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Post by LondonNorthern on Nov 21, 2024 8:52:42 GMT
Terrible loss and seems to have been one of the final few "old Labour" politicians continuing to back the movement long after he left office.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Nov 21, 2024 10:22:37 GMT
The world definitely would not be the same without "two jags" John Prescott. He was a real down to earth person, RIP
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Post by someone on Nov 21, 2024 19:45:55 GMT
Terrible loss and seems to have been one of the final few "old Labour" politicians continuing to back the movement long after he left office.
Sorry if I sound blunt, but why are so many MPs dying? This is just a month after John Prescott unexpectedly passed in, of all places, North Macedonia! |
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Post by greenboy on Nov 21, 2024 19:54:01 GMT
Terrible loss and seems to have been one of the final few "old Labour" politicians continuing to back the movement long after he left office.
Sorry if I sound blunt, but why are so many MPs dying? This is just a month after John Prescott unexpectedly passed in, of all places, North Macedonia! I think you meant Alex Salmond? |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Nov 21, 2024 20:00:37 GMT
Terrible loss and seems to have been one of the final few "old Labour" politicians continuing to back the movement long after he left office.
Sorry if I sound blunt, but why are so many MPs dying? This is just a month after John Prescott unexpectedly passed in, of all places, North Macedonia! There is no correlation at all between MPs dying at the moment. Alex Salmond had a sudden cardiac episode while John Prescott had Alzheimers. |
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Post by LondonNorthern on Nov 21, 2024 20:26:57 GMT
Sorry if I sound blunt, but why are so many MPs dying? This is just a month after John Prescott unexpectedly passed in, of all places, North Macedonia! There is no correlation at all between MPs dying at the moment. Alex Salmond had a sudden cardiac episode while John Prescott had Alzheimers. John Prescott also hasn't been an MP since 2010, and given the two landslide victories since 2010 (2019 and 2024) in which large swathes of MPs were either deseated or admitted into Parliament, then it would be unsurprising anyway that there are more former MPs. |
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Post by LondonNorthern on Nov 21, 2024 20:34:19 GMT
The world definitely would not be the same without "two jags" John Prescott. He was a real down to earth person, RIP It's terribly sad and he was a real visionary with his transport strategy in 2000, many policies from which (for better or for worse) have clearly had a great influence on the suggestions that have been put forward by the Conservative Government that followed the New Labour years and plans which the current Labour government are considering pursuing.
It's a real shame that Prescott devised it when he did because I think Brown would have taken a much greater interest in the plans put forward by him rather than Blair who seemed more interested in constructing assets which would keep his political capital as high as possible and ensure the three election victories, the emphasis on constructing schools and hospitals spring to mind. The 2010 manifesto was Labour moving away from third-way socialism and pushing into social democracy, which likely would have improved the case for these projects to receive investment.
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Post by buspete on Nov 21, 2024 22:24:53 GMT
Hem certainly was a no nonsense politician and a one of a kind. Love him or hate him, I am sure many on the right admired when he hit that fellow who threw a egg at him.
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Post by vjaska on Nov 21, 2024 23:50:43 GMT
Sorry if I sound blunt, but why are so many MPs dying? This is just a month after John Prescott unexpectedly passed in, of all places, North Macedonia! There is no correlation at all between MPs dying at the moment. Alex Salmond had a sudden cardiac episode while John Prescott had Alzheimers. I will say me and my mum have long thought that the period of November to January does tend to see a lot of famous people pass on for whatever reason to the point we usually remark, "it's that time of the year again" |
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