Michael Portillo

After visiting Grayson Perry's House for Essex in Wrabness, the former Tory cabinet member joined up with Clacton angling expert John Popplewell on Walton Pier ...

“We had a great afternoon and as Michael had never fished or used a fishing rod I showed him how to use a rod and reel. “I talked about growing up in Walton and my angling exploits and about how commercial fishing in the 1960s and 1970s had decimated the cod stocks. TELEVISION presenter and ex-politician Michael Portillo tried his hand at fishing in Walton as part of his latest television series about the British coast.