Former trade union activist and key figure of Tony Blair’s New Labour project has died at care home surrounded by family
Labour former prime minister Sir Tony Blair said he was “devastated” by the death of Lord Prescott, and described his deputy as “one of the most talented people I ever encountered in politics”. Blair said: Although we all knew that the end was approaching and was inevitable, I am devastated by John’s passing. He was one of the most talented people I ever encountered in politics; one of the most committed and loyal; and definitely the most unusual.
There was nothing about John which fitted conventional wisdom. He was from proud traditional working class stock yet understood instinctively and completely the aspirations of that class and their desire to better themselves. He was liberal and tolerant, yet instantly intolerant of any overly liberal middle class dismissal of the misery suffered by poor inner city communities from crime and drug abuse.
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