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July 2021
What’s worse? The mobbing of Chris Whitty or stalking a ‘betrayed wife’?
Catherine Bennett
Martha Hancock, like many politicians’ wives before her, has been left to deal with the scrum
September 2019
Anorexia: why embarrassment still stops so many men from getting help
The testimony of celebrities has helped raise awareness of eating disorders in males. But 90% still suffer in silence
June 2019
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Jeremy Corbyn tells May any Brexit deal should be put to public – live news
John Prescott admitted to hospital after stroke
April 2019
This much I know
John Prescott: ‘I’ve only ever been in two or three fights’
TV tonight
TV tonight: former deputy PM John Prescott gets saucy in Worcestershire
January 2019
Can anyone out-dance Theresa May? The greatest movers in politics – ranked!
After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Republican-silencing moves, here’s our ultimate list of dancing politicians
May 2018
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
MPs vent frustration about Tory response to Grenfell Tower tragedy - Politics live
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen
April 2018
The Q&A
John Prescott: ‘My most unappealing habit? Always looking glum’
The life peer on buying Jaguars, being quick to anger and failing the 11-plus
January 2018
Will neglect drive Yorkshire to a Catalan-style revolt?
Simon Jenkins
England’s most substantial province should be on a par with Scotland yet devolution remains a distant dream, writes Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
May 2017
Jeremy Corbyn and John Prescott campaign in Hull – video
In an appearance with the Labour leader in Hull on Monday, the former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott highlighted Theresa May’s U-turn on social care and asked supporters: ‘Should she be prime minister?’
August 2016
Acting prime minister is still a long way from the top, Boris Johnson
Michael White
Deputies may come very close to ultimate power, but as history shows, though some attain it for themselves, many more fall by the political wayside
July 2016
Times on safe ground over Lord Prescott's 'terracotta' slip
Ipso rejects complaint over story that he allegedly said ‘terracotta’ instead of ‘terra firma’ after he got out of a plane
John Prescott: UK broke international law by invading Iraq in 2003
Prescott, as deputy prime minister, voted for the war – but now says Tony Blair stopped ministers fully discussing legality
Tony Blair faces calls for impeachment on release of Chilcot report
Labour and SNP figures consider legal action against former PM to ban him from office over role in Iraq war
June 2016
John Prescott to clash with Ken Livingstone on Russia Today
Former deputy PM described ex-London mayor’s comment that Hitler was a Zionist as ‘beyond contempt’
May 2016
Politicians condemn 60% foreign ownership of London skyscraper
John Prescott, who approved UK’s tallest residential building, speaks out after Guardian reveals a quarter of flats in it are held by offshore firms
March 2016
John Prescott takes swipe at Sacha Baron Cohen and film Grimsby
Actor the same as George Osborne, another ‘spoilt public schoolboy from the south kicking the north’, says former deputy PM
January 2016
Egg on your face – politicians under attack
Long before politicians came under Twitter attack, the egg was the political protester’s favoured weapon