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Deputy Prime Minister A Deputy Prime Minister or Vice Prime Minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting Prime Minister when the real Prime Minister is temporarily absent.  John Prescott

For other people named John Prescott, see John Prescott (disambiguation).
John Leslie Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British Labour Party politician, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Secretary of State and current Member
 lashed out at the press in November for prying into politicians' private lives after the best-selling Sun tabloid demanded to know whether Britain is being run by a "gay mafia."

Prescott launched his attack after Agriculture minister Nick Brown was forced to acknowledge that he's gay when a former lover tried to sell his story. "I think it's quite deplorable. [Newspapers] seem to be judge, jury, and executioner EXECUTIONER. The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman.
     2. In the United States, executions are so rare that there are no executioners by profession.
 in this matter," Prescott told the BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
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The Sun said the revelation that a fourth member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet' is gay had set alarm bells ringing. "Tell us the truth, Tony," the paper, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, said in a front-page editorial.
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Date:Dec 22, 1998
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