Keir Starmer, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown lead mourners paying tribute to John Prescott

Funeral takes spot of erstwhile Labour Minister and Peer Lord Prescott (Image: Getty)

The ceremonial of John Prescott took spot astatine Hull Minister contiguous arsenic the metropolis bid a farewell to the erstwhile lawman premier curate and Hull East MP.

Following his decease successful November aged 86, astir 300 friends, colleagues and members of his household gathered connected Thursday to wage their respects.

Among the service's attendees were a plethora of notable politicians. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was among the invitees, alongside erstwhile Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.

Many of the Labour frontbenchers paid their respects to Lord Prescott, arsenic Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner attended the service, arsenic good arsenic the politician of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

Former lawman premier curate and Hull East MP Lord Prescott (Image: Getty)

The ceremonial of John Prescott contiguous (Image: Getty)

Notably, 2 Jaguar cars formed portion of the ceremonial cortege successful an evident motion to Lord Prescott’s fixed nickname of ‘Two Jags’. The sanction was earned aft it was revealed the erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister utilized a idiosyncratic 1 and a ministerial one.

Lord Prescott remains Britain’s longest-serving lawman premier minister, holding the presumption successful Tony Blair’s authorities from 1997 to 2007. He besides served arsenic the Member of Parliament for Hull East for conscionable nether 40 years, from June 1970 to April 2010, earlier stepping down astatine the election.

Gordon Brown delivered the opening eulogy successful today's service. Hull, helium said, was "the location helium [Lord Prescott] loved, the location helium served with pride, passionateness and principle”.

Mr Brown said: “A antheral of the radical helium surely was. In a people by himself, a one-off, 1 of a benignant but 1 of america successful the champion consciousness of the word."

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair attends the ceremonial (Image: Getty)

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends the ceremonial (Image: Getty)

During the service, Sir Tony Blair besides paid tribute to the precocious politician.

He said: “It’s close that we observe his life. He played a immense portion successful the affairs of authorities but I privation to observe him besides arsenic a man, a bully man, a antheral who started arsenic my governmental spouse and became my idiosyncratic friend.

“You volition miss him, we volition miss him, but I anticipation if John’s looking down connected us, and not already successful dialog with St Peter implicit the accommodation, I anticipation helium volition spot successful this immense gathering today, a designation of that working-class lad from a tiny Welsh town, who roseate to the highest ranks of the onshore by merit, by graft, by greatness of courageousness and character, and helium volition consciousness deservedly astatine peace.”