Prezza To Announce Retirement as MP Saturday
The Hull Daily Mail is reporting that Prezza will tell constituency activists at a party at his home on Saturday that he intends to step down as an MP. After trousering £300,000 for his memoirs (ghost written obviously) this was always on the cards.Guido will miss the entertainment that the grammar mangling, pie-eating pugilist and serial adulterer brought to politics.
In the running for his seat: former Shipley MP, Chris Leslie, Jonathan Ashworth: a Tresury SpAd and Brownite loyalist, popular local councillor Steven Bayes and his spin-doctor son David Prescott.
It also occurs to Guido that the timing of the decision might indicate that Prezza thinks the election is very imminent...
55 comments:
Oh joy! Elation!
And who says you bring us negative stories all the time Guido?
The man's a turncoat, once a union man he's been happy to play croquet in Chequers whilst nodding through PFI deals or hobnobbing with Dick Cheney.
Good riddance to yet another corrupt Labour scumbag.
Hopefully he'll be harpooned by a confused Japanese whaler, whilst basking somewhere off the coast. Great big bloater.
One down, thousands to go...
If Blunkett's memoirs didn't sell than someone is bonkers to pay £300k for someone who was a minor player!
Interesting thought about an imminent election Guido, though when I first glanced at the article I thought it read 'erection'. (Watch out Pauline, here comes Big John!)
Maybe Team Bogey holed up in Gordons bunker are going to cut and run, before the economy finally implodes? According to Reuters & WSJ, Barclays took out the B of E loan yesterday to cover a shortfall on their account due to a missed payment by another bank.
Alarming times...
More sex in these memoirs, obviously.
Hey, I think I recognize that wig: it's from the Eva Gabor collection!
Also: just wait for the wife's memoirs after the lucrative and inevitable divorce comes through. If you're at all talented at reading between the lines, they are great stuff!
I wonder if his son will succeed him.Living in a strong Labour area, I have noticed that in practice they are more wedded to the hereditary principle than the Tories ever were.
John Prescott's political epitaph- exactly what the young lad says at the end of the credits to Alexai Sayle's tv show of yonks ago:-'who is that fat bas*ard!?'
Lets hope the mendacious mendicant drops dead before he has time to enjoy any of his ill gotten gains!
simon said...
John Prescott's political epitaph- exactly what the young lad says at the end of the credits to Alexai Sayle's tv show of yonks ago:-'who is that fat bas*ard!?'
Nothing impresses quite like a quote from the telly.
God, she's going to be even more pissed off now, what with the lardarse moping around at home geting in the way of the hoover. At least when he was in Westminster he wasn't cluttering up Prescott Towers, and she could just read about him in her News of the World.
What's happening about his various London residences then? Is he going to let his Admiralty flat out to some illegals? Must be able to get a fair few in there.
If his boy stands I do hope for his sake he'll have learned something from his father's cock-ups (advisedly).
Rejoice! Rejoice!
(And DON'T buy the book)
Oh God- The Prescott Memoirs! I can picture the entries in it now :- 'eeee by 'eck tha knows i was on campaign trail when a fu*ker threw an egg in me face. Tha bloody cheek tha knows. Cheeky bas*ard should have cooked it first! I can't do with slippery gooey things going doon me throat! I'm not a Liberal Democrat!' I think i'd buy the book ( after it was reduced to 50p in Waterstone's) just for a bloody good giggle!
How much per annum will he cost us until his final demise?
My money's on the kid given the levels of nepotism in Labour.
The buffoon will be sorely missed. We'll need another example to lampoon.
As for the memoirs, rose tinted, one sided, selective memory, a paen of praise to the boy who made good. Pass the vomit bag please steward, oh dear, are those your shoes!!.
re the election prediction: turn it on its head - maybe he knows there isn't going to be an election soon and can't face being on the backbenches for another two years?
He'll 'write' his memoirs, get a gold-plated pension, amble around some Labour Associations giving speeches - why bother to work?
Pauline's probably worried that with £300k he'll be able to afford a penis enlargement operation and then she'll have no excuse not to sleep with the odious fat w&nker.
