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KEIR Starmer and Tony Blair person led tributes to the "true giant" John Prescott aft the erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister died aged 86.
Prescott passed distant peacefully successful a attraction location yesterday aft a conflict with Alzheimer's.
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He served arsenic Deputy PM from 1997 to 2007 arsenic a subordinate of the Labour Party.
Prescott was a cardinal New Labour powerfulness broker who often managed the tense narration between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Paying tribute, Blair said: "I americium devastated by John’s passing. He was 1 of the astir talented radical I ever encountered successful politics."
PM Keir Starmer said: "I americium profoundly saddened to perceive of the decease of John Prescott.
"John was a existent elephantine of the Labour movement. He was a staunch defender of moving radical and a arrogant commercialized unionist.
"During a decennary arsenic Deputy Prime Minister, helium was 1 of the cardinal architects of a Labour Government that transformed the lives of millions of radical crossed the nation.
"So overmuch of John's enactment acceptable the way for those of america fortunate capable to follow.
"From starring clime negotiations to warring determination inequality, his bequest volition unrecorded connected good beyond his lifetime.
"Across the Labour Party and the national question helium volition beryllium remembered for his conviction, courage, and spot of character.
"His passion, unit of property and pridefulness successful his working-class roots was cardinal to his authenticity - an honesty that was recognised and respected crossed the governmental disagreement and crossed the nation.
"On behalf of the Labour Party, I nonstop my condolences to Pauline and each his family, to the metropolis of Hull which helium served arsenic MP for forty years, and to each those who knew and loved him.
"May helium remainder successful peace."
Prescott had been surviving successful a attraction location pursuing a changeable successful 2019 and passed distant "peacefully" surrounded by family.
In a connection announcing his death, Lord Prescott's woman and 2 sons said: "We are profoundly saddened to pass you that our beloved husband, begetter and grandfather, John Prescott, passed distant peacefully yesterday astatine the property of 86."
The household added: "John spent his beingness trying to amended the lives of others, warring for societal justness and protecting the environment.
"He did truthful from his clip arsenic a waiter connected the cruise liners to becoming Britain’s longest serving lawman premier minister.
"John dearly loved his location of Hull and representing its radical successful Parliament for 40 years was his top honour."
Prescott was archetypal elected MP for Kingston upon Hull East successful 1970 - holding the spot for astir 40 years
He archetypal joined the shadiness furniture successful 1983 with the transport brief, earlier rapidly rising done Labour ranks.
As Deputy PM Prescott played a large relation negotiating the 1997 Kyoto climate change agreement.
And helium was wide seen arsenic a working-class tribune who ensured Labour's union backers went on with Blair's centrist reforms.
But helium remains astir celebrated for punching a protester who threw an ovum astatine him during a rally successful 2001.
The person aboriginal joked astir the incidental quipping: "There was lone 1 punch.
"Tony Blair rang maine and helium said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and helium said 'Well, what happened?'.
"I said 'I was conscionable carrying retired your orders. You told america to link with the electorate, truthful I did'."
And helium was nicknamed “two Jags” aft it emerged helium some owned a Jaguar while had the tally of a 2nd ministerial car.
In 2015, helium was banned from speeding aft being caught doing 60mph successful a 50mph portion successful 1 of his beloved Jags.
After spending his MP vocation criticising the Lords arsenic an “offence to democracy”, helium shrugged disconnected hypocrisy claims erstwhile appointed - saying helium accepted a peerage due to the fact that his woman Pauline wanted him to.
After his clip arsenic Deputy PM Prescott took a abbreviated interruption from authorities - earlier coming backmost to counsel Tony Blair.
Prescott near the Lords this July aft a changeable successful 2019 stopped him attending oregon voting.
He was calved successful the Welsh seaside municipality of Prestatyn and archetypal worked arsenic a steward successful the Merchant Navy.
Prescott past studied astatine Ruskin College in Oxford, earlier entering politics.
Hull East MP Karl Turner said: "I americium profoundly saddened by the quality of the passing of my person John Prescott, erstwhile Deputy Prime Minister, astatine the property of 86.
"John was a lifelong subordinate of the Labour Party and committed socialist. John had an unwavering dedication to the radical of Hull.
"Having known John for each of my life, I cognize archetypal manus the interaction that helium had connected galore thousands of radical crossed the metropolis and the country.
"John began his governmental vocation arsenic a commercialized national activistic and full-time national authoritative alongside my precocious begetter Ken wrong the National Union of Seamen, aboriginal becoming the RMT Union.
"He served arsenic Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East for 40 years.
"John's contributions to authorities were numerous, including his instrumental relation successful negotiating the landmark Kyoto Protocol connected clime change.
"More locally John helped to unafraid backing and enactment for infrastructure projects specified arsenic the Hull tidal barrier.
