Labour MPs rally behind Prescott after alleged Bush 'crap' comment

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: reports 14 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) - Britain's governing Labour Party MPs rallied behind Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott after allegations that he called US President George W. Bush "crap" and "a cowboy", it was reported.

On the front page of The Independent, nine Labour MPs and London's mayor, also a Labour Party member, voiced their agreement with the alleged statements, which Prescott denies he said.

The capital's Mayor Ken Livingstone said "the current US administration has been a disaster for the American people and has done untold damage not only to international relations but to the environment."

Meanwhile, Harry Cohen, the MP who made the initial allegations, told The Guardian that Prescott -- in charge of the government while Prime Minister Tony Blair is on holiday -- was "lamenting the fact that there hadn't been progress on" the Middle East road map

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