Chris Patten

2 weeks ago | thetablet.co.uk | Brendan Walsh |Liz Dodd |Oliver Letwin |Chris Patten

On 16 May, it was 185 years since our first issue was published, edited by Frederick Lucas, a former Quaker. To mark our birthday, we asked some of our friends and contributors to reflect on their hopes and fears for the next 15 years – in other words, between now and our bicentenary in 2040. Popes don’t change the Church as much as we sometimes imagine, but it feels as if the ground beneath our feet shifted in the Francis era.

Dec 31, 2024 | project-syndicate.org | Chris Patten

en English Economics As the United Kingdom’s economy teeters on the brink of stagnation and Keir Starmer’s Labour government struggles to engineer a recovery, some observers argue that strengthening ties with China could boost demand for UK exports and revive growth. This notion is utterly fanciful.

Dec 11, 2024 | taipeitimes.com | Chris Patten

By Chris Patten / TOKYO I first visited Japan as a young member of the UK Parliament in the early 1980s. Yukio Satoh, an ambitious and forward-thinking diplomat who would later serve as Japanese ambassador to the UN, had recently been posted to the nation’s London embassy. Recognizing that the political dialogue between the UK and Japan was dominated by an older generation, Satoh sought to foster connections with a younger cohort of British politicians.

Dec 10, 2024 | arabnews.jp | Chris Patten

I first visited Japan as a young member of the UK Parliament in the early 1980s. Yukio Satoh, an ambitious and forward-thinking diplomat who would later serve as Japan’s ambassador to the UN, had recently been posted to the country’s London embassy. Recognizing that the political dialogue between the UK and Japan was dominated by an older generation, Satoh sought to foster connections with a younger cohort of British politicians.

Dec 10, 2024 | arabnews.com | Chris Patten

The sources of Japanese resilience Short Urlhttps://arab.news/j85dk I first visited Japan as a young member of the UK Parliament in the early 1980s. Yukio Satoh, an ambitious and forward-thinking diplomat who would later serve as Japan’s ambassador to the UN, had recently been posted to the country’s London embassy.