Jon Craig recalls being summoned onstage by John Prescott during a Labour conference to be presented with a pork pie.
Brandishing a pork pie on a silver tray, John Prescott stood on the stage during his 1995 Labour conference speech and bellowed: 'Lies, lies! Porky pies!' It was the defining moment of my stormy 40-year relationship with the combustible, irascible former Cunard steward who became Britain's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The object of his anger was my front page splash in that day's Daily Express under the headline: 'Prescott fury at new snub.
Read more:John Prescott dies aged 86What has Labour learnt from Prescott In the next day's Daily Express, under the headline 'That's pie in the sky, John', I wrote: 'First let me declare an interest. I am a fan of Labour deputy leader John Prescott. 'Over the years, he has shouted at me, sworn at me and once poked me in the chest in the committee corridor of the Commons.' Right up to his sad death, I remained a fan.
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