Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache
One thing though. Ken Clarke was too much a eurosweetie for my tastes. I think the Tories missed a trick with Portillo.
Therein lies the tragedy of Mr Clarke and the Tory party. Europe was never going to go away, but if they were in power they might have made the European Onion more in the image of a conservative vision than the federalist one. Out of power they can do nothing - about anything. The Onion was always a red herring to a bull.

But I agree with you about Portillo. He could have worked wonders, and had a brain - now devoted to TV and Classic FM rather than the good of the country. Sadly, he was subject to the other prejudice that plagues the Conservative Party.