Margaret Thatcher: The Most Loved And Vilified PM

Some saw Margaret Thatcher as one of the major figures of the 20th century, who changed Britain's fortunes for the positive. To others she was "an abomination". Either way her policies and personality are still felt. Sky's Joey Jones reports.

[@HappyHalloween11]

There was no “she’s okay” or “idk” it was either I HATE THAT WOMAN or I LOVE THAT WOMAN

[@markharrison2544]

Deindustrialisation was the result of the end of the British Empire.

[@Picnicl]

And the end of the UK as a serious country is the result of deindustrialisation.

[@Maximilian-Robespierre]

Deindustrialisation is the result of progress

[@Andy-em8xt]

The "industries" were making huge losses. As in it took more money to mine the coal than the coal was worth. The end was coming no matter what, Margret Thatcher shifted course and though it was rough we are better off because of it.

[@KonkeyVG]

@@Andy-em8xt What massive expense would result in the mines operating at a loss? wages. When the mines shut down where is the cost of keeping people alive shifted to? welfare systems. Shutting down the mines, even if they operated at a loss, stripped the nation of its industrial independence and made a major portion of the nation's labour force redundant. It caused a gulf in jobs that has still yet to be filled. All for the sake of exporting the labour force to China so that British domestic industries that need the resources can now buy them at a cheaper price because Chinese workers are exploited for little pay.

[@martymac1932]

The brit empire started to crumble shortly after ww1

[@srxivi]

Rich people telling poor people how to live. What’s new ?

[@Michael-mh2tw]

People with comfortable lives pretending to be poor to take the side of people they've never actually met, what's new?

[@PhilipJackson03]

I think the one thing she isn’t criticized enough for is being a friend and supporter of Augusto Pinochet. She always praised democracy yet supported a cruel dictator.

[@JohnSmith-oe5rx]

Ki-Sean Excell Every power does these things, it’s very ignorant to blame anyone for it.

[@ezraleslie1361]

@@JohnSmith-oe5rx As if. That's exactly where power needs to be held accountable. Or at least scrutinized.

[@ezraleslie1361]

@Materazi Islam I believe either spelling is accepted. Though some might believe a hard 'z' to be unnecessarily bellicose. I would likely agree. As the letter itself appears as a kind of ultimatum.

[@ezraleslie1361]

@Materazi Islam I concur with your topographical view of germaniousness.

[@theflash10500]

I mean donald trump was best friends with putin 🤷‍♂️

[@jamesmed4]

The most loved is Sir Winston Churchill to think otherwise is absurdity.

[@MrAzboGaming]

jamesmed4 Winston’s in a league of his own. Mrs T is the best of the rest.

[@KonkeyVG]

ask bengali people

[@kevinlongman007]

@@KonkeyVG no we won't.

[@morgancoley2064]

Clement Atlee would be up there

[@kevinlongman007]

@J D Churchill did not start WW2...he was not even the Prime Minister in 1939. And how exactly is Churchill a war criminal?

[@leocordeiro81]

“In my lifetime all of our problems have come from Mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from english speaking nations across the world.” Thatcher in a nutchell

[@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247]

Very narrow minded worldview

[@johnpaul3099]

@@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247 it's harsh but true

[@kordellswoffer1520]

@@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247 but not fully wrong.

[@foundationgamer9771]

@@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247 be quiet Liberal

[@a.m11558]

And I agree with that.

[@akmalaziq3420]

The fact people vote for competent person. U don't need to make it about male or female. If they are competent irregardless wether male or female, people will vote. Especially during hard times.

[@joe18425]

Like her or not she was a powerful woman !!

[@jarjarbinks4744]

??? So??

[@andyrogers1986]

She was a sociopath

[@gesudinazaret9259]

Yea and hitler was a powerful man too…what a dumb comment

[@ShrunkedDude]

Powerful doesn't mean good.

[@donaldbestkorea2248]

@@ShrunkedDude thats... why he said "like her or not"...

[@ivalex1001]

She was a revolutionist and saved the UK from oblivion and gain us respect and admiration from abroad.. you probably no know nothing about politics...

[@wondashozen]

Thatcher was a cruel fascist.

