Starmer and Blair among those at service for former deputy PM – with two Jaguars in cortege in tribute to ‘Two Jags’
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The bells of Hull Minster rang out as perhaps the city’s most famous adopted son was bid a fond farewell.
Two Jaguars formed part of the funeral cortege bringing John Prescott to the church on Thursday in a nod to the “Two Jags” nickname he earned after it was revealed he used a ministerial one as well as his own. The former deputy prime minister’s coffin was adorned with red roses for Labour and white ones representing Yorkshire.
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