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.
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