Another Portillo Train Journey Tonight !

mikey4444 | 13:10 Fri 30th Oct 2015 | TV

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Always entertaining, but lets have a competition to see if we can guess how many different jackets he will wear tonight !

My prediction is 3 !

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retrocop

Well he is a tory toff and former deputy leader of the Conservative party.
One would expect a gentleman to have a varied wardrobe.
Now if he was formerly a labour party leader he would wear a donkey jacket or a cloth cap and a boiler suit. :-)

Zacs-Master

...and the programme would be called 'Great Railway Punch-Ups'

Ric.ror

Its the trousers I find most ............ intriguing

mikey4444

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LOL Retro.

Actually, Portillo is a Tory that I have a lot of time for. I am a bit of a railway buff I suppose and I have enjoyed all his train journey programs immensely.

There was a recent thread on Portillo's wardrobe and most, if not all of his jackets are linen ( and very expensive). So its generally accepted that there must be a production assistant just out of camera range, with a permanently hot steam iron at the ready !

retrocop

No need for a steam iron. Just stand next to the steam exhaust valve of the loco !! :-)

mikey4444

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Yellow or pink trousers do take a fair degree of nerve to wear in public, I agree Ric !

By the way, for those that missed the last thread, here is his tailor..seriously nice clothes !

http://volpe.ltd.uk/

naomi24

I've been watching Chris Tarrant's railway journeys. Very interesting. He ended up at Guantanamo Bay last time.

Fiona Bruce takes my award for jackets - awful ones.

ichkeria

I am wondering when Ed Balls will resurface.
A man like Portillo who was a high profile casualty of democracy but who also like Portillo is a highly engaging character with wide interests outside politics.
He'll surely follow El Portillo's path into TV etc

mikey4444

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Naomi...hope it doesn't take Tarrant 13 years to get back home !

SirOracle

I hope it does Mikey. !! ;-)

maggiebee

I have a Samaritans colleague who is always colour co-ordinated down to his socks. Wears some beautiful colours - first time I met him he was in salmon pink trousers with matching v-neck jumper. He wore it with a blue/yellow striped shirt underneath. Was a bit taken aback, but after 7 years I'm very used to it and he brightens up a dull day. He has a turquoise linen jacket which is the envy of all the male volunteers. His Hawaiian shirts were bought guess where...............of course Hawaii when he was on a cruise.

mikey4444

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Maggie...if I had Portillo's money and I wasn't 19 stone, I might be tempted to have a look in Volpe myself ! The stuff on their website looks smashing.