Memoirist: Blair scared of Brown
John Prescott urged Tony Blair to sack Gordon Brown but says the former PM was "scared" of his chancellor.
In his memoirs, serialised in the Sunday Times, Mr Prescott says he also urged Mr Brown to stand down and fight Mr Blair from the Labour back benches.
The ex-deputy prime minister also says Mr Blair reneged on several promises to step aside for Mr Brown, who he describes as "annoying and prickly".
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he did not "recognise the portrait".
The Conservatives claimed Labour was "sinking in a morass of recriminations".
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In his memoirs, serialised in the Sunday Times, Mr Prescott says he also urged Mr Brown to stand down and fight Mr Blair from the Labour back benches.
The ex-deputy prime minister also says Mr Blair reneged on several promises to step aside for Mr Brown, who he describes as "annoying and prickly".
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he did not "recognise the portrait".
The Conservatives claimed Labour was "sinking in a morass of recriminations".