Michael Portillo is a journalist, broadcaster and former Conservative party cabinet minister
April 2013
Britain had to change, Margaret Thatcher had the courage to make it happen
Michael Portillo: In 1979 industrial strife was tearing Britain apart and its global reputation was in shreds. Then a grocer's daughter entered Downing Street and began a social revolution
May 2010
General election 2010: Cif at the polls
My moment is yours, Ed Balls
Michael Portillo
Michael Portillo: Ed Balls can delight the nation by losing tonight, as I did in 1997. Don't worry: life's better on the outside
