John Prescott, right, and Peter Mandelson hold a news conference in 1997 (Tom Hevezi/PA) (PA Archive) Prescott punches a protestor and local farm worker who threw an egg in his face (ITN) ...

LONDON – British politician John Prescott, a pugnacious and personable former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, has died at age 86.

John Prescott knew that Blair’s aides regarded him as an electoral liability with middle England. In the 1997, 2001, and 2005 general election campaigns, he was kept off centre stage and sent on ...

A memorial statue to honour politician and Labour Party "giant" Lord John Prescott has been refused at a full meeting of Hull City Council. The former deputy prime minister, deputy Labour leader, MP ...

John Prescott, Labour’s Deputy Prime Minister was incensed by a protester who hit him with an egg. He lashed out at the egg-thrower and the police had to separate the two men.

LONDON (AP) — British politician John Prescott, a pugnacious and personable former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister in Tony Blair’s Labour government, has died at ...

LONDON (AP) — British politician John Prescott, a pugnacious and personable former merchant seaman who rose to the post of deputy prime minister in Tony Blair’s Labour government, has died at ...