All aboard: the Prescott express.
Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
John Prescott's enormous silver Battlebus has spawned its own website. It makes considerably more enjoyable reading than Tony Blair's weblog:
"'Uh oh' said one two-year-old as John entered the playroom. Kerry Pollard, the local candidate, pointed out that this was a Tellytubby reference and nothing personal."
It also emerges that the deputy PM's Jaguar - yes, the only Jag he actually owns, since the other is a ministerial limo - was purchased through Exchange and Mart. Now, no one's saying it, but this is likely to be 66-year-old John's last general election campaign. Unless he hands over the coach to a younger colleague - and surely only Charles Clarke is big enough to fill it? - the battlebus will be surplus to requirements. A similar model is going for a whopping £99,000 on BusBiz.co.uk. Think about it, John. Oh, and try Auto Trader next time.
