Asked whether he regretted throwing the egg ... in other ways as well – people related to John.” In addition to the Prescott punch – which has its own Wikipedia entry – friends and ...

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.

Whether a former deputy Prime Minister infamous for throwing a punch ... couldn’t have been more different to Tony Blair, yet John Prescott ended up being our longest serving deputy prime ...

Detectives investigating the politically embarrassing brawl between Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott ... a major fraud than an egg-throwing incident followed by a punch-up.