Labour is in grief this morning following the passing of John Prescott. John was a much misunderstood man and also a much underestimated man. He and his political career were full of ironies and contradictions. He was regarded as a bruiser yet he was cultured and sensitive. (He revealed he cried when watching Billy Elliott, a film he saw five times when it first came out.) He proudly owned two Jaguar cars yet was one of the early champions of the need to take action on the climate crisis. A man