COULD TRY HARDER 0/10 GRADE F

10 years is a long time in politics, and with Blair announcing his time table for resigning in the next few days, be prepared for many different versions of his CV. However, let’s spare a thought for his deputy John Prescott, who like Tony, will also be finding himself surplus to requirements. Whilst his boss will probably scrub up pretty well when he finally goes for his interview to be head of the United Nations, old Presser will have to try a bit harder. Put it this way, he won’t be able to rely on his achievements in office;

~ claims in the USA that he broke US bribery laws when he visited the ranch of tycoon Philip Anschutz. This led to trouble at home over the government super casino plans.
~ his affair with his secretary and accusations of abuse of office (literally his office)
~ referred to President Bush’s handling of the Middle East as “crap” (perhaps a reasonable judgement mind you)
~ survey of his departmental staff which resulted in 1 out 10 saying they had witnessed bullying or discrimination. The same survey said 1/5^th of staff felt they had been treated unfairly.
~ stripped of his departmental positions (now stop it!) but still had the audacity to keep his salary and grace and favour homes
~ caught playing croquet (that well known working class warrior game) whilst supposedly in charge of the country.
~ cancellation of his “Sustainable Communities Summit” rattled up a tax payer’s bill of £300000 despite the fact it didn’t go ahead
~ despite attending climate change conferences around the world and clutching his Stern report close to his heart, his department has the worst record for allowing green field sites to be handed over to commercial developers.
~ swore live on TV after assuming the recording was going out later
~ gave the “V” sign to reporters outside of Downing Street. How diplomatic!
~ operates “two Jags” whilst encouraging people to share car journeys to reduce congestion
~ has his very expensive flagship plans for regional mayors thoroughly rejected by voters up and down the country.

If this had been a school report, Prescott would have been expelled and sent to the local Charver centre. However, as his Headmaster was just as bad, he somehow managed to survive and continue his bullying tactics in the school play ground that is the House of Commons.

God help the Chinese though!

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