http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-8157-michael-portillo/topic-rss.do Michael Portillo RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23764616-oh-its-the-shane-story-at-lloyds.do On BBC news, Lloyds Banking Group’s in-house PR Shane O’Riordain says: “Lloyds is a strong, well-capitalised bank.” 2009-11-05T06:54:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23761802-diane-abbott-hobnob-gag-sees-bbc-show-axed.do The BBC's This Week show has been taken offline after Diane Abbott was referred to as a chocolate HobNob biscuit. 2009-10-28T12:36:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718134-more-troops-die-in-afghanistan-in-blackest-week-yet.do Criticism of the war in Afghanistan increased as it was announced that two more British soldiers have been killed, meaning nine serviceman have died in the last nine days 2009-07-10T08:32:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23670936-trudie-styler-speaks-out-to-revive-the-lost-art-of-oratory.do The art of oratory is being killed off by computers, according to Trudie Styler 2009-04-03T08:10:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23666002-google-critics-links-to-pr-giant-and-microsoft.do Google launches Street View, and Simon Davies of Privacy International, the group that campaigns against intrusion by businesses and governments, gets on his high horse and is quoted everywhere opposing the new service. But who is Davies? 2009-03-24T09:00:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23643567-opera-has-its-premiere-in-the-bar-after-power-failure.do A Covent Garden opera had its premiere in the bar after a power failure hit the Royal Opera House 2009-02-16T10:44:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23623433-now-cameron-should-bring-back-david-davis.do David Cameron should follow up his reshuffle with a recall for David Davis, says former minister Michael Portillo 2009-01-20T09:24:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23596296-does-gordon-brown-need-to-be-likeable-to-win-the-next-election.do The Queen’s Speech today will play to the Prime Minister’s strengths but Labour’s deep unpopularity nags away at his revival 2008-12-03T10:37:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595635-where-the-political-elite-go-for-dinner-and-spicy-gossip.do From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed 2008-12-02T08:47:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23585637-christianity-and-celebrity-big-brother-for-channel-4.do A series exploring alternative views on Christianity will spearhead Channel 4's winter season of programmes 2008-11-12T09:20:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23585841-gordon-and-jamie-can-keep-swearing-says-c4-boss.do The head of Channel 4 said he would not "rein in" celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver over their use of the F word 2008-11-12T14:23:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572978-tiger-burns-so-bright-for-booker-winner-adiga.do The experience of being an immigrant fuelled the writing of The White Tiger, the debut novel by Indian writer Aravind Adiga which has won the £50,000 Man Booker Prize 2008-10-15T08:46:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572519-booker-judge-criticises-highbrow-male-panels.do One of this year's Man Booker Prize judges has criticised male academics who sit on literary panels, claiming they pick "highbrow" novels over readable ones 2008-10-14T08:29:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23552837-linda-grant-leads-charge-as-the-old-guard-are-left-off-booker-list.do The latest epic from Salman Rushdie and the hotly tipped story of post-9/11 America by Joseph O'Neill have failed to make the Man Booker shortlist 2008-09-09T13:24:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23538671-from-soaps-to-the-booker.do When Tom Rob Smith's first novel made the longlist for our most prestigious literary prize it caused a publishing storm. Here he hits back at his critics 2008-08-18T07:27:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23523067-rushdie-in-running-to-win-his-second-booker-of-the-year.do Salman Rushdie, already winner of this year's Best of Booker Prize for Midnight's Children and shortlisted three times previously, is once again among those in line to win the literary award 2008-07-29T14:56:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23501806-size-matters-to-boris-when-it-comes-to-flats.do Boris Johnson's pledge to re-establish the space standards set by Sir Parker Morris in 1961 could force housebuilders to hugely increase the size of new homes in London 2008-06-27T15:38:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23483310-cavalry-comes-to-rescue-at-chelsea-hospital-pageant.do The Royal Hospital Chelsea's first pageant for 100 years will feature Judi Dench, Rory Bremner, Timothy Spall and Michael Portillo 2008-05-09T07:33:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23481812-now-the-writing-really-is-on-the-wall-for-labour.do Bad news for the Tories was sporadic, bad news for Labour just kept on coming 2008-05-02T12:36:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23480841-no-mayor-should-ever-serve-three-terms-ken.do Londoners should vote for Boris Johnson as Mayor on Thursday. They should do so for one reason that overrides all others. Nobody, however able, should serve more than two terms in an elected position of such prominence 2008-04-28T07:32:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/restaurants/article-23366750-dining-dens-where-the-plot-thickens.do Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals. 2006-09-13T13:19:23Z