TWO Jags? Too right..

Cars that gave Labour legend his nickname in his cortege

- BY JEREMY ARMSTRONG

JOHN Prescott always did things his way, and even right at the end his farewell had a maverick twist.

Prime ministers past and present paid tribute as the "working-class hero" made his final journey in a cortege of two Jags, a joke about the nickname given him when he had a pair of the luxury motors while in power.

Keir Starmer, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown joined Lord Prescott's widow Lady Pauline, 82, and their sons Johnathan and David at his funeral to share memories of a man who helped shape modern Labour.

A congregation of party dignitaries at Hull Minster heard he was famous for punching a "voter with a mullet". But he spent his life standing up for the common man", and the people of Hull, his seat for almost 40 years.

Blair said he wanted to celebrate the lives of "John the man", and also paid tribute to Pauline, Lord Prescott's wife of 63 years, saying she was "his rock and an amazing person in her own right".

He added: "I will miss him, I hope John is looking down on us all even while already in negotiation with St Peter about accommodation."

Former No 10 director of commu- nications Alastair Campbell played the Welsh national anthem on the bagpipes as the coffin was carried in.

Lord Prescott came from a Welsh village to achieve political greatness, through hard graft and character.