I watched bits of this week's platform for "daft racists", aka Question Time and was interested to see how Michael Portillo articulated his points and also batted away some of the other panelists whenever they tried to interrupt his flow or counter with pointless soundbites. I genuinely can't remember anything about his short political career or his views, but was more than slightly impressed by how confident he spoke and came across in comparison to pretty much every other British politician I've had the misfortune to see in the last countless number of years.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:10 am
by Mito Man
Quite like Portillo’s railway shows, but know nothing of his politics otherwise.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:46 am
by Simon
Ascender wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2020 10:03 am
I watched bits of this week's platform for "daft racists", aka Question Time and was interested to see how Michael Portillo articulated his points and also batted away some of the other panelists whenever they tried to interrupt his flow or counter with pointless soundbites. I genuinely can't remember anything about his short political career or his views, but was more than slightly impressed by how confident he spoke and came across in comparison to pretty much every other British politician I've had the misfortune to see in the last countless number of years.
Portillo losing his seat in '97 was the making of him. He went from arrogant, smarmy politician to reasoned, confident and articulate presenter over the space of a few years. One of the best panelists you could have on QT or any other political show IMO.
Re: Bye Bye Boris!
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:14 am
by NotoriousREV
That seems to happen with a lot of politicians. Ed Milliband seems like a completely different person now.