This from an article in 'The Independent' newspaper, 12 September 1999:
"Portillo had decided some months earlier that he should "come clean" about his gay past before returning to public life. As he walked on a pilgrimage across Spain, he came to the conclusion that the best way to end once and for all rumours that he had had an affair with his cabinet colleague Peter Lilley was to reveal the true extent of his homosexual experiences. When he returned to London, he discussed the implications of going public with his wife and his loyal adviser Alison Broom over white wine and anchovies in the Portillos' local tapas bar, Goya. The two women told him they thought the public was now so accepting of homosexuality that it would not damage his political career."
Full article here:
The story certainly became very widespread, I'm not sure if it really was a joke started by Jerry Hayes or whether it is true.
Michael Portillo
Jerry Hayes confesses
This is Jerry confessing...
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An awful lot of rumours do and have done the rounds in Westminster (and the media) and most of them are, like Lilley and Portillo, cobblers. A lot of people would have sworn the most recent Tory sex scandal was true... but it wasn't.
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An awful lot of rumours do and have done the rounds in Westminster (and the media) and most of them are, like Lilley and Portillo, cobblers. A lot of people would have sworn the most recent Tory sex scandal was true... but it wasn't.
Re: Michael Portillo
Good post by Essex Lad.
As it says in that article, the majority of rumours are wishful thinking.
As it says in that article, the majority of rumours are wishful thinking.
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Re: Michael Portillo
He was known as Polly at UNI wasn't there a joke about that too?!
Re: Michael Portillo
With his Spanish background he may have exacted his revenge for namecalling with a 'Dirty Sanchez'
Re: Michael Portillo
thailandtom wrote:
I don't really care if
> Portillo is gay or not, all I know is he is very impressive on
> This Week, always giving extremely well thought out arguments
> and reasons. He is politically very astute and a Prime Minister
> that we should have had.
Disloyal. Duplicitous. Cowardly. Bad judgment. Not astute. Chancer. Yes, it sounds like he has all the qualities to be prime minister.
I don't really care if
> Portillo is gay or not, all I know is he is very impressive on
> This Week, always giving extremely well thought out arguments
> and reasons. He is politically very astute and a Prime Minister
> that we should have had.
Disloyal. Duplicitous. Cowardly. Bad judgment. Not astute. Chancer. Yes, it sounds like he has all the qualities to be prime minister.
Re: Michael Portillo
thailandtom wrote:
> Just random words, do you have an argument to back them up or
> shall I just leave with the fact that you are a retarded ass
> wipe ?
Yes, that's the right level and tone to adopt to be taken seriously. And do try to brush up on your use of punctuation.
> Just random words, do you have an argument to back them up or
> shall I just leave with the fact that you are a retarded ass
> wipe ?
Yes, that's the right level and tone to adopt to be taken seriously. And do try to brush up on your use of punctuation.