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Ex-Tory Chair Lord Patten Shreds Party For Becoming 'More Right-Wing And More Unpopular'
In an interview on Tonight with Andrew Marr on LBC, Lord Chris Patten, a former cabinet minister, also labelled Brexit the “biggest disaster in British policy making since the Second World War”.
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In ‘The Hong Kong Diaries’, Chris Patten gives behind-the-scenes look into the city’s handover to China
“A city I love,” says Lord Chris Patten in his newest book Hong Kong Diaries, which sheds light on his tenure as the last British governor of Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Diaries, released 25 year ...
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Patten brothers follow father’s lead into business
But with their new building on U.S. Highway 12, Patten’s sons, Mike and Chris Patten, have added their names to the door in the past year, as well. Neither brother anticipated a career as a ...
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Jimmy Lai’s conviction is unjust, says former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten
former governor Chris Patten said. Mr Lai, Democratic Party founding chairman Martin Lee, and five former lawmakers were found guilty in 2021 of organising and participating in an unauthorised ...
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With Trump’s Prostration to Putin, Expect a More Dangerous World
on the whole an extraordinary degree of peace and prosperity,” Chris Patten, the former British Conservative Party chairman and European foreign affairs chief, told me. Patten’s tough language ...
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Chris Patten tells HK students that independence isn’t going to happen
Hong Kong’s last British governor, Chris Patten, had a rather blunt message for students during his speech – don’t even think of independence for Hong Kong. Patten was speaking to the press ...
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Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong and a former EU commissioner for external affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford and the author of The Hong Kong Diaries (Allen Lane, ...
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‘Timber!’: Tree planted in Wan Chai by former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten in 1993 gets felled
In a reply to the Post's query on the removal of the tree, Patten said: "I have planted trees all over the world including Hong Kong and my own garden and cannot remember all of them." ...
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Prince Andrew defended as Lord Patten claims he's a 'victim'
Lord Chris Patten has voiced his sympathy for Prince Andrew, a new book has revealed. It was revealed last month that the Duke of York had cancelled plans to spend Christmas at the Sandringham ...
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Lord William Hague to be admitted as chancellor of Oxford University
The election was called after Lord Chris Patten announced his retirement after more than 20 years in the position in February last year. Lord Hague, who will serve for a term of 10 years ...
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A new realism is needed to deal with the threat from Beijing. Human artistic creativity marks us out from the animal kingdom. You look at a painting by Michelangelo or Raphael… ...