Michael Portillo MP

Kensington & Chelsea MP hits the MyVillage Celebrity pages ... Coming soon news and views on your local prospective Tory leader.

When does a politician become a celebrity? Well for MyVillage it's when he is spotted punching his hands in the air at the Madonna concert at Earl's Court, singing along to his favourite song La Isla Bonita. This on the very day that former Tory cabinet minister Peter Lilley advocated de-criminalising cannabis. New Tory here we come...

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Portillo's Lost Weekend - 16/07/01
Michael Portillo's chances of becoming leader of the Conservatives are much slimmer after two sets of damaging accusations were leveled at him.

First Amanda Platell, press officer to William Hague during the last election, accused Portillo and his political aides of undermining Hague in the days leading up to the election, in a Channel 4 programme on Sunday night.
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Portillo Seeks Divine Endorsement - 05/07/01
The Evening Standard reports that our esteemed local MP from the right/left/centre of the Tory party, was seen enjoying himself at the Madonna concert at Earl's Court. He was seen punching his hands in the air during Madonna's set which included one of his Desert Island Discs choices, 'La Isla Bonita'. As the local MP he was invited along to the concert by the owner of Earls Court, Andrew Morris.

Like Mandy, Michael is no stranger to hanging out with celebs. He is rumoured to have met the divine Madge over dinner round at Shireen Ritchie's house, who is not only Madonna's mother in law but also the Chair of the Kensington & Chelsea Conservative Association.

"Is this the endorsement that will blow Michael Portillo's leadership rival out of the water?", the Standard comments.

Portilllo Stands - 12/06/01
Kensington & Chelsea MP Michael Portillo is the first person to announce their intention to stand for Tory leadership.

He told journalists at Westminster: "I wish to put my name forward to be leader of the Conservative Party."

After finally announcing his decision after days of media speculation, he said that the party had suffered a "catastrophic" election result and needed to make major changes to become electable.

"Unless the party makes major changes in its style and the issues it chooses to focus on there is a danger that we will go further down in the public's respect," he told reporters. He announced his decision flanked by shadow foreign secretary Francis Maude, who is to run his campaign.
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Portillo for Leader 08/06/01
With Hague making a quick exit from the political stage after Thursday's disastrous election results for the Tories, the race for the leadership is on.

Kensington & Chelsea MP Michael Portillo remains for many the strongest candidate, but whoever becomes leader they face a daunting task to recover the party from their worst result in living memory.
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