{"id":346368,"date":"2024-11-21T09:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=346368"},"modified":"2024-11-21T09:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T08:46:48","slug":"uk-former-deputy-pm-john-prescott-dies-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/11\/21\/uk-former-deputy-pm-john-prescott-dies-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"UK former deputy PM John Prescott dies at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>He died \u201cpeacefully\u201d at a care home, his wife Pauline, and two sons said<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Britain\u2019s former deputy prime minister, John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and with him helped transform the country\u2019s Labour party, has died at 86, his family said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved husband, father and grandfather, John Prescott, passed away Wednesday, 20th of November, 2024 at the age of 86,\u201d a statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Blair, the privately educated lawyer who appointed working-class Prescott to help appease the Labour left as he moved the party to the centre ground, said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d at Prescott\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no one quite like him in British politics,\u201d he told BBC radio.<\/p>\n<p>Keir Starmer, who became Labour\u2019s first prime minister since 2010 after a landslide general election win in July, called Prescott \u201ca true giant of the Labour movement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a staunch defender of working people and a proud trade unionist. During a decade as deputy prime minister, he was one of the key architects of a Labour government that transformed the lives of millions of people across the nation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much of John\u2019s work set the path for those of us fortunate enough to follow. From leading climate negotiations to fighting regional inequality, his legacy will live on well beyond his lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prescott, a former merchant seaman and trade union activist who served as a member of parliament for Hull in northern England for four decades, died \u201cpeacefully\u201d at a care home, his wife Pauline, and two sons said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did so surrounded by the love of his family and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott, who was appointed to the House of Lords, suffered a stroke in 2019 and had been suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s. He stopped being a member of the upper chamber of parliament in July because of his health problems.<\/p>\n<p>Plain-speaking, Prescott served for 10 years as Blair\u2019s deputy following Labour\u2019s landslide 1997 general election win. During a campaign stop in north Wales he punched a protester who threw an egg at him.<\/p>\n<p>But he also acted as a mediator between Blair and his finance minister Gordon Brown, who also helmed the transformation of Labour in the 1990s and who had designs on power.<\/p>\n<p>Prescott\u2019s brief included the environment and transport, as well as leading negotiations for Britain for the international Kyoto Protocol on climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Blair said in a 2007 letter to Prescott that he saw his role as \u201csmoothing out colleagues and sorting out colleagues and trouble-shooting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe completely unique Prescott blend of charm and brutality\u2026 got you through the decade, kept the government together and above all, gave me a lot of fun. 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