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        BBC NEWS 24  137 08 Oct 17:24/19
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 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
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