Portillista

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noun

A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounPortillista (plural Portillistas)

plural Portillistas

  1. UKgovernmentA political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.

    Yet despite that pedigree, he describes himself as "essentially a Portillista" – liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics.

    2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian
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    If Sunak is highly regarded by his colleagues, he does not have a dedicated group of supporters in Parliament: there is no Sunakian equivalent of the Portillistas, the Brownites, or the Friends of Dave.

    2020, Michael Ashcroft, Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page unknown

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