As quoted in "Prescott triumphs on slippery slopes of syntax" by Simon Hoggart (10 June 2004); Hansard rendered this as "The document was released in February. A great deal of fuss was made that it had not been given a public release, but it was released in February."
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This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February ...
— John Prescott
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February ..." in the context of "As quoted in "Prescott triumphs on slippery slopes of syntax" by Simon Hoggart (10 June 2004); Hansard rendered this as "The document was released in February. A great deal of fuss was made that it had not been given a public release, but it was released in February."" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Prescott" (Quotes, 2001–2006)
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About John Prescott
The Right Honourable John Leslie Prescott (31 May 1938 – 20 November 2024) was a British Labour Party politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Secretary of State from 1997 to 2007. He is notable for being a northern-accented Cabinet minister of working class origins and is well known for the mangled syntax that he often employed while speaking.
About John Prescott
The Right Honourable John Leslie Prescott (31 May 1938 – 20 November 2024) was a British Labour Party politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Secretary of State from 1997 to 2007. He is notable for being a northern-accented Cabinet minister of working class origins and is well known for the mangled syntax that he often employed while speaking.
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