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...Pressure is mounting on Richard Sharp to stand down as chair of the BBC after some of the grandees of UK media warned that conflict-of-interest claims against the former Goldman Sachs banker made his position...
...Chris Patten, the one-time Hong Kong governor who headed what was then known as the BBC Trust during David Cameron’s coalition government, was a former Tory party chair....
...Davie is joined at the helm by his chair, Richard Sharp....
...Sir Richard Evans, then British ambassador, directly warned the company that it would not be forgiven for its historic crimes....
...The US has slammed China’s plan for Hong Kong as a ‘death knell’ for autonomy, while Chris Patten, its last British governor, says the G7 must stand up for the territory’s freedom....
...Well, Lord Patten has his answer. On February 1 Brexit becomes the legal reality....
...Roy Jenkins (Lab): Became commission president and oversaw the development of the European Monetary System. 1981-1984: Christopher Tugendhat Ivor Richard (Lab): Welsh politician Ivor Richard served as...
...The MP in question was Christopher Patten. Plus ça change....
...It was published in Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper and was signed by Chris Patten, former Hong Kong governor, and Gary Locke, former US commerce secretary, as well as former diplomats and officials from...
...Chris Patten, a former Tory cabinet minister, tabled the amendment, warning against going back to the “old animosities” in Northern Ireland....
...Sebastian Barry talks to Chris Patten March 22, 6pmSheldonian Theatre, £8-£20 Sebastian Barry, laureate for Irish fiction, talks about his life and career with Chris Patten, chancellor of the University...
...Please post comments and questions at the end of this article, or email david.tang@ft.com David Tang is appearing in conversation with Richard Ovenden and Jane Owen at Oxford Literary Festival FT Weekend...
...Chris Patten’s First Confession reminds us of the still recent age when the Tories’ top ranks were brimming with talent and moderation was not seen as a badge of shame....
...Sir Richard Lambert Former Director-General, CBI, Former Editor, Financial Times Diane Coyle OBE Professor of Economics, University of Manchester Lord Patten of Barnes Chancellor, Oxford university...
...First Confession, by Chris Patten, Allen Lane, RRP£20 A memoir by the politician who presided over the UK’s handover of Hong Kong to China 20 years ago....
...Weighing in at close to 1,000 pages, it ends at the moment in 1968 when Henry Kissinger gets his first big job in a Washington administration, as national security adviser to President Richard Nixon....
...His criticisms were echoed by Sir Richard Ottaway, the Conservative chairman of the Commons foreign affairs committee, who said he was “disappointed” that ministers had said so far only that they would study...
...Britain’s low-key diplomatic response to recent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has been criticised by Lord Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, who said this month he was “amazed” the Foreign...
...Sir Richard Ottaway, chair of the foreign affairs committee, said: “If the UK is not satisfied that the undertakings in the joint declaration are being upheld they should register a protest....
...At the invitation of the chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Patten of Barnes, he will talk about his work and the interplay between history and fiction with Chris Clark, regius professor of history...
...Richard Keys and Andy Gray, two former Sky Sports commentators, left their jobs soon after a furore involving sexist comments two years ago....
...“The BBC faces intense scrutiny and criticism so it is in a constant defensive crouch,” says Richard Sambrook, a former BBC executive and professor of journalism at Cardiff university....
...Jim Pickard is the FT’s chief political correspondent Portrait: Greg Funnell Slideshow photographs: Richard Wade Photographs: Getty; Bloomberg; Eyevine; Merlin Press...
...Past winners include Dame Judi Dench, David Hockney and Richard Attenborough....
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