crap

imagine the scene. you used to be one of the most powerful men in your party. you used to be loved by the members of the party no matter what particular wing of the party they were. while outsiders may have vilified him, john was seen as being one of us. for the longest time he had one of the more complicated jobs in government and within his party he was seen as being the kingmaker.

but for john prescott, as with much of new labour, it all started to go wrong: two jags became two shags.his personal life causing more of a stink than his political failures, all leading to a downgrading of his role. but not his benefits. a public outcry and the perception that prezza had become one of them encouraged him to give up some of his grace and favours benefits.

and then there was the misunderstanding with philip anschutz where prescott accepted favours from a man he was dealing with over the set up of a super casino in the millennium dome.

all in all it has been a pretty shitty year for john prescott.

so why oh why when it has been suggested that he has had the balls and spine to criticise president bush’s administration had been crap when it came to the middle east “road map” has he denied he ever said anything of the sort. now true if i was john prescott i would be a little annoyed that a fellow labour mp (harry cohen) had tattletaled on me, and might be contemplating giving him one of my famous caught on tv not quite lennox lewis like punches.

cohen said believed mr prescott's comment had been "an honest and good point, well made", but didn’t go on to confirm that he himself was just causing trouble for the sake of it
colin brown (prescott’s biographer) said (while rubbing his hands at the increased sales of his book) of prescott’s language "it's a shorthand, it's very pithy, it's not diplomatic, and i hope that he doesn't get into any diplomatic hot water about it,"

prescott’s denial is more than likely due to the recent revelations that jack straw was eased out of office by the americans, and prescott (in keeping with many of new labour ministers is very very keen to keep his job for as long as he can…)
but in this one reported statement that bush, the bush administration and the handling of the “road map” as being crap has won prescott a huge amount of fans, new and old.

it is just a shame that the courage of his convictions has been lost along with his integrity during the latter days of the new labour administration.