LONDON – It is difficult to separate some of my personal memories of Margaret Thatcher – mundane but revealing – from the sweeping judgments of history. I had worked for her as the Conservative Party’s research director, and as a minister for about 15 years, before going to Hong Kong as Britain’s last Governor there.
伦敦—很难将我对玛格丽特·撒切尔——平凡但具有启发性——的个人记忆从压倒性的历史判决分开。我曾以保守党研究主任的身份在她麾下做事，并担任部长职务15年，随后赴任英国末代港督。她是香港回归中国的谈判者，因此在我的任期内，她频繁到港访问，大受欢迎。