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    Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo FRSGS (/pɔːrˈtɪloʊ/; born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster and former Conservative Party politician. His...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • British television documentary series presented by Michael Portillo. In the early series, Portillo explores the railway networks of continental Europe...
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  • the seat was unexpectedly lost by the incumbent, the Conservative's Michael Portillo, to Labour's Stephen Twigg. The result came as a shock to many politicians...
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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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    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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    transferred to the Ministry of Defence. In 1997, Michael Portillo was filling this post at the time of the Portillo moment. In 2019, Penny Mordaunt became the...
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  • Luis Gabriel Portillo Pérez (Gimialcón, Ávila, 1907- London, 1993) was a Spanish professor, left-wing politician and writer who lived in exile in the United...
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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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  • 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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  • Hosts of shows on the channel include Nigel Farage, Eamonn Holmes, Michael Portillo, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mark Dolan and Camilla Tominey, with Boris Johnson...
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    Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne CH PC KC (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party...
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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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    election when Michael Portillo, Secretary of State for Defence was unexpectedly defeated on a massive swing - the 'Portillo moment'. Portillo had been widely...
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    which has been compared with similar programmes presented by Michael Palin and Michael Portillo. Chris Tarrant was born on Thursday, 10 October 1946 in Reading...
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    authority was challenged by the appointment of Michael Portillo as Shadow Chancellor in 2000. Portillo had been widely tipped to be the next Conservative...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    1371/journal.pone.0000039. PMC 1762398. PMID 17183667. Presenter: Michael Portillo. Producer: Diene Petterle. (May 12, 2009). "How Violent Are You?"....
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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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    Party founder Sir James Goldsmith: Mellor was taunted by Goldsmith and Michael Yardley, the Spokesperson for the Sportsman's Alliance (who gave him a...
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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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  • The programmes are presented by the ex-politician and broadcaster Michael Portillo. The first series detailed four railway journeys following an 1840...
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