<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> >From a Guardian story about the dreaded Norman Tebbit's public suspicions that Michael Portillo--presently seeking to spin his past before challenging Wiliam Hague for the leadership of the Conservatives in England--might not have been entirely candid in describing an earlier gay affair. <<The former party chairman (Lord Tebbit, né Norman) went on to defend Baroness Thatcher's support for the campaign to free General Augusto Pinochet and backed the former Chilean dictator's overthrow of democratically-elected President Salvador Allende. <<Lord Tebbit said: "Have you ever thought that, if there had been a member of the German general staff of the courage and purposefulness of Pinochet, we could have got rid of Hitler and saved the Second World War?">> Full Text: <A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Breaking_News/UK/0,2478,472012,00.html">Tebbit Accuses Portillo Of Dishonesty Over Gay Affair</A> <A HREF="http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/Breaking_News/UK/0,2478,472012,00.html">The Guardian (10.5.99)</A></HTML>