tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2442369638086477579..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Has Michael Portillo Been Sacked by the Sunday Times?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81520718774482357152007-12-18T09:24:00.000+00:002007-12-18T09:24:00.000+00:00The Times today (Tuesday) announces that Portillo ...The Times today (Tuesday) announces that Portillo is to chair the judges' panel for the 2008 Man Booker Prize. I supopose reading all those second-rate novels will give him something to do. And they need a politician on board so that all the squabbles can be leaked ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83950528546424876312007-12-17T13:42:00.000+00:002007-12-17T13:42:00.000+00:00Portillo's yet another Blair era casualty, unable ...Portillo's yet another Blair era casualty, unable to find a niche in the new Cameronian age.<BR/><BR/>Portillo was kept on as a usefully treacherous Tory by Blair's media. But now Murdoch's changing sides and running against the EU Constitution, he doesn't fit the programme too well any more. <BR/><BR/>Bit like Gordon Brown, who was kept on by Blair as a device to keep critics at bay, but has now outlived his useful political existence. <BR/><BR/>More on 'the tap', my blog, trying to read the tea leaves.Tapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72183982556709016532007-12-17T13:00:00.000+00:002007-12-17T13:00:00.000+00:00why don't you ask Michael and/or the Sunday Times ...why don't you ask Michael and/or the Sunday Times if you want to catch up with old news?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27218468047377102112007-12-17T12:52:00.000+00:002007-12-17T12:52:00.000+00:00He looked ill last time I saw him and had lost a l...He looked ill last time I saw him and had lost a lot of weight. Having said that if I had Ms Abbott sat next to me I'd feel sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60356432282362439182007-12-17T09:30:00.000+00:002007-12-17T09:30:00.000+00:00Think it's a cost-saving thing as the paper's lost...Think it's a cost-saving thing as the paper's lost loads of circulation since the price hike. Can't imagine anyone in political circles is thinks Ivens (who, bizarrely believed he had a chance of editing the Times!) is worth reading. He's almost as tedious as his brown-nosing partner Anne McElvoy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35849686604486013582007-12-16T19:01:00.000+00:002007-12-16T19:01:00.000+00:00More likely surely that Portillo has sacked them?More likely surely that Portillo has sacked them?Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87288764147962612982007-12-16T15:15:00.000+00:002007-12-16T15:15:00.000+00:00Yep he lost it a while ago and not before time!-ht...Yep he lost it a while ago and not before time!-<BR/>http://conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2007/09/even-the-bbc-is.html<BR/><BR/>Someone shouldupdate Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_PortilloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63284148564807369802007-12-16T14:21:00.000+00:002007-12-16T14:21:00.000+00:00I've also wondered what happened to his column. Th...I've also wondered what happened to his column. The last I can find is October 28th at <BR/>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_portillo/article2753586.ece<BR/>There's no indication it was to be a last column, and the Sunday Times still lists him as a "weekly columnist". Bit odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57460641974594218532007-12-16T14:05:00.000+00:002007-12-16T14:05:00.000+00:00Yes it ended some time ago Iain. Quite a lot of pu...Yes it ended some time ago Iain. Quite a lot of publicity about how it had become repetitive / boring etc.<BR/><BR/>Be interested to hear about what you think of the forthcoming Cockerell documentary and reported comments of Portillo etc<BR/><BR/>Personally i can't see why tories cooperate with cockerell - these things always appear to end up as stitch up jobs.The Putney Villanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06029312330383948672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39392102284866073002007-12-16T14:01:00.000+00:002007-12-16T14:01:00.000+00:00I thought Portillo looked grey and unhealthy when ...I thought Portillo looked grey and unhealthy when he appeared on THIS WEEK on Thursday.<BR/><BR/>Maybe he needs a rest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com