Egg on his face..

[Scrumpy]

John Prescott.. Deputy Prime minister (Labour)  has died aged 86..

I always think of him as the politician who threw a punch at the prat who threw an egg at his face as he was passing by..
It, in my opinion, was a natural reaction..  He certainly threw a good punch.. 
 

[dextrous63]

A principled fella.

RIP

[klondike]

Another character bites the dust. RIP you randy old sod.

[Alex]

Lovely ordinary fella and a distant relative on my grandmothers side.... never met him though. 
RIP Two Jags

[Ruthio]

Wasn't he the one who sha gg ed his secretary over his office desk?! 

[muddy]

Lovely ordinary fella and a distant relative on my grandmothers side.... never met him though. 
RIP Two Jags

👍

[Diasi]

Wasn't he the one who sha gg ed his secretary over his office desk?!

It'd probably be harder to name the one who hasn't.

I always thought his missus was a bit of alright.

All the old characters are departing, but I suppose every generation gets to say that towards the end of life's conveyor belt.

But an RIP from me too.

[Mups]

They had quite a lot about him on the news at tea time, Lord Preston.

I have never really known,  but what does one have to do to earn the title of 'Lord?'

[klondike]

Probably Blair's way of getting rid of him

[JBR]

They had quite a lot about him on the news at tea time, Lord Preston.

I have never really known,  but what does one have to do to earn the title of 'Lord?'

Nowt much, I suppose.  It's more a matter of who you know.

[muddy]

They had quite a lot about him on the news at tea time, Lord Preston.

I have never really known,  but what does one have to do to earn the title of 'Lord?'

Unless you inherit it .
It's usually if you are loyal to one political party ot have done some service to your country in other ways ,

[Mups]

Unless you inherit it .
It's usually if you are loyal to one political party ot have done some service to your country in other ways ,

I don't agree with inheriting it at all,  that's wrong to me.

Someone might have entirely different beliefs and way of life to their Father, surely.

[muddy]

John Prescott was a life Peer .
Lif peerage cannot be inherited .

Only heritage peers can pass on the title .

[JBR]

Apart from life peers (who TwoTier is trying to get rid of) peers usually seem to be given to people who support the political party in power.  
There may be exceptions where the political party in power sees a person as being highly regarded by the majority of British people, but I suspect that much if not more is a means of thanking their supporters.

[muddy]

Don't you mean the hereditary peers? 
( that Starmer is trying to get rid of )