Six punches John Prescott could have thrown to make Britain better 21st November 2024 FORMER deputy prime minister John Prescott, whose greatest achievement was punching a protester, has passed on. If only he had punched these too: Tony Blair Just to keep him honest. Just to keep him focused on the issues he was swept into office for, rather than throwing it all away on Iraq.
No reason, no warning, but every so often, post-cabinet meeting, a casual turn, a dropped shoulder and wham. ‘That’s how we do it at comprehensive school in Prestatyn, you smarmy f**ker. To keep you in line.
’ Saddam Hussein And speaking of Iraq, did we really need an entire war when we had Prescott on hand? The same age as Saddam, both powerfully built, he could have settled the whole conflict by challenging the despot to a good old-fashioned post-pint punch-up in the car park of a flat-roofed pub in Hull. And lamped him one right in the ‘tache. The Millennium Dome ‘They’re building bloody what? A big tent on the Thames? And they’ve no idea what the bollocks they want to put in it apart from a giant crouching nude boy? Get it over here.
You that Dome, mate? Have this. There. He won’t be giving you any more trouble.
Use the land for affordable housing, for cock’s sake.’ The iceberg in Titanic The optimism of New Labour’s election was blunted by two tragedies: the death of Princess Diana and the film Titanic . Even Prescott’s right arm couldn’t have stopped the first, but the form.