My department is not too big for one man, because I'm Superman. John Prescott More Quotes by John Prescott More Quotes From John Prescott It's great to be back on terra cotta John Prescott 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 blair said order The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it. John Prescott achievement green mean Down in the south, it's how we find the brownfield sites without taking too much land take to meet the tremendous demand for housing, and that's what I've done. John Prescott demand land done I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose. John Prescott violence noses people We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent. John Prescott pounds house believe So what I did was stuff my face with anything around, any old rubbish, burgers, chocolate, crisps, fish and chips, loads of it, till I felt sick - but at least I'd had the pleasure of stuffing my face and feeling really full. John Prescott sick chocolate feelings Because of the security reasons for one thing and, second, my wife doesn't like to have her hair blown about. Have you got another silly question? John Prescott wife hair silly I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class. John Prescott middle-class middle class In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that. John Prescott agency giving looks 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 mph two thinking Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government John Prescott family love life My roots, my background and the way I act is working class, but it would be hypsocritical to say I'm anything else than middle class now. John Prescott would-be roots class What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources. John Prescott economics environment energy If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself. John Prescott twenties looks years I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it. John Prescott journey order years It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration. John Prescott aggravation administration moving There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it. John Prescott home opportunity way 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 economy east 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 pleasure break comfort
