EX-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed

Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86
British politician John Prescott, a former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister, has died at age 86. Prescott’s family announced his death on Thursday. They said the politician,
John Prescott death latest: Blair and Starmer pay tribute after former deputy prime minister dies aged 86
Lord Prescott, a former trade union activist and ex-merchant seaman who went on to be a key figure within Sir Tony Blair’s New Labour project, died “peacefully” surrounded by relatives at his care home after a battle with Alzheimer’s, his family said in a statement.
'He was truly a one-off': Starmer pays tribute to Labour 'giant' John Prescott
The PM joins Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in paying tribute to the former deputy prime minister, who has died aged 86.
John Prescott, Pugnacious Deputy UK PM to Tony Blair, Dies at 86
(Reuters) - John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, has died, PA Media reported on Thursday, citing his family.
John Prescott, Ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Britain, Dies at 86
He was a cruise ship waiter before rising in the trade union movement and becoming one of the country’s best-known Labour politicians under Tony Blair.
Key facts about John Prescott, Britain's former deputy PM, dead at 86
Here are key facts about John Prescott, Britain's combative former deputy prime minister, who has died after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, his family said on Thursday:
The Prescott punch: what a 2001 brawl between a deputy prime minister and a voter tells us about the changing nature of British politics
On a visit to Rhyl in north Wales, Prescott was hit by an egg thrown by a local man and responded with a left hook. The altercation descended in to a full-blown brawl in the street, all caught on camera. Prescott later joked that he told Tony Blair he had been “connecting with the public” that day.
John Prescott: Constituents remember former MP
John Prescott's constituents have remembered him as a "strong character who did good for the city". The former Labour MP, who has died at the age of 86, represented Hull East for 40 years after first being elected in 1970.
John Prescott: the bridge who connected old and new Labour for UK's Tony Blair
John Prescott, Britain's longest-serving deputy prime minister who died on Wednesday, was indispensable to Tony Blair's New Labour government, a working-class trailblazer who connected with the public in ways most politicians cannot.
John Prescott was 'man of the people'
The BBC's political editor for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Tim Iredale, described Prescott as a "man of the people". Karl Turner, the Labour MP for East Hull, said his contribution to public life will never be forgotten.
Watch: John Prescott downs a pint in five seconds
Labour stalwart and former deputy prime minister John Prescott has died at the age of 86. On the campaign trail for the party leadership in 1994, he lived up to his man of the people reputation by downing a pint in five seconds while visiting a working men's club.
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