Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo FRSGS (/pɔːrˈtɪloʊ/ por-TIL-oh; born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party politician...
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Portillo, who was a prominent Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister under...
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Stephen Twigg, defeated the sitting MP, Conservative cabinet minister Michael Portillo. The result was perceived as a pivotal indication that the Conservatives...
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Portillo Pérez (1907–1993) was a Spanish professor, left-wing politician and writer who lived in exile in the United Kingdom. Luis Gabriel Portillo was...
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introduced. Five candidates came forward: Michael Ancram, David Davis, Kenneth Clarke, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Portillo. Duncan Smith was announced winner...
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Hosts of shows on the channel include Nigel Farage, Eamonn Holmes, Michael Portillo, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mark Dolan and Camilla Tominey. Boris Johnson was...
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British television documentary series presented by Michael Portillo. In the early series, Portillo explores the railway networks of continental Europe...
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Railway Journeys is a 2010–present BBC documentary series presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister who was instrumental...
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national prominence in 1997 by winning the seat of Defence Secretary Michael Portillo. Twigg was made the Minister of State for School Standards in 2004...
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Defence, a position Hart retained when Michael Portillo succeeded Rifkind. Reportedly a long-standing Portillo contact, Hart is credited with writing...
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of the last 50 years". He wrote a sympathetic biography of Michael Portillo, Michael Portillo: The Future of the Right, and a highly critical study of the...
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since 1929. Although the Conservatives lost many ministers such as Michael Portillo, Tony Newton, Malcolm Rifkind, Ian Lang and William Waldegrave and...
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Railway Journeys is a British television documentary series presented by Michael Portillo, in which he travels on the railway networks of India, referring to...
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when the seat's incumbent Member of Parliament, the Conservatives' Michael Portillo, lost to Labour's Stephen Twigg. The result came as a shock to many...
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election, it returned a memorable result when prominent Conservative Michael Portillo lost the previously safe seat to Stephen Twigg of the Labour Party...
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BBC Two documentary series produced by Boundless and presented by Michael Portillo. Great Australian Railway Journeys was first broadcast on BBC Two over...
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prestigious seat, with MP Alan Clark, the former Defence Secretary Michael Portillo and the former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind all holding the seat...
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insisted that Michael Portillo, who had been a major cheerleader for the tax, be retained as Minister of State for Local Government. Portillo and Robert...
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is a BBC documentary series produced by Naked West and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. Following...
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the 2005 general election. This was vetoed by Conservative Party leader Michael Howard. Aitken later confirmed that he would not attempt a return to Parliament...
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history documentary series produced by Boundless and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. Following...
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by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two. Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels...
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Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne CH PC KC (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party and...
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speculation that Michael Portillo, the most high-profile casualty of the 1997 general election, would use it to return to frontline politics. Portillo immediately...
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resign, enabling more prominent Conservatives, such as Michael Heseltine or Michael Portillo, to stand in the second round. John Major announced he would...
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evening performances, from Tuesday to Saturday. British politician Michael Portillo lauded Weaver's interpretation of Hamlet in The New Statesman: "He...
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program This Week, host Andrew Neil challenged his guest panelists Michael Portillo, a British journalist and former politician, and British Labour Party...
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Week was "punchy, irreverent, satirical". Originally, the former MP Michael Portillo was the regular Conservative commentator on the show, and the Labour...
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characteristic of Thatcherism". Whereas some of her heirs, notably Michael Portillo and Alan Duncan, embraced this libertarianism, others in the Thatcherite...
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Portillo's Restaurant Group, Inc. is an American fast casual restaurant chain based in the Chicago area that specializes in serving Chicago-style food...
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