-Caveat Lector- Poll violence flares (or alternatively- you can take the man out of the north but not the north out of the man.) after the completely gay american election of last year- welcome to grass roots electioneering- go to the bbc site and watch our deputy prime minister smack out the egg throwing dude- lucky he wasn't armed- he woulda used it! prescott i mean. and tony- what a guy- last thing he wants is some bloody woman with her cancerous husband - berating him for four minutes in front of the whole media! the cheek of it... the staple gunned grin is there the whole time- but you can see the fear in his eyes. erm, fuck voting etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Poll violence flares John Prescott: "I defended myself" Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been involved in an angry scuffle in which punches were thrown - only hours after the launch of the Labour manifesto. Mr Prescott hit out after being pelted with eggs outside a Labour Party rally in North Wales. One person was arrested. I was attacked by an individual - in the melee that followed I clearly defended myself John Prescott The trouble followed angry scenes in Birmingham where Prime Minister Tony Blair was confronted by a cancer patient's partner complaining about health spending. John Prescott said in a statement on Wednesday night: "I got off my bus into an already hostile crowd. "I walked through all the jostling and I was attacked by an individual. "In the melee that followed I clearly defended myself. "I believe that someone is now being questioned by the police, and it would be quite improper and quite wrong to add any further comment." Eggs thrown Eggs were thrown at Mr Prescott as he arrived at the Little Theatre, in Rhyl, North Wales, to address a Labour Party rally. One eyewitness, farm labourer Ron Ingram, said: "Somebody threw an egg and Prescott just turned around and thumped them. "I saw it. "We were just protesting. "The egg hit him and he hit out. "There was pushing and shoving going on something terrible. It got quite nasty." Mr Prescott was trapped against a wall before party supporters intervened. He was led to safety by police. Somebody threw an egg and Prescott just turned around and thumped them Eyewitness Ron Ingram Protesters, with placards in support of farmers and hunting, had earlier gathered outside the theatre. Brendan Murphy, Conservative candidate for the Vale of Clwyd, which includes the town of Rhyl, called on the Deputy Prime Minister to resign. Speaking outside the Little Theatre, Mr Murphy said: "He's just got to resign and get it over with. Role model "What sort of role model is he for young people. "We don't want that kind of role model in Rhyl." Mr Murphy said the protesters had every right to air their views outside the rally. Sharron Storer challenged Blair on his NHS record "Throwing eggs is almost a time honoured tradition in this country. "It might hurt and sting your face a bit but it doesn't harm you. "If politicians can't put up with things like that they shouldn't be in the job." Earlier, Mr Blair faced the wrath of a cancer patient's distraught partner at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Sharron Storer, 38, was outraged that no bed had been available on Monday in the hospital's bone marrow unit for her partner, who has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of lymphatic cancer. Better facilities "Would you like to tell me what you are going to do to give these people better facilities?," she asked the prime minister. The prime minister said afterwards that more investment was being put into the health service but that change took time. Education Secretary David Blunkett told Channel 4 News that there were hundreds of thousands of patients were happy with their treatment in the NHS. Would you like to tell me what you are going to do to give these people better facilities? Sharron Storey "There is still an absolutely enormous challenge in turning round the lack of investment and neglect. "I am very sorry about Sharron Storer's partner. I just wished she'd voted in 97 and I wish she would vote this time." William Hague joined in the controversy during a speech in the Midlands. He said: "As Tony Blair discovered in Birmingham today, careful choreography and planted questions cannot shield him from the anger of ordinary voters." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ foot tapping mentalism for all ages http://www.mp3.com/theehumancannonball <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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