Alastair Campbell's emotional tribute to 'trailblazing' John Prescott | James O'Brien on LBC

[@Spitfire67UK]

I remember seeing him on TV with a teenage girl who was rejecting that she was working class even though she clearly was. She saw it as an insult John saw it as a badge of honor. We need a lot more like him as MPs

[@robbaker1841]

More John, less Starmer/ reeves!

[@johnsunderland4197]

JP knew how to 'connect' with the electorate. His family can be very proud of his contribution to British politics, top man.

[@HaydenCyclist]

He connected with the public with a right hand once.

[@scottstevens78]

​@@HaydenCyclist thoroughly deserved it was too. Guy's history in parliament was incredible and he remains one of the best politicians we've seen. Spoke for the working people and was a fundamental Labour person. That punch was a side story, but shows how relatable he was.

[@nickmarshall9192]

He connected with his diary secretary alright

[@theleaderoftheanti-mankini6048]

RIP John Prescott. A man who punched above his weight.

[@mustrumridcully3853]

No mean feat.

[@franklingoodwin]

I see what you did there?

[@michaelmoran2022]

Don't give up your day job.

[@dooda77penn19]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CEO786]

Copied comment!! 😡

[@maggieedwards3951]

Sir John Prescott was one of the real mps a strong man who had his principles, and yes his no nonsense approach endured me to him,really sad news ,condolences to his family and former collegues.

[@mustrumridcully3853]

He was "Lord" not Sir

[@simracer1256]

He wasn't a Sir yer dolt.

[@Bertrum123]

Ouch nasty ​@@simracer1256

[@andrewmills509]

John Prescott was the glue that held old and New Labour together

[@CEO786]

Sniffed the glue more like! ❤

[@Ipdex]

And that's something to brag about?

[@andrewmills509]

@@Ipdex why don’t you brag about 14 years of disastrous and embarrassing Tory governments and why don’t you latch onto some Tory or Farage post where you belong.

[@thechunkyone7118]

Why would I listen to a word thisZ lister campbell- end said, when hes just came out and defense of Pier Ervert Welby!!!!!

[@Ipdex]

@@andrewmills509 Mug

[@philm7213]

Met him about 20 years ago, lovely bloke.

[@mileymarielow3850]

Awe I'm sad to hear this news but he will be remembered,he was a proper Labour man,Rest In Peace John Prescott 🙏🙏🙏

[@Gabriel_H77]

A "proper Labour man" wouldn't have supported a Tory-lite party.

[@danmayberry1185]

He might have lost the odd argument, but his opponent wouldn't have known it. Legend.

[@michaelmoran2022]

A working class Lord.

[@belbrighton6479]

I think John Prescott was a great communicator to me. Plus he had charisma. Thanks to him for starting the Kyoto agreement.

[@missprice7215]

I remember John Prescott giving an interview where he talked about going to a secondary modern school. This happened to me but I passed the 13+ and I can tell you that I was told that I would never be a nurse or have a profession but I could be a shop girl provided I had a nice accent. The education was barely adequate. The shame was terrible for me and my parents. I knew exactly where he came from. Well done John Prescott, respect, RIP.

[@opera1dan2]

Well said

[@lyndadonoghue9637]

😢Great man. Great discussion. 👍

[@mmkk7836]

At least Prescott admitted the war in Iraq was wrong and illegal, he regretted having voted for it. Something that Blair and Campbell have never done. JB had interviewed both of these recently.

[@PaulStargasm]

Campbell wasn't an MP so he never had a vote on it.

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@PaulStargasm MP or no MP, Campbell should have the guts to admit he lied over the Iraq war.

[@blazzz13]

@@WillScarlet1991 I mean the war in Libya was also illegal and opened the migration flood to Europe 🤷‍♂

[@WillScarlet1991]

@@blazzz13 The vast majority of illegals are from India. It's all kept quiet because our spineless politicians have done multi-million pounds deals with the Indian government. They don't want to rock the boat (no pun intended).

[@mmkk7836]

I think you know I meant Campbell has never apologised.

[@paulsharp2565]

I'm not a Labour voter, but I liked John.

[@neilburton6121]

Saw him giving a rebble rousing speech in leeds with the firemen strike,He had the crowd in his hand,brilliant speaker,RIP...

