It was a colonial conquest that was supposed to be as “good as forever” but after more than 150 years of rule, at midnight on July 1, 1997, Britain handed over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
Hong Kong became part of the British Empire after the First Opium War in 1842. After the First Sino-Japanese War, Britain was able to pressure China to expand the area of British Rule to…
Along with Her Majesty and many conservatives around the world, I am truly saddened at the passing of Baroness Thatcher.
But at the same time, I am forever grateful that she lived and fought. She was my Prime Minister as I grew up in the UK, and was a keen influence on my…
