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Article: Diary
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 5, 1994
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Poisoned chalice with sweeteners
WHILE Michael Portillo continues to be touted in some quarters
as the next Conservative Party chairman, Michael Heseltine remains
a dark horse, I'm told, despite his private assertion that he does
not want to be considered for the job.
When he indicates this unwillingness to move to Central Office,
the President of the Board of Trade is not going through his "I
cannot envisage a situation where a contest might arise" routine,
so often trotted out in his wilderness years. He genuinely does not
want to run the party machine, and genuinely does want to stay on
at the Department of Trade and Industry for a further three years
(although he still hankers after ...