Chris Buckland's Politically Incorrect column: A Patten on the back for knifeman Portillo.(Features)

From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: November 15, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

WHEN Governor Chris Patten bade farewell to Hong Kong last year he was piped aboard the Royal Yacht as the massed military bands brought tears to his eyes. Then, with Prince Charles at his elbow, he sailed between lines formed by the most magnificent display of British naval power since the last Gulf War.

On and on he and his family cruised in gold-plated splendour until they reached Manila, where they were swished to a first-class flight to London. It was only when they arrived at Heathrow that they knew it was really the end of an era.

The Pattens found themselves ...

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