How John Prescott blazed a trail for Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner sought inspiration from John Prescott's rise to the near top of the Labour Party and the country.
John Prescott was 'man of the people'
The BBC's political editor for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Tim Iredale, described Prescott as a "man of the people". Karl Turner, the Labour MP for East Hull, said his contribution to public life will never be forgotten.
John Prescott: was he Labour's last link to the working class?
That's just one of the reasons Prescott is often compared to the current deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, noted The Guardian. They were both brought up working class, became Labour MPs after working in the trade union movement, and were "frequently patronised or demonised by Tories and the media, partly on the grounds of class snobbery".
UK Former Deputy PM John Prescott Dies Aged 86
Britain's former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and with him helped transform the country's Labour party, has died aged 86, his family said on Thursday.
Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
LONDON -- British politician John Prescott, a former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister, has died at age 86. Prescott’s family announced his death on Thursday. They said the politician, who had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, died peacefully in a care home on Wednesday with his loved ones around him.
John Prescott, Ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Britain, Dies at 86
He was a cruise ship waiter before rising in the trade union movement and becoming one of the country’s best-known Labour politicians under Tony Blair.
Remembering John Prescott: Tony Blair Honors His Former Deputy
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has passed away at the age of 86 after battling Alzheimer's disease. Tony Blair, under whom Prescott served from 1997 to 2007, led the tributes, praising him as a "loyal and unique" figure in British politics.
Former UK deputy PM John Prescott dies at 86
John Prescott, Britain’s former Deputy Prime Minister under Tony Blair and a key figure in transforming the Labour Party, has died at the age of 86, his family announced on Thursday. “We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved husband,
John Prescott had a connection with the public that politicians today would die for
"Oh my God!" I thought when John Prescott famously jabbed his left hook at a man who'd thrown an egg at him in the 2001 general election campaign. "Good for him!" many of my constituents in the former mining communities of Neath,
Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86
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John Prescott death: Former deputy prime minister dies aged 86
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UK's John Prescott: the bridge who held old and new Labour together for Tony Blair
John Prescott, Britain's longest-serving deputy prime minister who died on Wednesday, was indispensable to Tony Blair's New ...
John Prescott, former UK deputy prime minister, has died, his family says
John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair’s Labour government, has died, his family said on ...
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Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, dies
LONDON (AP) — British politician John Prescott, a former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister, ...
John Prescott, pugnacious deputy UK PM to Tony Blair, dies at 86
John Prescott, the pugnacious deputy prime minister to Britain's Tony Blair during his 10 years in government, has died aged ...
The UK is not obliged to have a deputy PM - but John Prescott's legacy shows it's a job worth having
While the UK is not obliged to have deputy prime ministers, some of the most influential politicians of modern times have had ...
John Prescott: Political bruiser who played vital role in Labour comeback
John Prescott was an old-style political bruiser who played a vital role in the New Labour project. He scorned what he called ...