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Re: Michael Portillo
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 7:12 pm
by Essex Lad
Which is what?
Re: Michael Portillo
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:35 am
by Arginald Valleywater
Love his Great Railway Journeys..
Re: Michael Portillo
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 6:53 am
by Alex L
One of his ancestors loosed off a canon ball at our great Vice Admiral Drake?
Re: Michael Portillo
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 6:55 am
by Alex L
Sorry, cannonball rather than the camera!
Gay?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:16 am
by max_tranmere
The only thing controversial I ever heard about Michael Portillo was that he had a gay affair with Peter Lilley, another senior Tory and prominent member of the Major cabinet when both were cabinet ministers back in the 1990's. The story was that they used to have threesomes with other people aswell as getting it on as a twosome. I used to work in Whitehall and this rumour was doing the rounds.
The joke was:
Portillo: "shall we rent a video tonight?"
Lilley: "lets get Alladin" (geddit? get a lad in...)
I heard this back in the 1990's around Westminster a few times."
Re: Gay?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 9:47 am
by Essex Lad
Portillo admitted to a gay affair when at uni but the Lilley thing was a joke started by Jerry Hayes.
Re: Gay?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:01 pm
by Jonone
Was it Portillo's idea of assimilating ?
Re: Gay?
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:07 pm
by max_tranmere
It may have been a joke started by Jerry Hayes, I wasn't aware of that, but a lot of people in Whitehall took it seriously. I worked for a decade just a stone's throw from Parliament Square for a large Government department and a lot of people mentioned the Portillo/Lilley "liaison". This story was told by a lot of people in local pubs where Civil Servants go aswell.