BBC NEWS 24 137 08 Oct 17:24/19 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ******** *********** ************ ** ******* * ******* BLAIR COPIES THATCHER CLAIMS PORTILLO Leading Tory right-winger Michael Portillo has said Labour is guilty of "karaoke Conservatism". The ex-Cabinet minister said Tony Blair was trying to copy Margaret Thatcher, who he called an "evangelist" Mr Portillo accused the Prime Minister of "colonising" Tory ideas and words. At a fringe meeting at the Tory party conference, Mr Portillo firmly backed William Hague, amid speculation that many Tories wanted him as leader. Finance 200 Sport 300 Regional 500 Weather 400 Travel 430 TV 460