tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17852784.post114917228464151856..comments2023-11-10T10:38:52.141+00:00Comments on Kirk Elder, Senior Citizen from Peebles: Mr John Prescott May Resemble The Club Steward On A Cross-Channel Ferry, But That Is A Useful Role In A Cabinet Presided Over By Mr Bobby CrushKirk Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05301246188133213386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17852784.post-1149182972744147042006-06-01T18:29:00.000+01:002006-06-01T18:29:00.000+01:00The Prescott Boy's failing was not that he sought ...The Prescott Boy's failing was not that he sought to climb above his station (he would perhaps have been expected to be playing darts while his piece box was jammed on the driverless helm of the nation) but that he was too modest in his ambition. Had he been snapped wearing a tweed jacket while churning up the lawn in a game of elephant polo, he would have been hailed as a proper toff, rather Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com