Others may do. The current round of WikiLeaks revealed what the Chinese called him (on various separate occasions) in the run-up to the handover of Hong Kong - “an old whore”, "a sinner of a thousand generations”, "a serpent” and "a tango dancer". UKIP's Lord Pearson of Rannoch says Lord Patten is compromised because he has an EU pension, and to "have as the arbiter of impartiality one who owes a significant chunk of his income to the good will of the European Union would be plain wrong". In that ultra-sensitive area, the Middle East, Chris is still active - signing letters calling for a tougher stance on Israel, and this year becoming President of Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Let's hope BBC alumni Mark Damazer, at St Peter's, and Tim Gardam, at St Anne's, can use the odd high table chat to get him through the interview.
- If you fancy another ex-diplomat, the Mail says Jonathan Powell has put his hat in the ring. This is the man dubbed "Tony's echo", at Mr Blair's side as we went to war in Iraq, and who told the Chilcot inquiry in January this year "Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction. We were wrong. The intelligence was wrong". Will the beard survive to interview time ?
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