John Prescott's son is making a fresh Parliamentary bid after his selection attempt in his father's old seat of Hull East was scuppered, party sources have said.

John Prescott has posed with a boxing glove at the spot where he infamously punched a man who threw an egg at him nine years ago.

John Prescott is welcomed at restaurants up and down the country - he has been known to chomp his way through entire menus - but his patronage would appear to come with a curse.

Staff at John Prescott's former department made 13 complaints about bullying and harassment during its existence, according to Barbara Follett.

After a week when he was briefly in the eye of the storm, instead of reporting it from its outer rings, Andrew Rawnsley's pen is in fine working order. He has particularly choice comments about John Prescott and Roy Hattersley, while his depiction of "the ferocity of the Labour machine" is vivid indeed. He also references a CGI re-enactment of some of Gordon Brown's less fine moments from appledai...

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott mounts a passionate defence of Gordon Brown over bullying claims.

I knew putting John Prescott up to defend Gordon Brown from the 'bullying' charges was a bad - if entertaining - idea. Mary Ann Seighart details her close encounter with a bullying Prescott in today's Times.

John Prescott, who rejected allegations of abuse in Downing Street, was accused of presiding over bullying in his own department and inappropriate behaviour towards staff.

Newsnight saw Paxo give fellow journalist Andrew Rawnsley a robust interview, but the best part of the programme was a frenetically angry John Prescott. I love hearing John Prescott talk about bullying and losing your temper. He virtually spat out his hatred of Rawnsley, condemning him for writing a book to make money. Rawnsley had a nice comeback, of course, when he referenced Prescott's own memo...

Above we see John Prescott urging voters to put their sweet lips to the 'phone and tell him what he wants to hear. Iain Dale, who is notoriously bad-tempered and a stone cyber-bully, meanwhile is smearing loveable Prezza. The Nation love him for twatting the idiot egg man. And we forgive him as does Pauline for his daft old man antics of yore. Prescott is a living legend. A devout campaigner....