Heard in the Commons: Deputy PM Prescott was standing in fro PM Blair at question time. Prescott does have a reputation for a rather loose command of English grammar and it appears that this time round he had been trained and groomed for a couple of days in order to avoid an embarassing scene. Not much hope unfortunately... in answer to a question by former Tory Leader William Hague about council tax and pensioners, Prescott answered like so:“That I think is what we have done, that is what we continue to do and, as for the argument about the payment of the council tax, let me tell him and he must know again in the comparison between our Government and his Government, that we gave in the response 39 per cent increase in real terms in council tax compared to the last five years of which he had some influence where there was an actual reduction of 7 per cent in real terms of contribution to councils for their council tax.”
To which William Hague retorted:
"I think there was so little English in that answer, President Chirac would have been happy with it."
... and the Chamber erupted.
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