A highlight of the lacklustre 2001 general election campaign was the “Prescott punch”. John Prescott, Labour’s deputy prime minister, was incensed by a protester who hit him with an egg.

The farmer who was punched by former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott ... but neither he nor Lord Prescott were charged with any offence. Following the infamous punch-up, Labour went on to ...

Detectives investigating the politically embarrassing brawl between Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and a protester ... throwing incident followed by a punch-up. 'It's like a cloud hanging ...

Lawyers were today deciding whether Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott should be prosecuted for punching a protester during the general election campaign. The Crown Prosecution Service was ...

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 ...