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Tony Blair chokes up in emotional tribute to John Prescott: ‘I’m devastated’
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11/21/2024
Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair pays tribute to John PrescottBBC
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I'm feeling devastated actually. I mean we knew it was coming because he'd been very ill
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but my deepest condolences to Pauline, to David and Jonathan, the family who were a huge support
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to him. And yeah, there was no one quite like him in British politics.
00:19
Yes, you've said that without him the Labour Party couldn't have won
00:24
three consecutive full terms. What do you think it was?
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Well he had, I mean people often used to see him as traditional Labour as opposed to new Labour and
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that was true to a degree. I mean he obviously came from a completely different background from
00:42
me. He reached parts of the Labour Party, parts of the electorate that probably I couldn't reach.
00:47
But he was actually an innovator. He was highly, highly intelligent. That was sometimes masked by,
00:55
people used to make fun of his speeches and his use of the English language.
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But he was an incredibly direct communicator.
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