Deputy Dawg
John Prescott - that old sea-dog and former deputy leader of the Labour party - has been at it again.
Putting his foot in it - or mouth in it - as is his wont on a regular basis.
Private Eye has again exposed just what an old phoney JP is - with his frequent blatherings on TV and Twitter.
Here's a piece from the latest edition of the magazine.
"Baron Prescott of Kingston-upon-Hull in the county of East Yorkshire was, as ever, quick to jump on a Twitter bandwagon , appending the scathing - #whereisthegovernment - hashtag to his 'tweets' about the Eurozone crisis.
He also took to Andrew Marr's sofa after the first night of the riots to announce that he had been in charge "every August for ten years, I had the tsumami (sic), I had the 7/11" (he was presumably referring to the Asian tsunami, which took place in December 2004, and either the terror attacks on New York in September 2011, or London in July 2005).
"I had one minister phone me up and say 'I can do it from down in Cornwall on the beach', " he continued, warming to his theme. "No you bloody well can't, get up here, I want a full team sitting in cabinet discussing the issues."
And how exactly did the artist formerly known as John Prescott react to criticism of defence secretary Geoff Hoon's decision to go on a family holiday following the suicide of Dr David Kelly in August 2003?
"Everyone has to have their holidays," he announced on Breakfast with Frost.
Just count your blessings - that the country was in such safe hands.
Putting his foot in it - or mouth in it - as is his wont on a regular basis.
Private Eye has again exposed just what an old phoney JP is - with his frequent blatherings on TV and Twitter.
Here's a piece from the latest edition of the magazine.
"Baron Prescott of Kingston-upon-Hull in the county of East Yorkshire was, as ever, quick to jump on a Twitter bandwagon , appending the scathing - #whereisthegovernment - hashtag to his 'tweets' about the Eurozone crisis.
He also took to Andrew Marr's sofa after the first night of the riots to announce that he had been in charge "every August for ten years, I had the tsumami (sic), I had the 7/11" (he was presumably referring to the Asian tsunami, which took place in December 2004, and either the terror attacks on New York in September 2011, or London in July 2005).
"I had one minister phone me up and say 'I can do it from down in Cornwall on the beach', " he continued, warming to his theme. "No you bloody well can't, get up here, I want a full team sitting in cabinet discussing the issues."
And how exactly did the artist formerly known as John Prescott react to criticism of defence secretary Geoff Hoon's decision to go on a family holiday following the suicide of Dr David Kelly in August 2003?
"Everyone has to have their holidays," he announced on Breakfast with Frost.
Just count your blessings - that the country was in such safe hands.
