Prezza talks about his last battle bus tour

John Prescott will launch his final Prescott Express battle bus tour of 50 key marginal seats this Wednesday April 7 in Carlisle at 11.00am.

He will start the four-thousand mile tour by campaigning in Carlisle. The bus will then be waved off from Carlisle train station, Court Square, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 at 11.30am.

Mr Prescott, who is leaving the House of Commons after 40 years as an MP and fighting 10 General Elections, will be revisiting key seats across Britain that he first campaigned for in 1997, 2001 and 2005 to rally support for Labour ahead of polling day

The tour, which is being part-sponsored by Unite the Union, will also see him holding public meetings and rallies across the country alongside Unite's Joint General Secretary Derek Simpson.

Hes been the set task of getting out Labours core vote in 50 key seats in areas like Dumfries, Bolton, Burnley, Ellesmere Port, Dewsbury, Tynemouth. Brighton, Exeter and Plymouth.

Mr Prescott said: "I'm revving up the battle bus for one last tour. This time it's absolutely vital that we get our core Labour vote out in this election. There are people who might not have voted for us in 2005 because they thought there vote wasn't needed.

"But now it's going to go to the wire and we need to get every vote out to ensure Labour keeps delivering for hard-working people and stop the Tories turning the clock back to the 80s when we saw interest rates of 17%, three million unemployed and the hated Poll Tax.

"So I'll be campaigning 24/7 on the doorstep and online, on Facebook and face-to-face, defending Labour's record and highlighting the damage Tories would do to this country again."

This will be Mr Prescotts fourth and last battle bus tour after ones in 1997, 2001, 2005.

People will be able to follow his journey on his blog www.gofourth.co.uk. Mr Prescott has developed a reputation as a cyber warrior in the last couple of years, leading a successful online campaign against RBS bonuses and is the most followed MP on Twitter.

During the tour he will continue to blog, tweet and upload campaign video diaries giving a unique insider's view of the campaign.

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