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John Prescott
John Prescott
British Politician
Born: May 31, 1938
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I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are. John Prescott
God Thank God Negotiating Table Seeking Only Been Thank Get Where Them
That's what I think regions are about, making central government more accountable and fairer. John Prescott
Government Think About More Fairer Making Accountable Central Central Government Regions
What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of deprivation. John Prescott
Government Programmes Has-Been Directed Area Pounds Major Got Doing Been Which Central Central Government Deprivation Billions Now
I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly. John Prescott
Wealth National Every Brought More Only Area Lift Develop Share Economies Greater Up Get Regional Productivity
Why can't we, with a more intelligent policy, actually have houses that are affordable, built at higher densities than they are at the moment and built on brownfield sites. John Prescott
More Higher Policy Houses Built Intelligent Than Affordable Sites Moment Why Actually
It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration. John Prescott
Administration Direction Previous Moving Decline Right Right Direction
We are making the fundamental changes. It was like the decent housing target. We said by 2010, we'd have taken a million houses and refurbished them into decent housing. John Prescott
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There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there. John Prescott
Progress Better About Only Taking Talking Years Place Growth Two
You go down some street - no doubt it's there, and we have to do something about it, and our programmes are designed to do that - but if that's a picture of Newcastle, it's not the one I recognise and I bet none in the North East do either. John Prescott
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The only break I ever took was to eat. That's all I did. Work, and then quickly eat something. It became my main pleasure, having access to my comfort food. John Prescott
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From 1997 when we came in, you guys and the public bought seven million more cars. You didn't get rid of the second car, did you? So what is happening is the growth of cars on the motorway. John Prescott
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I'm going to introduce you to a revolutionary thought - you can go slower and get there quicker. And that's to do with flow. As soon as you made it two lanes and brought in the 70 (mph) and 50 (mph), you got there quicker. It meant the flow of the traffic was better, there were less accidents, less deaths, I think that's an important factor. John Prescott
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There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did. John Prescott
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