[@EugVR6]

100% Correct, we were billions in debt from Labour bankrupting Britain, Our national industries were ruined and we were the 2nd poorest nation in Europe. When she left office, we now had influence on the world stage and when she left office, our economy had been saved, we were only behind Germany in wealth and America danced to our tunes on the world stage and the standard of live had been transformed in this country.

[@donaldellis3609]

@@wondashozen not many people saw that but!

[@dominicchallis2928]

@@EugVR6 Tell that to the 3 million made unemployed by Thatcher or to the thousands of miners and sick and destitute abandoned by her Government, or to the educators and public servants who saw their funding cut ferociously out of ideological neglect. Many communities still bear unnecessary scars from her eventual failure of an economic experiment.

[@bangsailbest]

​@@dominicchallis2928keeping the mines would have been very economically bad

[@paulthurgood7822]

I wish we could have her back as Prime Minister. She’s exactly what we need right now! She would sort this mess out.

[@cheekibreeki812]

Too bad she's in the mud pal 😎

[@donaldellis3609]

@Boston Mead 🙄💭

[@paulthesquid3595]

And make a bigger mess remember the POLL TAX there.

[@indian-tech-support]

nd what make the north even more worse

[@indian-tech-support]

@Boston Mead actually the textiles industry was still profitable

[@timothy9434]

Hell has now been privatised.

[@AvantiBug]

Another win for the brits

[@a.brekkan4965]

Was it preferable when hell was run by the state?

[@Jemoto-wn3nw]

Why does everyone hate thatcher I’m American so I don’t know

[@darthmoo7]

@@Jemoto-wn3nw They don't. She was popular enough to become the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, winning three consecutive elections. The people who dislike her basically just tend to be very vocal about it. She was not a centrist prime minister, she was very economically libertarian and quite socially right-wing too, and therefore she was inherently more divisive than someone who mostly sticks to the centre ground. Anyone who believes in higher taxation and more social services (welfare/benefits, nationalised healthcare and infrastructure, etc.) would dislike her libertarian beliefs and policies. She also upset a lot of people by effectively ending the mining industry in the North of England. It was the source of income for many families, but had been plagued with problems for several years (workers' strikes, unsafe conditions and accidents, and poor return on investment for the country).

[@mechahalcon]

Most humans are scared of opposing views and normally will bend to meet demands. Thatcher believed in her policies and saw them through with conviction.

[@joseph1845]

She seemed to have very little care for the poor. She could have done more for them.

[@ByGriPhone]

Hitler did too

[@arthurdurham]

Yah I can think of a lot of leaders like that and they're mostly monsters

[@liliamayes3176]

@@joseph1845 she is the reason lower classes could afford housing, the grandparents coukd never had biugh a council house if it wasnr for her policies, true that the council dif not holf up their end of the bargain but that was to down to margaret

[@joseph1845]

@@liliamayes3176 I would agree that she did some necessary things and good things which benefitted people, but again, she could have done much more for the poor.

[@garybaker525]

I loved her, Margaret Thatcher without doubt made this country great again. RIP the iron lady

[@joemorris4123]

She hated my city

[@danilo4682]

Thatcher was actually a massive anti semitist and is widely looked over to this day! Once she deported all the Jews from some of the minor cities around London and put them in this small town with terrible living conditions

[@GrahamH1947]

I wish that we had politicians in Canada who created such passion in both love and hate.

[@TKinfinity01]

We have Trudeau now. So... I am still wishing your vision to one day become a reality.

[@TKinfinity01]

@ There is a possibility. The Cons might pull through, bit it will be close.

[@broadstreet21]

We did. Trudeau Sr was just like Thatcher, only he was a liberal. Loved and hated equally, still the most influential Canadian of all time.

[@rowdyraptorsenthusiast6537]

@ b4 the 2021 election people from both the left and right hated on him yet he somehow still get re elected

[@therealpvc2541]

@@TKinfinity01 Poilievre!

[@georgemartin4963]

The world needs her type of leadership today. God Bless and RIP.

[@benwalsh773]

boooooo

[@joemanton2340]

@@benwalsh773 Booo urself

[@peretzo]

An excellent summary of Thatcher’s legacy

[@sunspotst7697]

Betrayal is the word and these old selfish men didn't want a woman telling them what to do!

