John Prescott
John Prescott
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescottis a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour member of parliament from 1970 to 2010. In the 1994 leadership election, he stood for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 May 1938
So if you look at the money we've given, we've actually still given more in fact in housing to the north than they had the years before.
She's not forgiven me, but we have a wonderful life from our family and that's the nature and quality of that woman that she can say that.
Most Tories seem to think that 'ethics' is a county near Middlesex
Life is better under the Tories' sounds like a Steve Norris chat up line
I love coming to Tories' seats and roughing them up... that is what elections are about.
What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation.
Well, if she said she couldn't understand the deal, how could she know that it was a bad deal?
Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and built on brownfield sites.
It is totally unacceptable that Britain could be held to ransom in this kind of blockade raising out of a dispute in France.
It's not moving as fast as we'd hoped it would,
The objectives remain the same and indeed that has been made clear by the Prime Minister in a speech yesterday that the objectives are clear and the one about the removal of the Taliban is not something we have as a clear objective to implement but it is possible a consequence that will flow from the Taliban clearly giving protection to Bin Laden and the UN resolution made it absolutely clear that anyone that finds them in that position declares themselves an enemy and that clearly is a matter for these objectives.
It was a terrible tragedy that that young lad was killed but ... an independent inquiry is underway. Let us wait for the facts,
I want to be a champion of your industry.
There is no doubt that Tony Blair is acting in a very courageous way and is doing what he believes to be right and we are supporting him in that,