Former deputy prime minister John Prescott's funeral is taking place in Hull. Three Labour PM's, Sir Keir Starmer, Gordon Brown and Sir Tony Blair, are among those inside the ceremony at Hull Minster to pay their respects. Follow for live updates.
Sir Tony Blair, the former prime minister, is now addressing those gathered at John Prescott's funeral in Hull today.Lord Prescott had served as deputy prime minister under Sir Tony, from 1997 until 2007.Beginning his eulogy, the former PM says: 'Some lives exude a dull grey, that the challenge is to fill the canvas, and some are so bursting in colour that the challenge is to contain them in a single portrait.'No-one ever described John as dull or grey.
He says self-doubt was the 'spur that drove him to seek the struggle, to pull himself up from disadvantage, to aspire to the pinnacle of success, doubting all the while that he was truly good enough to be there, but then proving that he was'.The former PM describes his friend's achievements as 'extraordinary'.'Throw him a problem, and he would provide a solution. I threw a few.' Continuing, he says: 'There is not one of us who thinks about John without a smile.
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