[@joshuapeters567]

She ruined people life's dumbass

[@artofthepossible7329]

@@joshuapeters567 So have many Prime Ministers before and after so that ain't nothing new.

[@joshuapeters567]

@@artofthepossible7329 true

[@donaldellis3609]

@@artofthepossible7329 yes but she meant it😏

[@zack7438]

At least she had the courage to be disliked unlike so many today who pander for votes.

[@robertalmond1898]

A woman who stand her own. Ruled a long time. Thatcher is my idol.❤💯💯

[@cloudlymars3627]

Shes a murderer but k

[@razepp]

Fys

[@annurch558]

Evil incarnate. Absolutely hated the women

[@Averifiedperson7712]

The most overrated one. She did nothing about Liverpool

[@36reaper]

yea

[@petersinclair8718]

Sir Bernard Ingham was and is totally correct with what he said.

[@georgemartin4963]

Courageous and unflinchingly steadfast, the world needs her type of leadership today.

[@stevenrawlinson1998]

Maggie's in the mud, in the mud. Maggie's in the mud.

[@chrisrinelambert9418]

Our country was in an awful mess when Thatcher took over a very good Prime minister.

[@olive7831]

She is rotting in hell

[@sloppyphart7879]

@@olive7831 very mature.

[@andyrogers1986]

It was even worse after she’d finished with it

[@kordellswoffer1520]

@@andyrogers1986 no actually it wasn't.

[@kevinarmstrong9760]

Hello Christine

[@АлпамысРустембек]

Scottish, Welsh and Irish people have something to tell

[@Scanman279]

Ayo the title funny af

[@ivalex1001]

Totally agree.. she was a great REVOLUTIONIST, moreover, she was greatly RESPECTED and help in high ESTEEM abroad!!

[@andyniblock]

A true patriot, best PM since WSC.

[@71Splinter]

That's a good one

[@andyrogers1986]

A patriot doesn’t dismantle their country and flog it off to foreign shareholders. She wasn’t a patriot. She destroyed Britain.

[@alecneate76]

3:31 so true, especially today

[@jarjarbinks4744]

I don’t see any success happening with my government 😭

[@shack7631]

I hated the woman and raised a glass on the day she died. However, there is no doubting she was a hugely significant politician

[@davidlawel9747]

I faithfully believe that she was the greatest post war prime minister the UK ever had. Love her or not, she had a backbone and grace, and would never have behaved like half of the MPs do today!

[@andreisecara6012]

Data morții: 8 Aprilie 2013, 🇬🇧 Hotel Ritz, Londra, Regatul Unit

[@suhailshafi]

Remarkable woman ! I do understand she was deeply polarizing among her people.

[@miqueiasmartins7270]

Margaret Thatcher is THE BEST PM since Winston Churchill. After her... Great Britain went down the tubes.

[@36reaper]

ok tory

[@thegowerboy]

The lady gave so many people real opportunity in life.

[@kadnaz]

pfft, tell that to the families who had their lives completely ruined by the witch

[@w.s.6837]

@@kadnaz like who?

[@ericfitzgerald435]

@@w.s.6837 scottish, northern english and irish?

[@w.s.6837]

@@ericfitzgerald435 the only people who got their lives ruined by her are those lazy bums who refuse to work and make a positive difference.

[@jackorooney1469]

Ah yes the people killed in the Falklands, working classes, unions and the many miners totally had great opportunity because of her

[@stephenroche5107]

PURE EVIL ON EARTH.

[@CARLIN4737]

Thatcher sorted this country out.

[@36reaper]

the working class would not agree

[@BossySwan]

Brilliant PM

[@panzfaust9812]

Comments is as polarized

[@Kelly14UK]

If she was THAT GREAT, why did even the Tories kick her out in 1990. Wake up. She was hated. Rose tinted spectacles of nostalgia more like....

[@mrchair24]

Here people had no balls. She won three elections.

[@willdavis6504]

Stepped down and what happened soon after labour got in

[@JoshHind]

Ding dong the witch is dead 😃

[@hansthemapper2473]

and your grandma and grandpa will too

[@David1991.]

