The tax cut bill would be the biggest victory for a segment of the UK since the end of the Cold War, including Pamela Mountbatten and her friends.

But this is just the beginning. Alan Wilson still has a lot to do, such as adjusting overseas policies.

After MacLehose, in principle, the governor of Hong Kong will be a diplomat, but Mrs. Thatcher broke many rules. Alan Wilson remembers that the last governor of Hong Kong was a politician.

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