John Prescott incidents that have caused widespread media interest. During the 2001 election campaign, Prescott was campaigning in Rhyl, Denbighshire when farmer Craig Evans threw an egg at him, which struck him in the neck. Prescott, a former amateur boxer, responded immediately with a straight left to the jaw. The incident, overshadowing the launch of the Labour Party manifesto on that day, was captured by numerous television crews. Tony Blair responded succinctly, stating, "John is John". A National Opinion Polls (NOP) survey found that the incident appeared to do no public harm to Prescott, and may even have benefited his standing amongst
Jack Evans (Australian politician) ombudsman's report, and acted as campaign manager to former party member Shirley de la Hunty who contested the Western Australian state election, 1989 as an independent candidate. In 1993, following the collapse of his Australian Business College, he returned to serving the party in senior administrative positions, both state and federal, and successfully supported and mentored the Senate candidature of Andrew Murray. Evans died of cancer at his home in the Perth suburb of Wanneroo, aged 80, on 2 October 2009. Jack Evans (Australian politician) John Gordon "Jack" Evans (28 November 1928 – 2 October 2009) was an Australian businessman