John Prescott Quotes

It's great to be back on terra cotta

John Prescott

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There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.

John Prescott

Order, Blair, Said

"As David Cameron poses with blacked up dancers - the worst political PR blunders" by Simon Keegan, www.mirror.co.uk. October 14, 2014.

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The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

John Prescott

Mean, Achievement, Green

"Passing Comment". The Times, January 31, 1998.

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Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question?

John Prescott

Silly, Hair, Wife

"Prescott walks it like he talks it". news.bbc.co.uk. September 30, 1999.

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So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full.

John Prescott

Sick, Feelings, Chocolate

John Prescott (2008). “Prezza: My Story: Pulling No Punches”

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I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor.

John Prescott

Thinking, Mph, Two

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Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done.

John Prescott

Land, Done, Demand

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My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now.

John Prescott

Class, Roots, Would Be

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I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.

John Prescott

People, Noses, Violence

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I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.

John Prescott

Class, Middle, Middle Class

BBC Radio 4 "Today" interview, April 12, 1996.

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Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

John Prescott

Team, Scotland, Together

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In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.

John Prescott

Agency, Giving, Looks

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We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

John Prescott

Believe, House, Pounds

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Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government

John Prescott

Love, Life, Family

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What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.

John Prescott

Energy, Environment, Economics

"UN climate change deal needs more sacrifices by West, John Prescott warns" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2009.

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Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust

John Prescott

Economic, Stability, Labour

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I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales, went to school in Wales and my mother was Welsh. I'm Welsh. It's my place of birth, my country.

John Prescott

Mother, Country, School

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This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February.

John Prescott

Thinking, Facts, February

"Prescott Triumphs on Slippery Slopes of Syntax" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2004.

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When I see that man on the telly - 'Are you thinking what I'm thinking?' No! I'm definitely not! I find most of it quite offensive!

John Prescott

Men, Thinking, Offensive

"Election 2005: Aggressive and Voluble - but the Real Thing" by Oliver Burkeman, April 21, 2005.

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I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

John Prescott

Thank God, Tables, Negotiating

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I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family. Because when these things happen, it doesn't just happen to you, it happens to the people around you and the family.

John Prescott

Mother, Father, People

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I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.

John Prescott

Journey, Order, Years

"Record Traffic Jams Break Labour Pledge" by Kamal Ahmed, www.theguardian.com. August 05, 2001.

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In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.

John Prescott

Easter, Moving, Government

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There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.

John Prescott

Home, Opportunity, Way

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I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.

John Prescott

East, Wealth, Economy

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Born: May 31, 1938
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