Prescott warns over spending
The former Deputy Prime Minister, MP for Hull East, warned cash-strapped Labour will be fighting against a Tory war chest as rallied party activists.
But insisting Labour can still win a fourth term, he likened the contest to this weekend's 2-1 win by hard-up Hull City, managed by Phil Brown, over Manchester City who have spent millions of pounds on players this season.
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Hide Ad"It's good to be an underdog," said Mr Prescott at a Labour conference. "We saw a team of underdogs led by Brown, attacked by the press, take on a team of millionaires who play in blue. No-one gave the underdogs a chance."