John Prescott: What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? — FLAPSS

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

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John Prescott

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

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To learn to relax and enjoy it.

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

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One of those robot vacuum cleaners.

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My kids doing what I say, when I say.

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The internet going down – but not just for me, for everyone.

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A pause button. If I could be watching my kids enjoy something, and hit pause to make it last.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2013 source ↗

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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 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 What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

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

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 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 ↗

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