Michael Portillo
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Birth Name: Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Country of origin: United Kingdom
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Michael Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party politician and Cabinet Minister. Portillo was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1984; a strong admirer of Margaret Thatcher, and a Eurosceptic, Portillo served as a junior minister under both Thatcher and John Major, before entering the cabinet in 1992. A "darling of the right", he was seen as a likely challenger to Major during the 1995 Conservative leadership election, but stayed loyal. As Defence Secretary, he pressed for a purist Thatcherite course of "clear blue water", separating the policies of
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1. Loose Women
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2. This Morning (1988)
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3. Breakfast (2000)
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4. The One Show
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5. Richard & Judy (2001)
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