"At the next election there will be a stark choice for the British people. The fundamental issue will be sovereignty: sovereignty of the nation and sovereignty of the individual. Britons can vote to defend it or to lose it... That is clear blue water."
— Michael Portillo

January 1, 1970

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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomUniversity of Cambridge alumniJournalists from EnglandConservative Party (UK) politiciansBroadcasters
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Speech to the Scottish Conservative Party conference in Glasgow (10 May 1995), quoted in Nicholas Wood, 'Clarke and Portillo vie for soul of Tory party', The Times (11 May 1995), p. 2