{"id":128571,"date":"2024-11-21T23:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128571"},"modified":"2024-11-21T23:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:04:20","slug":"john-prescott-former-uk-deputy-prime-minister-dies-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128571","title":{"rendered":"John Prescott, Former UK Deputy Prime Minister, Dies at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">John Prescott, who rose through Britain\u2019s trade union movement to become one of the country\u2019s best-known politicians and serve as deputy prime minister for a decade, has died. He was 86.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnprescott\/status\/1859476659168047247\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a statement on social media<\/a>, his family said he died peacefully on Wednesday, \u201csurrounded by the love of his family and the jazz music of Marian Montgomery.\u201d The statement noted that he had suffered a stroke in 2019 and had latterly been living with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Plain-speaking and proudly working class, Mr. Prescott served as a visible link to Labour\u2019s traditional origins when the party came to power in 1997 under the modernizing leadership of Tony Blair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In government, Mr. Prescott championed environmental causes \u2014 playing a key role in international climate negotiations \u2014 and worked hard to shift power from London to the English regions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">More important for Labour, he helped defuse internal tensions between Mr. Blair and his chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, a rival who would eventually become Mr. Blair\u2019s successor. 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