#CandidateAnnouncements We are delighted to announce that @JohnPrescottRUK will be standing as the Reform UK candidate in the #HartlepoolByElection. A proud father and a self-employed businessman, John will be the strong voice in Westminster that #Hartlepool needs. https://t.co/LxN5El3pnd

Presumably a different John Prescott?

Not THE John Prescott btw.

This is John Prescott the 'self employed business man' (read: grifter) not John Prescott former not Deputy Prime Minister and Lord. No doubt the Reform Party couldn't wait to have at least one John Prescott.

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Difficult to say if this is good or bad for us. Probably a higher-profile candidate would take more votes off the Tories.

This would actually be a good April fools joke