John Prescott heaped further pressure on the Sunday Times today by saying he knew of 'direct evidence' indicating it was involved in further illegal newsgathering activities... more
Negotiators should ditch hopes of a legally binding agreement on reductions in climate change gases and push instead for a voluntary framework at the upcoming Cancun summit, John Prescott said
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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott was 'nervous' about the notorious claim that Saddam Hussein could launch weapons of mass destruction within 45 minutes, the inquiry into the Iraq war hears... more
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights to delay the extradition of four terrorist suspects to the US seems an extraordinary intervention in our justice system... more
John Prescott calls for Labour to fight against the referendum planned for May 5 next year on scrapping the first-past-the-post voting system for Westminster elections... more
Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was among a string of former Labour ministers set to be given a peerage in the Dissolution Honours list, the Standard learns... more
Commentary: Sorry, Gordon, it doesn’t get much worse than this. In your wildest straw-clutching you might hope the public will agree with you that Gillian Duffy is a bigot because of her comments about immigration... more
If you are lucky enough to be invited to the GQ Men of the Year Awards - I was - then a word of advice. Make sure your arrival on the red carpet doesn't coincide with that of the beautiful people... more
A European human rights watchdog whose members include John Prescott has criticised the Government's plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge... more
He might be considered an expert on Jaguars – so long as they are chauffeur-driven. But now John Prescott has ventured into the driver’s seat as a guest reviewer for Five’s TV motoring show Fifth Gear. ... more
It's not the first celebrity pairing to raise eyebrows. But the sight of Jodie Marsh puckering up to former deputy PM John Prescott is surely number one in the top ten list of bizarre celebrity hook-ups.
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When did it become a ho-ho-ho national joke for our celebrities to beat people up? The nation is chortling today over the photos of a trashed Lily Allen punching a member of the public outside Ronnie Scott's... more
Revelations in the memoirs of Cherie Blair and John Prescott, added to fresh internal feuds, are eating away at the authority of the Government... more
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