University’s outgoing chancellor says it is a mistake to try to turn election for his successor ‘into a left-right issue’Chris Patten has described Peter Mandelson’s claim that it is time for a non-Tory chancellor of the University of Oxford as “a sort of stupid argument” and a “real mistake”, as Patten retires from the prestigious role.A host of candidates including Labour’s Lord Mandelson and the former Conservative cabinet ministers William Hague and Dominic Grieve have announced they are standing for election to succeed Lord Patten, a former Conservative party MP and chair. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-09-12 05:00:14
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Mandelson’s call for Labour chancellor of Oxford ‘stupid’, says departing Patten