[@user-ca3sp7er1h]

R.I.P. John Prescott 🪦✝️😔

[@owlsrace]

No we definitely do NOT have enough working class MPs that know what life is like for us.

[@paulwebster4499]

Excellent

[@philwilliams953]

Angela Rayner?

[@someblokecalleddave1]

@@philwilliams953 Jess Phillips, Andy Burnham.

[@thepepper191]

Like half the cabinet comes from a working class background, do your research

[@paulwebster4499]

@@thepepper191 absolutely we need more working class people in government. far to many from a PPE degree straight into the city banking world well said

[@widebleek8138]

John Prescott. Great Man. All stood up for the people. RIP John Prescott. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@petefitzsimons727]

Don't talk bollocks!

[@widebleek8138]

@ 🤦‍♀️

[@Gabriel_H77]

2 million people attended the Stop the War march, the largest protest in British history, cutting across clasess, races, genders, and religions - you know, the people. Remind me what Prescott said about them and their cause when he stood up for them.

[@widebleek8138]

@ Family tax credit. Child tax credit. Reduced hospital waiting list. I could go on!😎

[@marythorpe928]

RIP John Prescott

[@terryhallam6192]

Rip John a true Labour giant and champion of the people

[@MaatBlack-t7c]

Rest in peace. MrJohn Prescott

[@colloquialsoliloquy6391]

Aw no ,he definitely wasn't my favorite politician (Henry Wallace is hard to beat) ,but he certainly wasn't bland ,and it feels like a small part of my childhood has gone ,he was always there ,like Top Gear or The Simspons. Rest in Peace fella.

[@ianbennett6417]

RIP JP. Blair’s minder and greatest unassuming asset. A man of the people

[@neilburns8869]

I can imagine that John Prescott would be the type of guy who might unite the supporters of New Labour with Old Labour and therefore help guarantee that they were able to get into power and just as importantly stay there. I am sorry to hear od Lord Prescott's death from Alzheimer's, one of the most cruelest of diseases. RIP John Prescott.

[@jessebongo46]

The latest jaguar advert did it.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

I fear you are right!

[@paulshorney3465]

Jake Paul missed a bout there😂

[@MargueriteSwatton]

What an amazing tribute!

[@sausagembape677]

Didn't he apologize for the illegal wars perpetrated by Campbell

[@bl00m1mgt0n]

They weren't illegal.

[@jamieouthere]

John was my MP I am proud he was my MP I would see him often waling around his constancy he would smile and say OK !

[@EelisWalking]

He stood by Jeremy Corbyn when others tried to bring him down. Integrity.

[@bobikdylan]

Ruskin College was the making of him, as it was for Dennis Skinner and lots of us. RIP from Ruskin alumni.

[@mikeltruss9695]

Some empathy for an old friend is nice, nicer than Alistars usual response to the dead, especially when his friends are responsible for the deaths of thousands in an illegal war.

[@MiningForPies]

What illegal war?

[@opera1dan2]

Lovely story about the 15 year old at the end!

[@Rivelino824]

Alistair doesn't shed a tear for 1million who died in Iraq.

[@bl00m1mgt0n]

What an absurd non-argument.

[@onyenmehieihenagarankeoma2070]

Now is not the time for your whataboutism.

[@garymelrose9727]

Traditional Labour MP and political goliath. RIP.

[@garethedmondo2891]

Imagine AC being the one to give your post death tribute. J o B would have Rose West if she was out.

[@ttube111]

War criminal praising a war criminal

[@robinclarke9978]

Anything Campbell says is not worth a light. Also true in this case about this man.

[@randomcomputer7248]

CampBELL should be in prison for his lies.

[@CEO786]

RIP John Prescott. No doubt a man who punched above his weight!! ❤

[@rb1062]

Must have punched very high!

[@Areflection4]

Rest in Power Lord Prescott. You are already missed.❤

[@dominicmoore7984]

For a great John Prescott impression, keep talking normally without taking a single breath, keep driving through until you've totally run out. RIP John Prescott

[@clario2178]

There must be somebody decent to pay tribute to Prescott .

[@richardburns1287]

There is, me. Northern working class voice and instrumental to a middle class new labour administration. Brought rail maintenance back in house after potters bar, put it under government control and cancelled Balfour Beatty profit over safety maintenance contract. Thus creating Network Rail. Banned the use and sale of asbestos. Instrumental in delivering the Kyoto Treaty.

