Starmer and Blair among those at service for former deputy PM – with two Jaguars in cortege in tribute to ‘Two Jags’
to the church on Thursday in a nod to the “Two Jags” nickname he earned after it was revealed he used a ministerial one as well as his own. The former deputy prime minister’s coffin was adorned with red roses for Labour and white ones representing Yorkshire., while inside were 300 of his closest friends, including the current and former prime ministers Keir Starmer, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.
Taylor, who remained friends with Prescott after his time working with him, described him as “a serious guy, with a great sense of humour and a lot of empathy”.“The good thing about John was that he’d always say: ‘If I’m heading in the wrong direction, say so.’ People thought he would be difficult but he wasn’t.”
“He was a lovely dancer,” said Pam Tucker, a retired theatre nurse, who had come from Barton-upon-Humber to pay her respects.
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