John Prescott has been at it again, punching above his weight, this time in defence of Gordon Brown.
In his latest GoFourth post, the former deputy prime minister has a go at the "feral beasts and their Tory friends [who] are trying to say that Gordon's being snubbed because he may or may not have a press conference with President Obama".
Prescott says the incident reminds him of a trip he made to the White House shortly after 9/11:
I flew to Washington to offer our support. I was ushered into a room but Vice-president Dick Cheney wasn't there. I was told he would speak to me on a video link.When his face came up on the screen I asked him where he was as it sounded as if he was in a cave or bunker. He replied that he was in a 'secure location'.
So I said: 'You must know now what it's like to be Bin Laden?' I don't think he or our red-socked fop of an ambassador at the time found that very funny. But I'm glad that since then we've had a positive change for the better in the White House AND the Embassy!"
So, nothing to see here then.
