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John Prescott

John Prescott

John Prescott was Deputy Prime Minister under Tony Blair and Labour's longest serving Deputy Leader. Entering politics as a trade union activist, he is standing down at the next election but devoting his energies to being a constituency MP, the Council of Europe and Go 4th.

Posted on Feb 12, 2009 at 11:57am


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Merry Taxmas, TPA

1:19 pm, Mon 21st Dec 2009
By John Prescott MP / @johnprescott So now we know that the TaxPayers' Alliance doesn't mean they represent taxpayers. It means the taxpayers pay for them! Yes, according to today's...
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The Accused

11:03 am, Thu 9th Jul 2009
The Accused By John Prescott / @johnprescott I'm still pretty stunned by the Guardian's revelations that the News of the World under Andy Coulson hacked into my phone. I'm even more amazed...
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I just fisked Dan Han on the NHS! And it felt good!

9:32 am, Wed 8th Apr 2009
I just fisked Dan Han on the NHS! And it felt good! By John Prescott It's been three days since I called on David Cameron to tell us whether he backs Dan Hannan's attacks on the NHS. The sound of tumbleweed has...
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My post for a people's bank

4:29 pm, Tue 17th Mar 2009
My post for a people's bank By John Prescott I'm delighted to hear and support the calls for a "people's bank" or Post Bank. This year, the Post Office marks its 40th anniversary as a public...
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Listen to the people, not the dinner party activists

3:13 pm, Wed 18th Feb 2009
Listen to the people, not the dinner party activists By John Prescott We might be in recess, but after our RBS anti-bonus campaign, I'm now getting ready to go to Cyprus for a Council of Europe environment meeting. We're...
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I sent this Vlog to Peter M this morning for the launch of LabourList!

12:03 pm, Thu 12th Feb 2009
I sent this Vlog to Peter M this morning for the launch of LabourList! I couldn't make the LabourList launch this morning but I welcome them on board. Knowing my old pal Peter was going to be there though I thought I'd send them...
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