"I widen my heartfelt condolences to his woman Pauline, sons Johnathan and David and his grandchildren who helium cherished.
"John's bequest volition everlastingly beryllium etched successful the hearts of those helium served and the metropolis helium loved.
"Rest successful peace, comrade! Your publication to nationalist beingness volition ne'er beryllium forgotten."
Fiery John Prescott was arrogant to beryllium a blunt-speaking Northerner – helium was past authentic dependable of Britain’s moving class
By Trevor Kavanagh
Kavanagh
JOHN Prescott, a erstwhile Cunard Line waiter who roseate to beryllium lawman Prime Minister nether Tony Blair, was the past authentic dependable of the moving classes to service successful precocious office.
The MP for Hull, known arsenic The Mouth of The Humber, spoke for the commercialized unions successful a New Labour authorities which yet broke their stranglehold implicit economical and concern policy.
As lawman person of the Labour Party, helium besides refereed the infamous
“TeeBee-GeeBees” flare-ups betwixt Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown during their conflict for the Labour crown.
Burly “Prezza”, a prize-winning boxer, was a bruiser some wrong and extracurricular Parliament.
In the 2001 predetermination campaign, helium was deed successful the look by an ovum thrown by a protestor.
Prescott, a antheral with a hair-trigger temper, landed a almighty near jab earlier constabulary intervened.
“There was lone 1 punch,” helium explained afterwards. “Tony Blair rang and asked what happened.
“I said: ‘You told america to link with the electorate, truthful I did’.”
Lord Prescott, who has died aged 86, was arrogant of his working-class roots and arsenic a blunt-speaking Northerner.
But helium was calved successful Prestatyn and regarded himself arsenic a Welshman.
In aboriginal beingness helium admitted carrying a spot connected his enarthrosis aft his member Ray was rewarded with a caller motorcycle for passing his 11-plus to a grammar school.
John failed and got nothing.
What helium saw arsenic a gross injustice fuelled a lifelong resentment towards elitism - adjacent wrong his ain enactment - and an insecurity which drove him adjacent to the apical of the governmental greasy pole.
He was profoundly wounded that successful 10 years arsenic lawman PM, helium and his glamorous wife, Pauline - an Elizabeth Taylor lookalike - were ne'er invited to meal astatine Chequers, the PM’s authoritative home.
Prescott blamed Blair’s “snobbish” wife, Cherie.
“We ne'er got adjacent to the Blairs,” helium said. “It conscionable didn't happen. We were not their set. Certainly we were not her set.”
The erstwhile ship’s steward was mocked by toffee-nosed Tories specified as
Nicholas Soames who greeted him successful the Commons, crying: “Mine’s a gin-and-tonic, Giovanni.”
And helium was teased for mangling the English language, erstwhile complaining "the sceptre of unemployment stalking the north-east".
As Environment supremo, helium boasted: “The Green Belt is simply a Labour
achievement - and we mean to physique connected it.”
But the lad of a railway signaller was nary fool.
He studied economics and authorities astatine Ruskin College, Oxford, and scored a BSc grade astatine Hull University.
He enjoyed his success, surviving successful a turreted mock-Tudor mansion and playing croquet connected the lawns of his authoritative home, Dorneywood.
An avowed socialist, helium earned his “Two Jags” nickname by driving an XJ6 Jaguar and utilizing a chauffeur-driven XJ8 for authorities business.
“My roots, my background, the mode I enactment is moving class, but it would by hypocritical to accidental I’m thing different than mediate people now,” helium admitted.
John Prescott’s singular governmental vocation crumbled dramatically successful 2006 erstwhile his two-year emotion matter with bubbly caput Tracey Temple was exposed aft her jealous person work her diary.
Tracey, who sold her communicative to a Sunday paper for £250,000, described “groping and kissing” successful the Deputy PM’s bureau and his opulent grace-and-favour Admiralty bureau flat.
"We were precise fortunate we were ne'er caught - arsenic we ne'er unopen the door,” noted Tracey, played by Maxine Peake successful “Confessions of a Diary Secretary".
"When I went into his bureau for diary meetings, if I was wearing a skirt helium would descent his manus up my leg, nether it.
“He utilized to changeable my back. And, yes, I did springiness him enactment successful the bureau a
couple of times.
“I knew what we were doing was risky but we some got carried away.
"Seven civilian servants worked close extracurricular his office. Of people determination were moments erstwhile I thought, I shouldn't beryllium doing this.
"I besides thought however amazed and shocked radical would beryllium if this ever got out."
Prezza resigned arsenic lawman Labour person telling the 2006 enactment conference: “I cognize I fto myself down. I fto you down.
"So conference, I apologise."
Nine years aboriginal helium returned to front-line authorities arsenic unpaid advisor to Ed Miliband connected clime change.
Prescott suffered a changeable portion campaigning for Mr Corbyn astatine the 2019 predetermination and retired from politics.
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