Margaret Thatcher On Her Path To Power

[@psyskeptic9979]

If she was born in 1925, she would have been about 70 here in 1995. I think her years of 5 hours of sleep and working so hard may have been showing a little here. Respect for her principles and hard work, and I say that as a liberal.

[@jeanalarson3108]

I agree with you about her overworking, affecting her later in life. I do know that here she had recently had major dental work, and it effected her ability to eat for a while, and she lost a great amount of weight.

[@johnsharples1291]

How I wish we had a leader like that these days. God love her!

[@LiloulaMe]

Such a graceful woman.

[@vilasalazar]

I read "The Downing Street years" - it seemed to me that she worked ridiculously hard for the English people

[@oneilbuchanan8377]

She sure did .. she devoted her public life in-service to the Nation. Thatcher believed in Britain's role as a superpower and Leader of the free World with the USA. She was undoubtedly a remarkable woman who was not afraid to stand up for what she believed. She cared not of what others think of her and took many stance on issues that made her unpopular!

[@tarync6539]

British!! Jesus Christ of Nazereth! Its British!

She was a woman with vigorous convictions, stand up principles, and a huge, unbreakable strength. And she remained true to what she was and uncorrupted, till the end. This is a rare way of making politics today. I wish to live in the UK rather than in Portugal, were there are no Prime Ministers with such a quality.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

There was only her. No one like her before or since. She was a giant. British politicians today are a mix of gullible idiots, virtue signallers, bandwagon jumpers, self-interested grasping shits and the deceitful. I can’t remember when I last heard any of our politicians stand up for Britain or its native people, they are all fortune hunters playing to the global elite.

[@zonarybaka]

such a smart woman

[@RickCT2000]

Thatcher is a conviction leader. Ideas that worked, iron will to implement them. Never a U-Turn. We need a new MT for today's challenges. Someone who believes deeply in personal responsibility, private enterprise, an ownership society, democracy, freedom of choice, Western values. Long live the ideals and class of Thatcher!

[@ryanborder189]

The Greatest peacetime Prime Minister in British History-what a woman!

[@Stratubery]

I thoroughly enjoy your Channel. Thank you very much indeed for your content.

[@jamesmacgregor3911]

Something about her voice soothes me...

[@danyaradimacher6581]

Wait until she rants and raves then youd think it was a nightmare! lol hahahaha

[@schroederscurrentevents3844]

@@danyaradimacher6581 no even that entrances me

[@pbacun571]

Its amazing how MT's views are even more relevant today. A hard act to follow. Wish she was leading us now (and out of the EU). Thankyou Thatcheritescot - I always enjoy your postings.

[@thatcheritescot]

dont worry too much.... she has done enough to make sure we will leave.... its pretty much unstoppable now i think.... and to be honest i dont care if it means 5 years of ed milliband as pm to achieve it. the tory party and the rest of the partys will be dragged into leaving one way or another... just a shame she never got to do it 25 years ago and save us a lot of hassle time and money... she will have the last laugh on europe even if its from the grave.

[@pbacun571]

***** Thank you, I was too young to really appreciate her. Now I just want the Scottish Referendum behind us and the UK united and free. We are too Great to fail and we have never been "just any country". I understand she was a Rudyard Kipling fan, and these lines from her book echo in my mind: "As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man There are only four things certain since Social Progress began. That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire; And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins, As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

[@thatcheritescot]

PBA CUN she was indeed. i bet she could have recited those lines from memory. i too was too young to really notice much of her in power. the year i finally began to like politics was the same year she retired from public life.... but it really does not matter.... i think she will always make sense to any generation

[@rodolfolargo5248]

Great story. Great interview.

[@mattiheiskanen597]

What a lovely lady.

[@celtictillidie67]

Aye she's deed n thank fuck

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

@@celtictillidie67 Grow up!

[@orawal]

How inspiring!

[@jrpark05]

She was a lovely and beautiful women.

[@TheMagicLemur]

Thatcheritscot, You're inventiveness with intros never ceases to amaze me...

[@MrJasonfkg]

Okay, that intro was awesome.

[@jaredcoffin3907]

How about putting some dates on these vids?

[@robg71]

Remember, It wasn't the people of Britain who betrayed Thatcher, It was elements in her own Party.

[@briandelaney9710]

She never got a real majority of British people to vote for her party

[@godzooke]

She had permanent dental implants...nearly every tooth which must have been incredibly painful (over months) to complete. Robin Harris in his recent authorised memoir on Thatcher comments that this extreme dental treatment late on in her life may have triggered her dementia. Links have been made here before with older people and extreme dentistry with implants

[@rah62]

His memoir was not "authorized". He worked for her and helped her write her own memoirs, but his book was not the "authorized" biography.

[@godzooke]

@@rah62 Correct, that is Charles Moore. But Harris sought and received permission from the Thatcher family before writing his book, out of respect to his old boss. I should have been clearer.

[@jinz0]

Yea its a shame about her dementia, but she had a good life

[@davmar5648]

I've heard of this before with dental implants creating dementia. The actor of Columbo Peter Falk rapidly deteriorated into dementia after teeth implants.. so sad for him as well as Thatcher. I think the fact she managed on 4 hours sleep a night for a lot of her life had an effect on her later life. It's so sad really whether you are pro Thatcher or not. Nobody with any sense cannot say she wasn't a hard worker. So dedicated.

[@jinz0]

@@davmar5648 yea sleep repairs your brain, also trauma can be a trigger for dementia

[@babygirl10711978]

I saw a comment regarding her teeth. She had very bad teeth and was prone to infections amongst other things. In 1994 she had extensive oral surgery lasting four hours. Unfortunately, it caused her to have a bit of a lisp and suck her lips, which gives the impression of false teeth.

