Former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have paid tribute to a “working class hero” who “rose to the highest ranks of the land” at the funeral of Lord John Prescott.
Both Sir Tony, who Lord Prescott was deputy for, and Gordon Brown gave eulogies at Hull Minster, in the city where he served as an MP for 40 years until he was given a peerage in 2010. ADVERTISEMENT ...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was among the invitees, alongside former Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. Many of the Labour frontbenchers paid their respects to Lord Prescott ...