with an egg.
John Prescott was a nice man and an underestimated wit. I once worked as a researcher on my late colleague Colin Brown’s biography of him, Fighting Talk, published in 1997, just before Prescott ...