prezza

with a barnstorming speech two jags prescott has announced he will be standing down as deputy leader of the labour party. it was a pit-bull of a speech filled with passion, an old guard vim and vinegar style speech. it was a rallying cry to the party reminding them of the achievements of the government, reminding them that there was much to do and reminding them that there was still a fight to be re-elected.
even though he was aware of the potential threat from both the conservatives and liberal democrats – he was more than happy to mock them. each jibe getting a laugh from the assembled throng.
for all the criticism he gets for his abuse of the english language once he is in full flow prescott is an effective speaker, animated, fluid, inspiring and at his best as he cajoles the faithful to continue their effort to support labour. (he only seemed to lose this when he appeared on tv programmes and he was aware he had to be a certain way, and in trying to be media savvy he lost his fire.)
the one duff note of the speech was when he told the conference he had always said that he would let them know he was going before he let the media know. which is a nice thought except his announcement was trailed everywhere before the speech.

prescott was the last of his breed, from now on the party will be lead by people who are more interested in style rather than conviction. he will be missed. but not for long because like ali and mandy he will be back.

fired up by prescott’s speech i confess to having a tear in my eye as the conference ended with semi operatic renditions of “the red flag” and “jerusalem”.

ah well i can look forward to laughing at the tories next week because already


there will be no specific policy announcements at the four-day rally, a tory spokesman confirmed

but they want to shake being a party of pr.
good start fellahs.