Clacton Arts & Literary Society

The members of the Arts and Literary Society experienced an evening of delightful political nonsense as Michael Portillo portrayed his life in politics and after.There were non-stop jokes about various happenings in parliament to start his lecture, which was followed by his life history. This started with his father who escaped from Spain when General Franco won the civil war as he was on the opposite side whilst his brothers fought for General Franco. Apparently his father was impressed by British democracy.

Michael was an extremely interesting and lively speaker who told his life story in a very frank and amusing way. He answered many varied questions from the audience for nearly an hour, was never lost for words or honest answers to questions on politics, his various journeys on the railway for the BBC and almost anything else the members could throw at him.

The evening was attended by the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Tendring District Council and was sponsored by Thompson, Smith and Puxon, Solicitors

Audrey Owens
Press Officer