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Friday July 25, 2008
Michael Portillo
Let Gordon win the election for you, Dave
Stand back from all the economic gloom and savour the guilty pleasure of enjoying the prime minister's fall from grace
Resistance in the right place and Brown is history by teatime
Gordon Brown has secured a place in the record books. His signal place in history is the speed of his collapse
The voters will take that trough
When the details of members’ expense claims are published, the public will be appalled
The West can hurt China
If the Tibet situation deteriorates, pressure will grow to use the Olympics as a weapon against Beijing
Good news: Brown will win the election
If Cameron served two terms as leader of the opposition he would be a great prime minister
Tough MPs best to guard against a surveillance society
Politicians may be slimy or mendacious, but at least they are public figures operating in the glare of publicity
Michael Portillo
Michael Portillo left the House of Commons in 2005 after a 30-year career with the Conservative Party, which took him from MP for Enfield Southgate to transport and local government minister to the Cabinet, where he served as Treasury Secretary and Secretary of State for Defence. Since leaving politics he has written weekly for The Sunday Times and made a number of documentaries for BBC2
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