[@celtictillidie67]

Who gives a fuck

[@jamesmacgregor3911]

She changed a lot during her primitive years to her later years (like everyone) but even by the way she looks. When she first went into politics in 1965 I think she was in her early 30's and she looked much younger than that I thought. She seemed to have quite a more gentle and accepting disposition as opposed to what she became as leader of the Tories and then Prime Minister. Then in the 90's she mellowed and you could see all of those years of experience come to light. After all the battles and how horrible everyone felt she was when in office as PM in her latter years you could see what she did had been well placed with good intentions. No PM has ever been perfect (bar Churchill he was and is the standard bearer for every PM) but at the end of the day I believe she was the best PM since Churchill. A remarkable lady.

[@stevebbuk]

I don't hold any personal animosity towards her but the society we have now where there's very little job security or housing for young people plus tuition fees I wonder if she would have thought it had all been worth it..

[@nikospant8927]

@@stevebbuk she is not responsible for the incompetence that parties show today. She indeed revolutionized a big part of modern politics, and many of her views are relevant even today. However she would be disgusted with how politics has turned out. Because she was decent and actually cared about being right and not just fishing votes.

[@ssurjohannesen9653]

Churchill was a massmurder crook a facist her starved 4 million people the russian communist red army beat Hitler under Stalin over 3 million people were unemployed under Thatcher she sold the trail service which became slot more expansive Thatcher brought slot more poverty homelessness in Britain the rich hot Richer the poor hot poorer heartless cynical politics with No solidarity

[@briandelaney9710]

My socialist heroine (who should have been the first woman PM !) Barbara Castle made the greatest comment on Thatcher as compared to others in her Party. “Good luck to her. She’s the best man among them “

[@Jantv81]

Margaret Thatcher is no Batman, nor David Cameron is no Robin. Honestly, she's Wonder Woman, and he's Jimmy Olsen.

[@TheMagicLemur]

There is a difference between business borrowing and govenment borrowing. Business borrowing is true investment- it is planned and intended to increase profits in the long term. Government borrowing is far more whimsical and inefficient so, the more you cut taxes in a debt crisis, the less business investment. As a Hayekian, I believe tax cuts and fiscal stimuli simply don't work - the effect is drained away abroad. The Euro crisis seems to be stabilizing, which shud mean a referendum by 2015!

[@tubularbill]

She was right about Europe

[@eddieoxford]

Amazing Intro again man! :D

[@TheMagicLemur]

I've indeed seen it and it is good (I think we've had this conversation b4). Dan Hannan supports Turkish EU membership, taxes are a little hard to reduce right now (Thatcherite prudence is needed), Thatcher cut the army and Cameron has stood up to ECoHR over prisoners. Conservatism isn't necessarily about being anti-EU and Dubya-style tax cuts, it's more about stable, good sense government.

[@DrCarr-nb1tf]

Amazinly, many people,took Baroness Thatcher for granted at the time she led England. I have always been fond of her I find her to be extraordinary, wonderful orator,but more-so a great Leader , It would be a long time before she is forgotton. Theresa May , whilst there is no comparison, seems to me "like stale bread" oh well hopefully she could lead the people out of EU(brexit) with a superb plan. Who knows

[@chris210909]

Dr. Carr - Mrs Thatcher led the United Kingdom, not England. 🙄

[@TheMagicLemur]

Cameron has strength - he's far more radical on welfare than Thatcher ever was and I don't recall Thatcher ever doing an EU veto...

[@mothermovementa]

What a genious

[@TheMagicLemur]

Hmm - reducing taxes would increase government borrowing, which crowds out business investment through higher interest rates. The situation inherited in 2010 is often compared to that of 1979, so the solutions are likely to be similar to early Thatcherism - defence cuts and higher tax. Tax cuts make sense long term, but can't be afforded right now - just look at the US situation. Same with EU - there is a time to stay and stabilise and a time to withdraw.

[@alunhughes147]

No one has mentioned VAT which at the present rate is the most hurtful tax of all , people are not buying because it is so obscene .

[@1martoon1]

remember. robin is the second fiddle thats always needs rescuing!

[@gbtrat]

That intro is great but I only wished David Cameron was a real partner, someone following in the Thatcherite tradition. Instead he's almost mutating the party into some sort of awful cross between the Liberal Democrats and the Tory wets. It's drove me to try and convince people to support UKIP.

[@kimono7350]

when was this aired first?

[@stephenwilliams1269]

May I enquire which year this interview was recorded, Any correct answers would be appreciated.

[@romainreuter9604]

8th July 1995. SHE WAS 70 then.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

@@romainreuter9604 Thank you for taking the trouble to provide the answer to my question.

[@jdaze1]

I wonder what year this was given.

[@TheMagicLemur]

Good :)

[@peretzo]

Generally, what you're saying is right. Except that you are off by a century: Thatcher was very inspirational to woman and all human beings, but that was in the 20th Century. In the 19th century there was no Margaret Thatcher.

[@irishman31994]

What year was this interview?

[@markequinox]

Thomas Lahey 1995

[@mirabeaux851]

Jc did she forget her makeup?

[@konradzarychta8605]

☆☆

[@chrispythegull]

Excellent find. As crass as it sounds, though, it's always hard for me to watch footage of her in her later years as she frequently maneuvers her false teeth around in her mouth lol

[@TheAvarusAnimus]

She didn't go for the walk but she followed her fathers actions instead....hmmm...

[@yamsuf27]

She was very skinny here

[@jaredt8526]

skinny legend

[@Derrako]

Eeew...