Labour - Wheels Have Come Off

The Conservative Party today unveiled this cartoon - ahead of the Prime Minister going on holiday and John Prescott running the country for a month. During his month in charge Prescott is expected to take part in 'photo-calls' up and down the country.

David Davis MP, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, today launched the campaign, saying:

"The wheels have come off this Government and look who's now in the driving seat! Prescott loves power and will do everything he can to get his photograph in the paper whilst his boss is away. Britain beware, this man will be coming to a photo-call near you during the next month.

"What this country needs is real leadership, not more spin and photo-calls from a Government that has lost its way. Many will wonder if this will be Labour's summer of discontent. Will we see more strikes hitting our airports, another exams crisis, and even more taxes and even less pay with John Prescott in the hot seat?

"Tony Blair promised that he would 'govern sensibly' - but putting Prescott in charge at a time when this Government is facing crisis after crisis is anything but sensible. Labour also promised things could only get better, but six years on things have only got worse. It just goes to show, you can't trust a word they say anymore."