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.

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.

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 ...