John Prescott Quotes

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• What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.
• Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government
• It's great to be back on terra cotta
• 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…
• 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,…
• I've gone through that with my mother and father and here I was in a similar situation. I've wronged her and I've wronged the family.…
• If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.
• In the north east, there, they have had quite a bit of government offices moving in. It's not a new policy.
• 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…
• It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.
• I've always felt very proud of Wales and being Welsh. People are a bit surprised when I say I'm Welsh. I was born in Wales,…
• There is progress taking place, growth is better. We're only talking about two years there.
• I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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?'…
• 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…
• 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…
• The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.

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