[Closed] Michael Portillo has some 'interesting' garments don't he...

Do you like them?

Is that you in the t-shirt/jeans combo?

Can someone let Michael Portillo know he has a stalker.

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....as well as the OP.

known in the trade as a c*** jacket 😆

Trawling the web for photos of Michael Portillo... what a way to spend your time! 😯

Stalker looks like Ray Donovan on a dress down day.

DezB - Member 
Trawling the web for photos of Michael Portillo... what a way to spend your time!

Hey, a man's gotta have a hobby... 😀

Never let other people dictate how you dress. 😉

I like his style.

Mind as most on here think jeans and a T are style then no doubt he'll be mocked

If you were rich enough to by suit jackets like people in here buy (well half of them wouldn't if they had the choice) food why not splash out on some fun one

He's a dapper mofo, and no mistake!

Do you remember when we all despised him? How on earth did he manage to transform himself from utterly loathsome epitome of everything nasty and Tory, to all round nice bloke, bordering on national treasure status?

binners - Member
He's a dapper mofo, and no mistake!

Do you remember when we all despised him? How on earth did he manage to transform himself from utterly loathsome epitome of everything nasty and Tory, to all round nice bloke, bordering on national treasure status?

Must admit, if you told me 10/15 years ago that I'd enjoy watching portillo on the tele, I'd think you were mad! 😆

Mind as most on here think jeans and a T are style then no doubt he'll be mocked

How do you know how most on here dress? Just out of interest.....was a poll taken? Did a cravat not fair too well?

I love watching Portillo but boy its colour-choice is alittle wild. Last night the 'lemon' jacket was VERY strong! 😀

Portillo is still a ****, but whoever is responsible for the irritating 'music' on GRJ is a worse ****.

Portillo is still a ****

Why?

How short your memories are...

Let me guess your Dad didn't look for a job outside of his street and this affected you mentally for the rest of your life? 😆

Can't remember which episode it was but he once waltzed up to a middle-aged couple and the woman blurted out: "How nice to see you Mr Portalo..... Portillo!"

I still can't stand him. The sound of his voice, the way he talks. His face.

How short your memories are...

Not really. Bloody hell.... I'd hate people to have formed a permanent, unwavering opinion of me based on what I was like 15 years ago. Thats not really fair, is it?

Portillo genuinely seems to have learnt some humility, and had the horrible thatcherite arrogance knocked out of him. I like him on the This Week too.

TBH I'd hold more against Blair for eternity than a Transport or Defence minister etc.

Get a grip.com

How short your memories are...

Nah, I always remember you being a whiny bawbag 😉

He has a pleasant, friendly manner without being over-familiar, something that only comes to most people with age and self-confidence. He also speaks with great brevity and clarity - he'd have made a good lawyer.

It's a TV programme so he/the producer have decided to have a dress code/theme

hora - Member
Portillo is still a ****
Why?

Probably because his political views don't match the complainee's. Oh the horror.

It always seems to be the lefty Kevins who are reduced to spite and getting all sweary at the drop of a hat. Or a jacket, in this case.

It's a TV programme so he/the producer have decided to have a dress code/theme

Not really. It's just how he dresses.

He is still without doubt a ****. National treasure status my arse!

Is the implication that there is a whiff of lavender about the man for dressing in non uniform grey/navy/black? 🙂

Have to say he has made a 100% swing in my opinion of him for the better for GRJ.

A dope Hip-Hop DJ too?
Who knew?

Yeah but he still doesn't believe in equality of outcomes so he's apparently a female genitalia feature.

... and how sexist is that?

Portillo genuinely seems to have learnt some humility, and had the horrible thatcherite arrogance knocked out of him. I like him on the This Week too.

+1

I've met him (on the train actually a couple of times and he's always come across quite humble.
I bloody hate [s] that show, This Week, he's on with Dianne Abbot and [/s]Andrew Neil though.

I blame Andrew Neil

By presenting the public with a stark weekly reminder of the alternative, he has clearly rejuvenated Portillo as appearing well balanced, sensible and reasonable.

unwavering opinion of me based on what I was like 15 years ago.

Portillo genuinely seems to have learnt some humility, and had the horrible thatcherite arrogance knocked out of him. I like him on the This Week too.

I would have preffered 15* years ago where it went

yes top one
Three doves
#ManHugs#
😉

* my mathsis clearly crap that is nearer 25 years 😯

I remember seeing him in a programme where he agreed to take on the role of a single mum on benefits. She (the mum) swanned off for a well earned break in a posh hotel, he managed the household (cooking cleaning school runs tea time bed time etc etc) for 4 lovely but unruly kids. By the end of I think the 4th or 5th day the mum couldn't be away any longer and wanted to return.

