Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
As an MP or Governor of HK ... he invariaby looked smug IMO.
He knows a good earner when he sees one

Quote Originally Posted by bornatbirth View Post
that was when labour went downhill giving jobs to former tory MP's...why bother winning a election
Actually when the Socialists got in in 1997 Honk Kong was a month or so away from being handed back to the Chinks - Major gave him the job. Blair made him a life peer - might have been something to do with Blair converting to Catholicism and wanting to keep in with the Pope