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Portillista
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English
Etymology
From en Portillo -ista.
Noun
en UK politics A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster and former Conservative politician.
en 2001-10-03 w:Matthew Tempest New Labour's power-dressed future w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/oct/03/labourconference.labour3 Yet despite that pedigree, he describes himself as "essentially a Portillista" – liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017221523/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/oct/03/labourconference.labour3 17 October 2026
en 2020 w:Michael Ashcroft Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak 9781785906374 London w:Biteback Publishing XFEFEAAAQBAJ 226 unknown Portillistas 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.