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Were You Still Up for Portillo? (Paperback)

by Brian Cathcart (Author)

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (2 Oct 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140272372
ISBN-13: 978-0140272376
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 545,702 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The 1997 election not only produced a historic result, it also generated enough incident to fill five nights of television rather than one. This text tracks the drama from the close of the polls at 10.00pm to the last recount the next day, stopping at Edgbaston and Edinburgh, Basildon and Brighton, Tatton and Torbay, Harrogate, Chelsea, Winchester and many more. It recaptures the mood of the night, observing the breaking of Portillo, Rifkind, Lamont and Mellor, the making of Twigg, Stuart, Follett and Bradshaw and the marathon on-screen labours of Snow, Brunson, Paxman and the Dimblebys.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Yes I WAS still up for Portillo!, 19 Sep 2003

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This book is a must for for all those political animals out there who stayed up for the whole of the May 1997 election night. Brian Cathcart's book recalls how the historic political events unfolded that night,an hour by hour account, a brilliant mix of fact,amusing annecdotes,vivid descriptions of Peter Snow's swingometer,and Paxman's withering jibes to the suffering defeated Tory MP's.

The cover of the book sums up the essence of the night .....a photograph capturing the moment when Stephen Twigg did the impossible and snatched Enfield from the once mighty Michael Portillo. The boyish,impish grin contrasting with the look of the utter disbelief of his opponent.

Read this book if you want to recapture the highs and lows of one of Britain's most historic policitcal landslides.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Night The Tories Got The Chop!, 18 Mar 2006

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I was still up for Portillo. The night was May 1st 1997 - General Election Night. Across the country, the results were coming in thick and fast. Not good for the Tories, great news for the Liberal Democrats and New Labour.

I'd been watching an 1960's comedy film called 'Watch Your Stern' starring Kenneth Connor when the polls closed and I switched over to Sky News just after eleven. Brian Cathcart brilliantly recaptures the tension and drama of those wonderful hours; without bias, he analyses the reasons for the Tory rout and reaches the inevitable conclusion - they had it coming.

Particularly fascinating are the accounts of what was going on over at the B.B.C. and I.T.V. while my attention was fixed elsewhere. By the time I crawled up to bed at 4 a.m., John Major had conceded defeat and B.B.C.-2 appropriately put on a classic Woody Allen film - 'Take The Money & Run'!

Witty, informative, occasionally cheeky but never unkind, this is a great book even if you're not interested in politics. Smashing pictures too!

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