John Prescott has brought his own brand of say it like it is politics to the blogosphere. His blog seems to be very much the unvarnished Prescott, and is part of Alaistair Campbell's new website, campaigning for a Labour 4th. term. Prescott made minor ructions with a recent post describing former Downing Sreet policy chief Matthew Taylor as a "typical pointy head" and likening him to a "Mekon" (th...

Former key Blair aide John McTernan reviews the book and weighs its words against the reality of life as a 'staffer' in No10 Downing Street

Two Jags has gone all 2.0. That's right, the latest twist in a long line of alarming transformations (see image), has arrived for John Prescott. Namely, his very own blog. The Prescott Express rolled into town over the weekend and...

The image of John Prescott's face contorted into a highly amusing gurn - very much Gordon Brown meets Les Dawson - has attracted a great deal of attention. Prescott was trying to imitate Gordon Brown's dreadful YouTube grin. John Prescott imitates Gordon Brown Photo: Ross Parry

Tom has kindly been keeping tabs on the Downing Street email situation, and he tells me that they're a month away from a fix. The emails I've gathered have been faxed to Downing Street, with the following message: Hello, Downing...

Downing Street is trying to downplay this as a “blog story” knowing that journalists and the public won’t be so interested in another online spat.  That attempt to spin the story away has failed, because everyone realises that it is in reality a story from the heart of Downing Street. Downing Street’s press office has been

The gloves have come off. And John Prescott's new blog just keeps getting better and better. After Iain Dale cheekily suggested that Prescott might not write everything himself, 2.0 Jags responded with this: Harmony has now been restored in blog...

Earlier this week, Iain Dale doubted whether or not John Prescott really pens his blog. John Prescott has taken to YouTube to make his case: Iain seems to have taken it all in good heart.

One of the unalloyed pleasures of Tony Blair's departure from politics was that out with him went John Prescott. John Prescott is back - along with his trademark gauche behaviour  No longer in British public life would we have to suffer the embarrassment of a deputy prime minister, no less,  who brawled in the gutter, claimed droite de seigneur with a diary secretary and procee...

There are three Ps in this particular odd pod: John Prescott, Sarah Palin and Parody. If you want to add a fourth P, then that's Politics, of course - and politicians' own, stumbling notion of why stereotypical voters jump to attention. Turn on Prescott: the Class System and Me tonight and see for yourself. John P would be a dream candidate over the pond: a Rocky from the wrong side of t...