'We will never see his like again': Blair and Brown lead tributes to Lord Prescott at his funeral
'We will never see his like again': Blair and Brown lead tributes to Lord Prescott at his funeral
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Former Labour prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir Tony Blair have led tributes to "working class hero" Lord Prescott at his funeral. The great and the good of the Labour Party remembered the UK's longest-serving deputy prime minister, who died in November aged 86 after a battle with Alzheimer's.
The funeral cortege included a Jaguar hearse and limousine, in a nod to Lord Prescott's nickname "two Jags". Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner gave readings as former cabinet ministers and current MPs gave their final goodbye to the Labour stalwart.
Politics latest: 'John was guardian of the party's conscience'. 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. Mr Brown, who was prime minister from 2007-2010, hailed a "life lived to the full", which "touched the lives and changed the lives of millions who may never have met John but are today better off because of him".
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