Hi Guido,just so I know the rules.You have deleted once again a number of my posts.I would like to know why please ? I except they maybe boring, irrelevant, badly composed. Spelling certainly a bit iffy, and punctuation decidedly dodgy, never managed to grasp the punctuation thing. But that would apply to many who post on your blog. I avoid obscene comments or foul language, is that why perhaps? Just a polite reply, no need to tell me to f*** off, will suffice. Kind regards and look forward to hearing from you soon.
What next for the barsteward in a cowboy outfit and his hands in the cookie jar? A lead role in a modern spaghetti Western I suggest.
Hope that the Tricia McDaid dossier surfaces.
You and a few others seem to be boringly arguing amongst yourselves. No relevance to the matter at hand.
Take it elsewhere.
The deletion policy is arbitrary.
Guido Fawkes Esq. said...
You and a few others seem to be boringly arguing amongst yourselves. No relevance to the matter at hand.
Okey-dokey.
Another shamefully corrupt loser gets away with it. will anschutz be 'rewarding' prezza for the brillianht casino/dome outcome???
Apparantly he has been offered a role by the United Nations to attempt to get the Iraqi's and Iranians to talk peace. He is being given an entourage of Israeli bodyguards and a team of lapdancing secretaries.
judith said...why bother to work?
You are aware that the guy is nearly seventy are you Judith ? What exactly do you expect him to do ?
It could be about election timing. Equally it could be the first rat leaving the sinking Brown ship.
Having been Mr Big under Blair, he is diddlysquat under Brown. The highly efficient machine that was NuLab is fast becoming a discoloured blaumange on three wheels. Prescott's sharp money-making instincts know when to sell up and go.
My guess is he got floods of requests (geddit?) to do so from his waterlogged constituents. If so, sensible people who deserve much better next time around.
Oh, this is such a shame, the House of Commons is about to lose one of its (Unintentional) comedians!
Can the £ 300k be used to offset some of his US/Caribbean holiday earlier this year?
Good God, I though John Prescott had "left the building" years ago ....
And no, we do NOT need another buffoon to laugh at, he must have cost us both as a minister in costs and expenses, and as a decision-maker in countless billions for the countless fool projects he inflicted on us all.
Alan Douglas
He probably just wants the attention. He must be feeling a bit put out that when he left Blair and Brown got all of it and he got none whatsoever.
Anonymong 11.50 said
"You are aware that the guy is nearly seventy are you Judith ? What exactly do you expect him to do ? "
Die. That'd be nice.
Kill 'em all said...Die. That'd be nice.
Not funny,and not necessary.Nasty post.
I like ole John. every time I see him it reminds me of the example he has set us all
wil his bok outsell blunketts insomnia cure? I read that and this i will give a miss.
Steven Bayes, all the way!
chuck unsworth 10:37am
God, she's going to be even more pissed off now, what with the lardarse moping around at home geting in the way of the hoover.
Not the way I hear it - Prezza's resigning to spend more time with the hoover.
Pauline's gone on strike!
The LDs could quite easily win Hull East in a by-election: they went from having one Councillor in the entire City to overall control (which they have now) in about 5 years and the Labour govt's response to the floods won't help their candidate, whoever he is.
The final fuck off to a man who so richly deserves it.
comfy socks and co-op rum 11:25am
Hi Guido,just so I know the rules.You have deleted once again a number of my posts.I would like to know why please ? I except they maybe boring, irrelevant, badly composed. Spelling certainly a bit iffy, and punctuation decidedly dodgy, never managed to grasp the punctuation thing. But that would apply to many who post on your blog. I avoid obscene comments or foul language, is that why perhaps? Just a polite reply, no need to tell me to f*** off, will suffice. Kind regards and look forward to hearing from you soon.