[@GloriaHoulihan]

I wonder if John Prescott is going to be having a hearse followed by a Jag? 🥚

[@iandickson3236]

Not a fan, never was. OB a labour luvvie

[@factsofmotivationofficial]

They dont male them like john anymore

[@anuragsinha2013]

Alistair Campbell crying for millions who died in the Iraq war

[@nickroberts990]

A lovely man? I'm not sure John Prescott would agree with that.

[@anthonyspinks2640]

A violent bully 2 Jags but on the left so nothing to see hear .

[@GloriaHoulihan]

I didn't think much of his policy to get rid of council housing.

[@PaulKeeton-lp1xx]

Without John Prescott, Tony Blair would have been the best Tory Prime minister the UK as ever known, Blair did not undue the policies introduced by Thatcher and Thatcher praised Blair on this in-action. John Prescot stopped the left wing of the labour party from under mining the centre of the labour party and made the labor party electable for 3 consecutive terms. A true working class hero. RIP JP.

[@Dressagevids]

I thought of a man who turned his liver into Froie Gras.

[@franklingoodwin]

RIP John Prescott. John Prescott punching the guy who egged him is the epitome of being British lol. Trump could never...

[@Ipdex]

Other than Sadiq Khan being on I cannot think of 2 worse 'people' to listen to on the radio. Was Campbell adopted as well?

[@jake751]

War criminal said what ?

[@jnyyyjnyyy]

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[@equipemcbmo2452]

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[@Yersontw]

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[@francisco236]

Thanks to Mrs Ksenia Alice

[@francisco236]

She's a licensed broker here in the states

[@halwaawaqahwa]

I'm surprised you mentioned and recommended Ksenia Alice. I came across the testimony of one of her clients on CNBC news last week.

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

Prescott was prickly and desperately vulnerable. He had a chip on his shoulder a mile long, and a fool's arrogance. Plus he was a love cheat.

[@ورده0محمد-ر8ز]

انا اختك من اراضي اليمنيه والله ماتكلمت الا من الجوع والفقر وضيق الحال يشهد الله ضروفنا قاسيه واجبرتني على هذا اشي ارجوك سامحني💔اخي عاد باقي اخوه إيمانيه طلبتك حق كيس طحين اخي احنا نساء ما بتقدر نخرج بين الرجال عاد باقي مره عندكم اخي ربي اكرمكم انكم رجال احنا نساء ما بتقدر نخرج ولا نشتغل مثلكم اخي وين الاخوه الايمانيه في قلوبكم احنا نساءلاخوه ولا رحمه😥 ولا شفقه ولا انسانيه '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' اخي اول كلامي انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيننا ایت الشهرب 20 الف يمني والان علينا 60 الف حق 3 شهور وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرنا ندفعله الأجار شافونا الجيران نبكي ورجعو تكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع معادفعنا له حلف يمين بالله هذا بيخرجنا إلى الشارع رحمه واحنا. بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سفار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه اخوتي الصغار خرجو للشارع وشافو الجيران ياكلو واوقفو عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولو كسره خبز والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلفو الباب وطردوهم ورجعو یبکو ایموتو من الجوع ما احد رحمهم وعطلة ردها لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في إيكيلو دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو ب 500 ريال يمني مع تراسلي واتساب على هذا الرقم 00967711528949 وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير اخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره على مساعد لاتتاخر علينا وجزاك الله خير…….. ,,,,,,,000

[@psycrow6699]

Maybe he saw the new Jaguar launch

[@David-j9h9g]

some of the comments about this online have been pretty disgusting.....old Labour.....

[@greamespens1460]

I remember when Campbellhe was on Top gear stating that child mortality rate improved after Saddam. It was even better before the embargo.

[@hellosaysme08]

Isn't Alistair a war criminal?

[@Dressagevids]

He was only obeying Tony's orders

[@rb1062]

Absolutely!

[@petefitzsimons727]

He wasnt for the people i remember what he said about the poll tax he wanted ariel reconnaissance to see if people were lying about the size of their gardens etc

[@poorsam9173]

Plenty to say about Trump's character but happy to talk to a war criminal who should be in jail.

