John Prescott: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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John Prescott

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

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Kyoto, when Tony Blair gave me the opportunity to start the first legislative framework for climate change.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

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Lionel Shriver American author

A selection of single paragraphs that perfectly capture something I’ve thought or felt, even if it’s shameful or perverse.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 May 2016 source ↗

Cerys Matthews Welsh singer-songwriter

I cook a mean dal.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2016 source ↗

Alison Steadman British actress

Earning a living as an actor for 40 years.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2009 source ↗

Picking myself back up after very tricky times and trying again.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 March 2026 source ↗

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Question Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought? Money & investment

Perfume for the wife, and the Jaguars. They were always secondhand. I have had every kind except the E-Type.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As an aggressive bugger.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My mother, because I didn’t appreciate how proud she was of me being deputy prime minister. She ended up doing more press than me, and I was too sensitive and reacted.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A trade union official.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

To learn to relax and enjoy it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 April 2018 source ↗

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