Any-hoo, to his credit he did say that he found it near on impossible and realised just how hard it was. I think he'd already left politics by then. I seem to remember him being pretty stunned and lost for words.

Yeah I remember that one too. A good thing for politicians to try I'd say.

I like him, think the Guy is very intelligent and worthy of a listen. Great tone/delivery, admirable smile and controls the camera and audience very well indeed. Whether the folks who he's chatting to/interviewing interacting with like his politics or not he certainly commands respect.

As for his blazers, well You really need to go down Old Skool Jermaine St to see that Portillos fashion sense is very much alive and very much kicking.

Haven't read the thread, but love his railway programmes.

kayak23 - Member
Yeah I remember that one too. A good thing for politicians to try I'd say.

Im not into trains but Portillo has me watching them. I set my timer ffs. The producers/him have a way of making it about the journey and equally the destination. Chapeau.

Could you imagine the Mekon, blair or Osbourne holding your attention thus?

railway programmes?

shitting hell.

I too caught some of that show last night.

The immediate thoughts that struck me were:

1. Remember how we all ridiculed him for being the son of an immigrant? And here he is being as British as they get in another land....

2. He hasn't forgotten that politician's confidence of engaging anyone in conversation, appearing not to listen to their response and then walking off when he's decided the conversation is finished.

Other than that. seems likeable enough and is evidently enjoying doing travel TV. Fair play.

railway programmes?

shitting hell.

Life can't all be nutella and glowsticks, emsz.

This IS straight men emsz. It cant be hookers & coke ALL the time

oh c'mon really? here comes a train, oooh look there's another one....

😆

emsz - Member
oh c'mon really? here comes a train, oooh look there's another one....

Quite liking the Euro rail programmes. Think he does ok.

Also liking the linen jackets....

oh c'mon really? here comes a train, oooh look there's another one....

Imagine you're in the train looking out.

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My dear departed Mother used to line the cat's litter tray with a photograph of Michael Portillo.

My dear departed Mother used to line the cat's litter tray with a photograph of Michael Portillo.

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Portillo is taking red/salmon trousers to the next level innit.
[url= ]lots of establishment types in red trews[/url]

seosamh77 - Member
binners - Member
He's a dapper mofo, and no mistake!
Do you remember when we all despised him? How on earth did he manage to transform himself from utterly loathsome epitome of everything nasty and Tory, to all round nice bloke, bordering on national treasure status?

Everybody likes trains!
Must admit, if you told me 10/15 years ago that I'd enjoy watching portillo on the tele, I'd think you were mad!

Same here, I've been really enjoying the repeats of the British ones, they're on at just the right time to watch after I get home from work.
The Russian one last night was terrific, seeing the country in such a different way to most travelogues.
I like the way Portillo engages with locals in their own language, while clearly not being entirely fluent, he manages to get across.

I too caught some of that show last night.

The immediate thoughts that struck me were:

1. Remember how we all ridiculed him for being the son of an immigrant? And here he is being as British as they get in another land....

2. He hasn't forgotten that politician's confidence of engaging anyone in conversation, appearing not to listen to their response and then walking off when he's decided the conversation is finished.

Jamie - Freeloader!

emsz - Member
railway programmes?
shitting hell.

Life can't all be nutella and glowsticks, emsz.

May not make it as my epitaph, but I think it deserves a spot on the back of the downstairs bog door. Bravo, the pair of you.

Everybody likes trains!

railway programmes?

shitting hell.

If you've ever wondered what it would be like working in a care home Emsz... its a lot like this.

I love his dress sense - I like to channel my inner Portillo when I can with a linen jacket or two and some brightly coloured trews. Can't afford his range or tailor, sadly...

MrsJulianA is unsure about the yellow jacket / red trousers combination (I like) or the pink jacket / red trousers combo (I also like). I may be going out on my own more often if I sport these colour combinations.

binners - Member

How on earth did he manage to transform himself from utterly loathsome epitome of everything nasty and Tory, to all round nice bloke, bordering on national treasure status?

Portillo was despised by many on the left because the geezer was clearly extremely ambitious, he wanted to get to the top of the Tory Party and preferably lead it. With that in mind he courted and seduced the Tory faithful, something which was bound to make him deeply disliked by all those opposed to the Tories.

But yet despite all that Portillo never made a convincing Thacherite imo. He was instinctively very much on the left of the Tory Party. As a minister he was not responsible for steering through any particularly reactionary legislation.

IIRC Portillo was the only Tory Employment Minister who did not attempt to introduce further repressive anti-trade union legislation.

Perhaps it was the somewhat unconvincing nature of his Thatcherite credentials that was ultimately responsible for the failures of his leadership ambitions, certainly Iain Duncan Smith, William Hague, and Michael Howard, provided more convincing Thatcherite credentials.