[@michaelhamilton1357]

He certainly used his glue on Tracey Temple

[@golfino66]

Rayner couldn't lace JP's boots ffs

[@Inthemixmedia]

A working class labour MP!?!!? No Oxbridge PPE degree with Charlotte and Sebastian

[@davidhutchinson4997]

John Prescott, like him or not he was the last of the true politicians, he gave you an answer to a question, what point is there interviewing politicians anymore they don't know how to be honest.

[@Gabriel_H77]

You think Prescott's answers were honest? 😂

[@stephen9572]

He may have been awful, but I question that he achieved an awful lot.

[@nickmarshall9192]

Let's not forget he had a 2 year affair with his diary secretary

[@reduxmod9178]

Nah mate. I'm ronk Labour. But the bloke had lion statues and had ramparts built on his house ffs. And that was before he became known as 2 jags. He really wasn't as great as people are making him out as.

[@Mrrobackenson1]

Angela Rayner. Hahaha.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

It's not complicated. Blair needed someone who knew the REAL WORLD, same as Starmer 😊

[@portzi2]

Bonkers 😊

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@portzi2 Qué?

[@anuragsinha2013]

Joseph Goebbels of the Iraq War Alistair Campbell.

[@rb1062]

Total hypocrite, in my view. Spouting all the environmental guff despite owning two Jags. Wasn't wife was driven 200 yards so her hair wouldn't be blown about?

[@GloriaHoulihan]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@annepoitrineau5650]

A very special person.

[@robertwilson8965]

Rip John Prescott. Alastair Campbell yet another liar

[@revol148]

2:05 - that's hardly surprising - a daft comment to sum up the vacuousness of "new" Labour !

[@Richard-bz1ku]

Alistair Campbell - a liar, a proven liar, where were the WMD that could be deployed in 45 minutes. A family has lost a husband and father, why because this liar was given power. He should always be reminded of what he is

[@Verilyisayuntoyou]

Back when the Labour party was the Labour party unlike the lot in today.

[@phillydavison]

Move on from the guy who suffered the worst Labour election result ever.

[@Barry101er]

[@Mee-n3e]

Back when Labour was the party of the working class, not the party of the privileged middle class it has become. Labour 2024 is an insult to the history of the Labour party. The Labour I grew up with would not have knowingly and willingly killed vunerable and elderly people to pay already very well paid public sector workers.

[@GreenSaxon]

We could do with a character like Prescott on the Left today to RAM the message home and show the likes of Farage for what they are.

[@GreenSaxon]

Could do with a character like Prescott giving Farage a tidy left hook as it happens.

[@JPG0072]

I thought of a man who part of the Blair government that opened the borders and signed us up to the WEF.

[@johnstanford4703]

Statesman

[@TimComley]

James Obrien sneering surely not

[@ShahMrs]

He was great at drawing his expenses....he loves socialism for the politicians and rich but didn't do anything for the working class.

[@opera1dan2]

Sure start, minimum wage, 2 million extra into work and NHS waiting lists their lowest in living memory. just for a start.

[@hmq9052]

Known as Two Jags of course, and then Two Jabs. To be fair, he was mainly a figure of fun to the press and public, who looked down their noses at this comedy northerner who we assumed smelt of Tetleys or Boddingtons.

[@wptonic]

More media nonsense Mr John Prescott achieved very little when in power. "Alastair Campbell" can try and spin the truth as much as possible!

[@danmayberry1185]

Classy timing, that. Have a go at Alastair, fair play, decry the media .. but the man just died.

[@danielmoir13]

New Labour changed a lot about society and were the era that brought a Britain still reeling from Thatcherism into the 21st century before austerity tore it back down, Prescott was hugely influential in shaping the country

[@wptonic]

I wasn't really having a go at Mr Prescot; it was more of an attack on the media, especially Alastair Campbell, who I despise!

[@wptonic]

@@danielmoir13 You must be joking. They all neoliberalism supporters to a possibly different level.

[@danielmoir13]

@wptonic yes Blair absolutely was he didn't do nearly enough to undo neoliberal policy and privatisation but at least Prescott kept labour closer to the unions or things could have been far worse

[@bernieb5233]

New Labour 😂😂😂

[@ADYDRURY1234]

I bet James nO'Brain was knocking one off Listening to Campbell. Sales of kleenex must of increased.

[@Stevehamm71]

Much like you with Farage

[@m.j.nicholls]

Makes no sense as a joke, and is weird how you immediately sexualise him.