In bed with John Prescott

JOHN Prescott doesn't look the great romantic, but here he is, today owning up to a two year fling with Tracey Temple, one of his diary secretaries.

 

Mr Prescott, the former steward on a liner who looks more like Jabba the Hutt, is 67. His secretary was 43.  They started meeting in secret at his Government-owned flat in Admiralty Arch after their relationship began at an office party.

 

This morning he owned up to the Daily Mirror, and says, of course, he regrets what he did. Just like Mark Oaten, who was forced to admit earlier this year that he had been engaged in sordid romps with a rent boy . . . the regrets of someone caught out.

 

A one night stand can be regretted. It was temporary but soon over. Two years of illicit passion can't be . . . it's betrayal on a grand scale.

 

Poor Pauline Prescott. Says Jabba: "I have discussed this fully with my wife Pauline who is devastated by the news.

 

"I would be grateful if Pauline and I can now get on with our lives together."

 

Tracey Temple is a divorcee, who lives in Hampshire with with lorry driver Barrie Williams, 46. He told the Mirror: "Ifeel sick. I can't believe the woman I wanted to marry has slept with John Prescott. I've been betrayed by one of the most powerful men in the UK.''

 

John and Tracey were said to have started the affair at the office Christmas party in 2002 when they danced together most of the night.

Just like John Major's government, Tony Blair's administration is coming apart at the seams.