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conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:12 pm

Tuesday night 6.30.... Michael Portillo visits the Clarion near Roughlee on his great British railways programme travels ...plus other local places.. Love him or hate him,it's a good programme .. What a great job he has..

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:16 pm

conyoviejo wrote:Tuesday night 6.30.... Michael Portillo visits the Clarion near Roughlee on his great British railways programme travels ...plus other local places.. Love him or hate him,it's a good programme .. What a great job he has..

Is he wearing those colourful clothes for a bet? , not very coordinated in his dress is he

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:38 pm

Certainly stands out in a crowd.

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:44 pm

Looks a bit camp but very astute bloke.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:47 pm

He’s certainly polished up his public image since the world and his wife had such a good laugh watching him unseated back in 1997. He almost comes across as an actual human being, these days.

bob-the-scutter · Post by **bob-the-scutter** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:58 pm

Gets dressed in the dark!

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 7:59 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:He’s certainly polished up his public image since the world and his wife had such a good laugh watching him unseated back in 1997. He almost comes across as an actual human being, these days.

He did help to save the Settle to Carlisle line ..

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:09 pm

conyoviejo wrote:He did help to save the Settle to Carlisle line ..

He does like his Railways.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:14 pm

Enjoy his train travel series, always very interesting. He's been all over really. Some great episodes around Europe, India and also the US.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:15 pm

Enjoy his railway progs and he comes across sound whenever he’s on This Week but I still can’t get past him crying when Thatcher was given the boot.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:31 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Is he wearing those colourful clothes for a bet? , not very coordinated in his dress is he

He spends more on his clothes than Garlick does on players..

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:33 pm

conyoviejo wrote:He spends more on his clothes than Garlick does on players..

that's not difficult.

chorleyhere · Post by **chorleyhere** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:02 pm

The Clarion has played a great part in the history of the Independent Labour Party and given the correct factual date this was was the real founding of what became the Labour Party. The strength of the representation for the working class was very significant, unfortunately that heritage has dwindled over the years but locally it still bears the hallmarks of social concern for the welfare of the working class.

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:06 pm

Uses the same tailor of Henry Blofield (hence the colours)

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Mon Feb 04, 2019 10:42 pm

conyoviejo wrote:Certainly stands out in a crowd.

Should certainly be made to stand in a crowd...and stampled on

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:42 pm

Bump

For those who may have missed the post..

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:00 pm

Enjoyed that.
Was it us or Villa in the football match on the old footage?

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:13 pm

South West Claret. wrote:Should certainly be made to stand in a crowd...and stampled on

Stampled? Is that a South Western tradition? Please elaborate, sounds interesting.

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:26 pm

Pimlico_Claret wrote:Stampled? Is that a South Western tradition? Please elaborate, sounds interesting.

Certainly is Pim...especially for “Ex-Con”servative Party MPs

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:50 pm

[quote="South West Claret."]Should certainly be made to stand in a crowd...and stampled on

[/quotwhat do you mean? We speak English up here?

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:56 pm

South West Claret. wrote:Certainly is Pim...especially for “Ex-Con”servative Party MPs

Go on then elaborate.

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:31 pm

Stayingup wrote:Go on then elaborate.

It's obviously too Southern to reveal on a Northern biased forum

hampsteadclaret · Post by **hampsteadclaret** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:15 am

I met Michael Portillo a few years ago.,he visited our school,.. a guest invited by the Economics and Politics society.

I had lunch with him and the Headmaster, a couple of teachers and four students from the 6th form. He was very confident and chatty over lunch, and I was beginning to re-evaluate my opinion of him. He was pretty right-wing and hard line back then.

He did a 25 minute talk to the students and then a Q&A session with the 6th form. He went down well and he got a very positive reception.

As the students were leaving I was chatting with MP and the Head - I asked him what was the biggest regret he had in Politics; he answered 'none whatsoever'.

That was surprising as he had competed for leadership of the Tory Party in 2001, and finished third to Iain Duncan Smith and Kenneth Clarke.

I enjoyed the section on 'the Clarion' tonight, he has a flair for TV.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:31 am

hampsteadclaret wrote: He was very confident and chatty over lunch, and I was beginning to re-evaluate my opinion of him. He was pretty right-wing and hard line back then.

That is their knack. I was down in parliament for a meeting over a strike, after the meeting we ended up in the strangers bar and I got chatting with Nigel Evans, a guy who I couldn’t be further from politically. He was a charmer and you soon forgot he is a right wing loon.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:05 pm

I think he makes good telly programmes regardless of his politics.

Pimlico_Claret · Post by **Pimlico_Claret** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:18 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:That is their knack. I was down in parliament for a meeting over a strike, after the meeting we ended up in the strangers bar and I got chatting with Nigel Evans, a guy who I couldn’t be further from politically. He was a charmer and you soon forgot he is a right wing loon.

Hope you kept a tight belt in that scenario.

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:33 pm

Pimlico_Claret wrote:Stampled? Is that a South Western tradition? Please elaborate, sounds interesting.

I think " SWC " is advocating physical violence within a mature western democracy against fellow citizens with whom he disagrees, which is why his posts are largely pro-Corbynite Labour ! It's a gentler style of politics, apparently !

Cocker Claret · Post by **Cocker Claret** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 7:08 pm

I remember a club called the Clarion just off Cog lane,my Grandad was a member there.Is this something to do with the club your talking about?https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.98186 ... ,15z?hl=en I think it was here Fast glass.All gone now and new houses there.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:03 pm

Just been enjoying the latest series of Portillo in SE Asia. It suddenly struck me tonight that everywhere is spotless.
Going around Malaysia and I was amazed at the complete absence of litter. Henceforth every new street shot, the first thing I did was check the curbs and pavement for litter, nothing.
Two things struck me. First it must take everyone in the community/ country to buy into this tidyness / pride. Secondly where and why, have we got it so wrong.
Another strong lasting impression was how the locals, whichever the country, appreciate the old colonial masters, despite some horrific episodes, for the good that they brought as well. The infrastructure, the legal systems, the education. There seems to be no animosity at all for past misdemeanors.

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