Conservative leader William Hague said Mr Prescott should have kept his cool.

BBC: Prescott 'regrets' blow

So were Prescott Bush, William Scranton, Charles Percy, John Lindsay, Mark Hatfield, Elliot Richardson, and George Romney.

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He stood again for the leadership in 1997 and then joined William Hague's shadow cabinet, initially shadowing trade and industry and later opposing John Prescott.

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