Prezza: the politics of trifles
John Prescott’s bulimia ‘confession’ is a Man-Bites-Pie story, but it does throw up a problem with public life. Read Mick Hume’s column in The Times (London).
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Tuesday 22 April:
‘It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at John Prescott’s confession that he was “not a very successful bulimic”. The headline “I’d stuff my face with chips, crisps, trifle, chocs” shocked few Prescott weight-watchers – what we might call a Man-Bites-Pie story…’
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