Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott Dies

A boxer in his youth, John Prescott was never one to back away from a fight. His pugnacity in the ring would transfer to his work with the unions, the Labour Party, and to the top of British government.
Born in North Wales in 1938 and raised in Yorkshire and Cheshire, John Leslie Prescott joined the Merchant Navy after failing the 11+ and leaving school at 15.
He was a member of the National Union of Seamen and was heavily involved in the national strike of 1966.
He became Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East in the 1970 election. Although he was from the traditional socialist wing of the party, in the early 90s he became an enthusiastic backer of the New Labour project. First helping then-leader John Smith to ditch the union block vote in favour of ‘one member, one vote’. And then, after Smith’s sudden death in 1994, Prescott was elected as deputy Labour leader with Tony Blair securing the top job.
The two men could not have been more different. Whilst the smooth-talking Blair was the man to relay the New Labour message, the unvarnished Prescott rolled into towns on his battle bus to rally traditional Labour supporters.
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[@dasdasdatics420]

Could never remember if he was shafting his secretary or his country.

[@peterfeltham5612]

Is this the same Lord Prescott that thought the House of Lords should be abolished.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

And his wife "Lady Prescott" became grander than an old-time duchess. These Marxists are all hypocrites, at the first taste of wealth they revert to becoming normal people who just want to get on in life, without being robbed by extortionate Marxist taxes.

[@reduxmod9178]

@@peterfeltham5612 That's old news .

[@paulshorney3465]

Indeed

[@wildnfrantic1015]

Totally incompetent fool - the typical champagne socialist

[@gregnorth6413]

Sad for his family but a man who changed his views to keep in line with leaders. Blairs answer to Starmers Angela Rayner.

[@NanoVisionTv2]

Rah! RIP dude. Should of been Tony Blair.

[@Night6436]

Tony Blair next please.

[@SaintAdam49]

What about Tony Blair?

[@neiltitmus9744]

No you need to wait

[@reduxmod9178]

@@neiltitmus9744 I've waited long enough. He's a war criminal right on par with G W Bush. I've always been a supporter of the Labour Party. This Labour government may as well be Torie with their carry on"s

[@reduxmod9178]

@@neiltitmus9744 LOL. He will be remembered fondly I'm sure.

[@ZHUHAI100]

What the hell did he do for Hull ?

[@jillharding2991]

His facing his maker now!!!!!! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@geoffreypowell9220]

I don't agree he was this and that I remember 5th Oct 1999 when he was transport secretary Ladbrook grove train crash 31 passengers died and 417 injured , cause (SPADS ) Signals passed at danger for economical reasons profit, Oh yes ! I will stop that I remembering him saying I will have Automatic braking systems fitted to all trains , did he ( NO) , He just picked up a great big salary like the present lot.. did nothing...read your history...

[@GBPaddling]

Saw the new Jaguar advert and that was that.......😝

[@ChrisFord-z5g]

He was a token working class idiot. But his job, steward on a cruise ship. Check out why he left that job. Probably no suorise.

[@roseannallan4944]

He was a thug no sympathy

[@reduxmod9178]

Bloke sold out 50 year ago. I won't miss him

[@mukeshjobanputra6721]

Called 2 Jag Prescott 😂😂😂😂😂hahaha

[@oliverwortley3822]

good riddance. A powerful figure in the most destructive and vile government ever to take office.

[@edism]

Nonsense

[@MegaKapo12]

A bit dim aren't you

[@oliverwortley3822]

@@edismyou’re literally probably one of his imports. What he did to the indigenous and native peoples of these islands by his new labour, ‘new britain’ reforms, changes and policies is beyond unforgivable.

[@oliverwortley3822]

@@MegaKapo12 why am I dim? stop projecting and gaslighting.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

Blair turned Britain on its head, just for the hell of it, he was an immature and mindless rebel and vandal, now we are reaping the consequences. When he walked into Downing Street childishly clutching his guitar our fate was sealed. I have heard it said that now he has matured and become a multi-millionaire, he regrets much of what he did.

[@exposure6673]

War criminal now facing the justice

[@DaveBeaven-tx2tp]

Who gives a toss.

[@josephcannon3938]

You. You clicked on the video and commented.

[@Cliff163]

nobody

[@rodgerhargoon3402]

😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@lisejacquelinerigault2575]

' Two Jags Prescott' RIP...

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[@Stephaniemartin-u3f]

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[@mrmale9985]

Who cares?

[@mfh848]

Seamans union yob.

