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
Refurbishing I've done in the first three years and I'm still giving housing money, of course, to the north.
That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer.
Our primary responsibility ... is to do everything possible to provide the highest level of protection to the public.
From 1997 when we came in, you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didn't get rid of the second car, did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway.
If a party loses its local authority base, it won't be long before it runs the risk of losing power nationally.
He was a principled foreign secretary, he was reforming leader of the house and even when he resigned regretfully from the government he did on principle he did it with style and elegance,
We've given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot.
have a great deal in common and a lot to discuss.
Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my age and build could be suffering from bulimia nervosa, but that's what the consultant said I had.
We are making the fundamental changes. It was like the decent housing target. We said by 2010, we'd have taken a million houses and refurbished them into decent housing.
I didn't say the lady was tired. She constantly said it herself, ... She was too tired to take in all the complexities. I quoted her words.
By entering the entry negotiations, Turkey also enters into obligations in regard to recognizing all the countries within the EU and the obligations Ankara has signed up to.
I haven't seen the letter and I think it would be terrible if it was done that way,
The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.