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Hello and welcome to full disclosure, a podcast project designed entirely to let me spend more time than I'd ever get on the radio with people who I am interested in and who I think you will be interested in as well.

And this week's guest, well, not even without recent events in the world of politics,

this week's guest would fit very neatly into that category. I speak of Chris Patton, who does

deserve the title Tory Grandee, although I suspect he probably hates it, and of course, who latterly

became barren Patt pattern of Barnes.

Chris, thank you for your time.

Not at all.

You published a book, The Hong Kong Diaries,

which just before we came on it,

I talked about your second act,

but actually your career,

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