[@y.israe1917]

RIH 😢 Mr Prescott

[@lillianflorence6056]

Who cares

[@denisemccauley3784]

Maybe he was a victim of the cold weather having lost his heating allowance

[@user-ey6rz3fv5y]

He passed away because he could not put his heating on

[@charlestaylor9424]

I'm guessing he died of embarrassment with Starmer

[@lillianflorence6056]

Punched a man

[@oilylampman7252]

He would have done quite well from his job in politics!

[@ChrisFord-z5g]

BBC described him as a national treasure. Tells you all you need to know about both. Both a national disgrace.

[@royleon3525]

A good man… rare in the Labour Party. He will be missed.

[@SalmiShamsuddin]

RIP. His presence on TV will be missed.

[@Barry2024-c1r]

You must be blind

[@rocketron9]

There will be no sympathy from the FBU.

[@Ashers2410]

That’s 3 Jags dead now then

[@MegaKapo12]

At least he supported British manufacturing.

[@Mat-kr1nf]

Maybe the 3 jags was to compensate for his small willy!🤔😂 I think it was the lady who he had the affair with who told all about that.😁

[@reduxmod9178]

Hilarious. Not really.

[@Ashers2410]

@ Thanks. Not really.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

It's an odd coincidence. The first I heard of Prezza for two decades was one day ago, on the Reasoned channel discussing the new Woke Jag adverts. Then he dies the next day. He definitely killed that brand by owning two

[@stanleyandrew840]

A man dies and the go to was his low point to be used as entertainment.

[@colinfryett8174]

Is that the guy who was in terry and june 😅

[@MrAndygayle]

R.I.P.Big man.

[@trevortrevatrevortreva1520]

RIP Mr Prescot thank you for your service

[@niguel4438]

What service was that then. Objectively?

[@trevortrevatrevortreva1520]

@@niguel4438 selfless service to UK politics

[@niguel4438]

@@trevortrevatrevortreva1520 i ask again, specifically, objectively, what did he personally achieve?

[@trevortrevatrevortreva1520]

@niguel4438 Respectfully John Prescott has just died and your asking me what I did? Google it

[@margaret-yr6uh]

@@niguel4438 Decades of service. 40 years as an MP.

[@elizabetholalonpe3117]

May his soul rest in peace

[@russellbenton2987]

Sad . A conviction politician

[@Alan-k6w9h]

Oh dear, that's erm... terrible.

[@hardlines2635]

I liked the guy but his idea of turning firemen, including myself, into paramedics was ridiculous, fire stations had equipment that cost millions and never got used 😂 the one time waiter on cruise ships did well for himself, I watched his episode of, Who do you think you are, where he found out his sister was his mother, or something like that.

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

A lot of disgusting comments here. Before Brexit Britain was still a decent country. Now it's getting like America where people hate everyone outside their group. This has been a horrible decline.

[@sherrieginger9633]

😢😢😢 rip

[@MuhammadIkram-qw2bq]

Whether you look him or not but he was an interesting guy with strong beliefs for sure

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

What strong beliefs? In his early life he wanted to clobber the rich but then became a rich peer himself. What belief was represented by that dichotomy?

[@arabellasommers9343]

God Bless 🙏

[@Elizabeth-u8d6o]

RIP

[@MohamedBaza-k8o]

We feel very sad. God bless him.

[@SurprisedCoastline-wi7xi]

😀😄😀😀😀😀

[@MrAdrien1999]

With John Prescott we are losing a massive lad, wish we had more blokes like him in our Labour Party right now...

[@alanmurphy8137]

He's as bad as starmer and Blair.

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

A massive irrelevance. Blair only hired him to boost his appeal to the working class, he never respected him, nor did Mandelson. He was just a teddy-bear mascot, a PR ploy.

[@hardlines2635]

@@CharlesWhite-j4ftrue, whenever John got up to speak the other MPs would shout, Gin and Tonic, because he worked on cruise ships as a waiter 😂

[@CharlesWhite-j4f]

@@hardlines2635 Yes, now I remember😂 A more dour waiter is unimagineable, it would spoil your cruise to be grudgingly served by that jealous Marxist

[@julieleah9913]

John was great R.I.P. 😢

[@cerealfibre6938]

That's not very nice what you say about Tony Blair, he is a husband and a father!

[@Barry2024-c1r]

Absolutely horrible man, he wont be missed.

[@JoeShepherd-kw8ni]

Probably of embarrassment of his liebour parties recent disasters

[@davidreid4396]

Rip 2 jags john

[@mikeparker9794]

Lots of bitter Tories paying their usual respects.