With Tory Party leadership ambitions no longer in his sights Portillo has been able to shed a lot of the old persona and allow himself to be the half decent human being he probably always was deep inside.

I thought the leadership cancellation was a friendship he had at uni?

A smear campaign that won.
www.google.co.uk/search?aq=0&oq=portillo+gay+&client=ms-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&q=portillo+gay+scandal

A smear campaign that won.

I distinctly remember that he outed himself. As I said, he was not an instinctive Thatcherite. imo.

EDIT : As the link in your edit shows.

Can't forgive him.
A hypocrite of the first water, who supported the vilest political policies to further his own career.

Or the Hamiltons.

Or Anne Widdecome, a 'national treasure' who believes that female prisoners should be chained to their beds during childbirth.

Their actions and beliefs when in power define them - no amount of spin can disguise how repugnant these people were.
I see no reason to believe they've changed.

Don't think his dress sense is that out there. I wouldn't wear any of that stuff myself but the purple jacket is pretty much the only thing that'd raise an eyebrow.

Amen bother Rusty.

1. Remember how we all ridiculed him for being the son of an immigrant?

A hypocrite of the first water, who supported the vilest political policies to further his own career.

Or the Hamiltons.

Or Anne Widdecome, a 'national treasure' who believes that female prisoners should be chained to their beds during childbirth.

Their actions and beliefs when in power define them - no amount of spin can disguise how repugnant these people were.
I see no reason to believe they've changed.

That kind of makes my point really. Instead of focusing your vitriol purely on Portillo and listing all the terrible deeds he is guilty of you have had to throw in the Hamiltons and Widdecombe.

A lot of people despise Portillo but they don't quite know why. Oh yes, it's because he's a Tory, just like the Hamiltons and Anne Widdecome, a 'national treasure' who believes that female prisoners should be chained to their beds during childbirth.

By all means hate Portillo because he is a Tory, if that floats your boat, but don't pretend it's because he stands out as a particularly unpleasant or nasty Tory when there's no evidence to back it up.

Personally I think that had he succeeded in his leadership ambitions he would probably have made the most acceptable Tory leader since Ted Heath.

I don't often agree with Ernie but even as a leftie I have to on his point above.

'Cant forgive him'.

Explain why.

Michael Portillo = Cool Limp Hitler

Thanks Angus, back when he was in politics he did come across as a ****, but these days he seems more "of the people " as he's not going to be leader or anything great in politics.

I think the immigrant thing was very much surprise that he aligned himself with a party against immigration (at least some of them did) with a background that was clearly not from round 'ere...

his dad was not just a foreigner, but actually a leftist refugee.

#daddyissues

The few lefty dinosaurs who dislike people like Portillo do so on principle because he is unashamedly public school. What distinguishes him from the lefty dross who run the media at the moment is that he retains his dignity and refuses to dumb down and act chummy, as bikebuoy points out.

Love this comment by ourmaninthenorth:

He hasn't forgotten that politician's confidence of engaging anyone in conversation, appearing not to listen to their response and then walking off when he's decided the conversation is finished.

the lefty dross who run the media

he is unashamedly public school

Nothing to do with his education.

He is a bisexual who voted against gay rights.
The son of an immigrant who voted against the rights of immigrants.

A cowardly, lickspittle of a scared hanger on, affecting the arrogance of his peers to hide his insecuritues.

And I can't forgive him for being a Thatcherite.
Ever.
No one is innocent.
But some are more guilty than others.

And I mentioned those other people as prime examples of how far these repulsive people will go to attempt to rebrand themselves.

He voted on the age of consent.

He voted on Gay/lesbians in the armed services.

Whether its good or bad - who knows. You can be straight and have an opinion on both too. Does that make you homophobic if you don't appease?

A cowardly, lickspittle of a scared hanger on, affecting the arrogance of his peers to hide his insecuritues.

Yes.

Why do you ask?

I'm impressed and will use the term 'lickspittle' to my peers whenever appropriate 😉

PARKLIFE!

PARKLIFE!

Well that's got old really quick.

Rusty Spanner - Member

And I can't forgive him for being a Thatcherite.
Ever.
No one is innocent.
But some are more guilty than others.

And I mentioned those other people as prime examples of how far these repulsive people will go to attempt to rebrand themselves.

How about this Thatcherite politician ?

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How do you feel about him ?

Or the comment that Thatcher once made when she claimed that "New Labour" was her greatest achievement ?

I don't have too many issues with Tories behaving like Tories, it's kind of what I expect from them.

However politicians who fought tooth and nail against Thatcher and then embraced her and everything she stood for once they were in power, now that's what I call hypocrisy.

How do you feel about [i]"how far these repulsive people will go to attempt to rebrand themselves"[/i] ?