Reply #4: I'm only taking a peerage to turn Pauline into a Lady, he says

[EmilyKent]

John Prescott completed his transformation from working class bruiser to establishment pillar yesterday when he accepted a peerage - to placate his wife's fury over his affair with a secretary.

The former Deputy Prime Minister always said he would never accept a seat in the House of Lords and has been a vocal opponent of 'flunkery and titles'.

Less than two years ago he said: 'I don't want to be a member of the House of Lords. I will not accept it.' But he caved in after his long-suffering wife made a series of public demands that she become 'Lady Pauline'.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1282195/John-Prescott-peer-Browns-resignation-honours.html#ixzz0pI7Dwbh7