ID Cards, Blair and Boorishness

The Michael Portillo column in today's Sunday Times is well worth reading for the clear and long-obvious points it makes on both ID Cards and Tony Blair and is linked from here. More interestingly it raises in my mind a question as to why the writer chose to disguise for so long his now obvious intelligence behind the camouflage of so much earlier boorishness?????? Camouflage for what? Camouflage or what? Certainly Portillo's column seems to put him head and shoulders above the present leadership candidates for perception, policy and presentation yet I previously opposed his leadership candidacy based upon his discourtesies and attitude as Defence Minister, perhaps absence from active politics restores a sense of reality....whatever it may be .... nevertheless.... ....Well Said!!