John Prescott branded a ‘working class hero’ as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown give funeral tributes
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- Former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have paid tribute to a “working class hero” who “rose to the highest ranks of the land” at the funeral of Lord John Prescott.
Senior figures from past and current Labour governments gathered at Hull Minster on Thursday to remember the former deputy prime minister who died in November aged 86.
The funeral cortege included a Jaguar hearse and limousine, in a nod to Lord Prescott’s nickname “two Jags”, and Sir Tony and Mr Brown joked in their eulogies about the famous incident in the 2001 general election campaign when he punched a man who threw an egg at him.
Lord Prescott’s coffin was carried into the minster as former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell played the Welsh national anthem on the bagpipes.
Mr Brown paid tribute to Lord Prescott as a “working class hero” who “kept the show on the road during difficult times”.
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The blind believe the one eyed man. The rest of us know what sort of man Prescott was.
He trashed our town by forcing a mandatory expansion in housing which was unsustainable and has left us devoid of a police station, fire station and other public services. He wrecked a beautiful town that was so lovingly constructed by our ancestors.
Two-Jags was a self-seeking grifter who let Blair wreak havoc on this country
A loud mouthed thug.
What a horrible individual you must be. Are you proud of yourself?
Preached about using cars less but had 2 jags at home 😂 another grifter along with Brown n Blair
He was a leech.
I guess that you belong to Reform.
He was undoubtedly a character. Working Class to the marrow of his bones and never forgot that. Yes, he was rough around
the edges and sometimes mangled his Grammar, so you loathed him or loved him. I did a bit of both and that is being totally
honest. 2 jags at his send off was a nice touch and put a wry smile on our faces.
Blair should be in The Hague for decades of war crimes
actually i think the wrlds worst prision
Don't be such a bloody idiot, please.
@@DC3Refom Are you writing in English?
Imagine the weight?
He died ten weeks ago. Why is his funeral taking place only now?
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😂 LORD Prescott is one of us? Hahahaha eff off. Pull the other one, it's got bells on. And Tony Blair with his 8 residences and coat of arms and his 100million pound fortune and his US$250,000 charge for a 90-minute speech? Yes, absolutely men of the people. Good ole working lads. 😅
Prescott was great politician not many mps like him now
RIP John Prescott a true Labour member of parliament.
😂 you mean BARON Prescott? Who described himself as "pretty middle class"? His pension package was about 1.5 million and he charged 10 grand for guest speaking. Yes, just an ordinary working stiff, one of us plebs.
REST IN ETERNAL AND PERFECT PEACE, LORD PRESCOTT.
Not a man who shared his political views but having read his biography and watched him over the years---a man of staunch principal and it is a shame we do not have more that display his honesty and decency in or politics today.
So you believe everything you read from a person that did not actually write his biography so then everything on the internet is true then you muppet ?
Rip❤
tony blair also said Iraq and WMD's, hes known for telling the truth 😂 😂