that’s where the punch came from. He was so authentic in other ways as well – people related to John.” In addition to the Prescott punch – which has its own Wikipedia entry – friends and ...

It was an encounter that will remain with me for the rest of my life. I first met John Prescott as a wide-eyed cub reporter in my hometown of Hull, where I worked for the local paper in the heart ...

He added: “So I watched the film of the punch again, and I’m trying to feel outrage, and instead find myself cheering him on. That settled it.” At the time of the incident, Lord Prescott ...

The funeral of John Prescott, former Labour deputy prime minister ... "That personality," he says wistfully," will be forever memorialised by the punch." He recalls the tale of Prescott punching ...

Hundreds of John Prescott’s family ... A particularly fiery and infamous moment saw him punch a protester who had thrown an egg at him during an election campaign visit to Wales in 2001.

John Prescott's funeral took place today at Hull ... s funeral about the “pandemonium” that ensued after “the punch” in the 2001 general election campaign. He recalled ringing his deputy ...

Sir Tony joked with the congregation about the “pandemonium” that ensued after “the punch” in the 2001 ... The coffin of Lord John Prescott arrives at Hull Minster (Danny Lawson/PA ...

Whether a former deputy Prime Minister infamous for throwing a punch, to a Scottish independence ... been more different to Tony Blair, yet John Prescott ended up being our longest serving deputy ...

Lord John Prescott was hailed as "a man of the people" and a "working ... The former Prime Minister also joked about the “pandemonium” that ensued after “the punch” during the 2001 general election ...

Sir Tony Blair leaves York Minster after the funeral service of Lord John Prescott (Danny Lawson/PA ... “pandemonium” that ensued after “the punch” in the 2001 general election campaign.

Key figures from British politics past and present paid their respects to the 'unique, remarkable, and extraordinary' former Hull MP and deputy prime minister ...