Don't fret honey, the rumour is that Guido's gone down with a bad case of political correctness but will be back on his feet quicker than you can say "fawkes is a fucking feminist fairy".
tapestry 12:01pm
my guess is Prezza's been offered a peerage...
alan douglas 12:15pm
And no, we do NOT need another buffoon to laugh at, he must have cost us both as a minister in costs and expenses, and as a decision-maker in countless billions for the countless fool projects he inflicted on us all.
Cheap killjoy!
anonymous 5:42pm
"'Kill 'em all said...Die. That'd be nice.'
Not funny,and not necessary.Nasty post."
You bet! What a fitting end for a bad fucking joke.
nurse bernard manning said...9:20 PM, August 22 "fawkes is a fucking feminist fairy".
Bless.
tapestry said...
Your postings are still the most mind numbing crap available anywhere, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, but at least on this blog they're briefer. For that we thank you, but for nothing else.
the heckler from hull said...You bet! What a fitting end for a bad fucking joke.
Bet his pension is bigger than yours. Bet his house in nicer than yours. Bet his life is more interesting than yours. Bet his cars are smarter than yours. Bet his everything is better than yours. What have you achieved, just a pathetic attempt at fame and glory by posting a comment on a blog. Still live on the council estate do you pet ?
Will Guy TV show Gay Gordo getting booed at the England game last night ??
ratty tatty 10:34am
Still live on the council estate do you pet ?
Yep, right next-door to you puppy.
"...Prezza's resigning to spend more time with the hoover...."
Self-administered liposuction, perhaps?
I've been working my bollocks of recently and so Johnboy hasn't had so much as a look-in - he's certainly not getting any suction out the lady of the house, that I can tell you.
That's quite right dildo, I don't let the fat slimy slob poke his greasy fingers in my pie these days - but unlike with me, he can turn the hoover on and stick his dick in it.
Does anyone seriously think that Dave Prescott is MP material? Wait till the story gets out about his "work experience" on the Hull Daily Mail some years back.
well if there is a possible local contender they should be selected there has been two MPs forced on to the people of Hull over the last 10 years the Johnson twins.
There is no way East Hull Labour Party will pick Prescott jnr - remember the Keepmoat scandal and the sale of all those lovely homes in Gypsville!!!
Lesley wont get it either cos he is pretending to be from Yorkshire but everyone knows he lives in London.
Is it possible that the Labour Party members in Hull will not just be told to appoint Lesley he is a yes man.
Word on the street is that its 200 years since a Hull person was chosen to be a Hull MP that was William Wilberforce.
Its time Hull People make a stand
There's more than a whiff of scandal about some of the names you've given who might replace him...
I thought this from the Bradford T&A might intrest the poor people of Hull show them what there next MP will be like
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1648718.0.former_mp_chris_covets_hull_seat.php
While there's been no official announcement he's running, Prescott Junior is working hard to raise his profile and establish his credentials as a Labour Party 'activist'(see his blog at www.daveprescott.blogspot.com. He has only ever spent short periods in Hull and was so desperate to continue London living, he took a demotion at the BBC to move back down to White City for 6 months. He is employed by a large London PR agency and only moved into PR so he wouldn't have to move back to Look North in Hull at the end of his 6 month BBC contract. Incidentally, there is an interesting story he has to tell (and often does)about the amount he'd been drinking on the night he so publicly ran his car off the road - don't recall any police action. He has never been interested in broader Labour politics other than what he could get out of being John Prescott's son - free tickets and a place at celebrity parties high among them. As far as being an activist is concerned, he has never until recently and the Hull seat in his sights, been to local Labour meetings in London - particularly during many years paying a peppercorn rent to live in a 3 bedroom Union owned mews flat in Clapham meant for his Father. I don't know how many Hull voters wear £3500 Rolex's like 'Dave', but they'd do well to know what they're really getting before letting another Prescott anywhere near the seat.
His blog carries a delightful picture from his wedding day from which he said he'd made a 'good profit' after charging guests cash to attend the do in the subsidised surrounds of the Houses of Parliament.
There's more than meets the eye to some of call me Dave's history (having hungout at some music industry events and gigs and indulged in all the excesses of that world) some enterprising investigative journo would do well to do some 'sniffing' around...
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