John Paul II and Bobby Sands are dead.

[@JoshHind]

@@David1991. so is hitler

[@philliplloyd6977]

Stupid puerile childish remark!!

[@andrewh5457]

And what has labour done for the working class, they are all the same underneath, we are just cash cows. I've lived under labour, tory, coalitions, and I've never been noticeably better off under any of them.

[@jayrodny8419]

The only British PM I like

[@andreisecara6012]

Anul nașterii: 13 Octombrie 1925, 🇬🇧 Granthma, Regatul Unit

[@rboddington]

Absolutely the best post war leader. She went a bridge too far on the Poll Tax, her only mistake.

[@ldsgermanshepherdboy9272]

I'm confused about Margaret Thatcher. She seems like an interesting character.

[@nicholasmwangangi6257]

Your confused about her bombing IReland

[@ldsgermanshepherdboy9272]

@@nicholasmwangangi6257 I'm just saying I want a full on two sided analysis. One side says she was great and amazing, the other said that she was the devil himself. *shrugs* I'm just wanting to keep an open, un-opinionated mind on the matter.

[@nicholasmwangangi6257]

@@ldsgermanshepherdboy9272 look at the miners' strike of 1985 and the Irish bombing campain

[@ldsgermanshepherdboy9272]

@@nicholasmwangangi6257 OK, I can definitely check those out. But what about events or things that made her popular? I have studied the Falkland Islands war, very interesting. I could see both sides having issues with each other.

[@invalide]

check out what she said about section 28 and her stance on apartheid

[@ivalex1001]

LOOSEN UP AND ENJOY LIFE, FRIEND, LIVE WITH LOVE IN YOUR HEART!!

[@ThePostalGril]

im so sad im too young to remember her. ive been binge watching everything about her this past few weeks i love her so much

[@personifiedape5347]

She was PM until I turned 11. Amazing woman!

[@DinoDino118]

@@personifiedape5347 Yep i sure loved how she ruined millions of lives. Real great women

[@u.nforcesalx9892]

Ireland:The lie Detector has spoken That was a lie Mate

[@chrisrogers3457]

Was fan of her BUT NOT VOTING AGAIN

[@thastayapongsak4422]

"clearing path for business enterprise and wealth creation" more like destroying democracy by taking away the people's power.

[@machscga6238]

Sounds like someone needs a helicopter ride 🚁 🇨🇱

[@FQP-7024]

Australia liking the imperial boot till the end, that's dedication

[@carlosalbert7667]

More balls than all current European leaders combined.

[@carlosalbert7667]

@@duffelbagdrag Let's settle at Western Politicians combined.

[@countingcards1208]

Blamed the fans for the Hillsborough disaster and closed down coal mines which were the heart and soul of many communities.

[@paulrothery5792]

WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY PRIVATISED & SOLD OFF UK ASSETS< WATER, GAS, ELECTRICITY OIL ??? WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO

[@petermitchelmore2592]

Ever since Thatcher lost her marbles in 1988, the British Conservative party has been a dwindling force.

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Most loved?? Are your sure about? lol

[@jacquelinejones5444]

Long live Thatcherism Would not be overrun with immigrants and asylum seekers under Thatchers watch. There would not be a culture on lazy benefit scoungers under Thatcher. We would not have an enormous national debt under Thatcher. We need more Thatchers We real conservatives, not the soft lefty Tories of today. Rest well Thatcher, one of the best among us!

[@torcaace]

stfu boomer

[@vil4038]

3:43 that's not my definition of success...

[@akinwilson8799]

Who were the people that hated her so much? Were they the police officers and bus drivers and hospital workers and miners?

[@chemistree6558]

Darth Vader: I am your father Mehdi: Margaret Thatcher?

[@banan6205]

Ding dong the witch is dead

[@mogz1485]

We can all agree, she was a very strong prime minister

[@kieronhart4749]

Here because of the Crown

[@kohekade2961]

I call that a pretty interesting New Vegas character to be honest.

[@dean-gm1lg]

More balls than any modern politician

[@dean-gm1lg]

@@duffelbagdragyes Maggie didn't take any nonsense

[@danjames4086]

I think it's way too early to judge Thatcher's legacy fully. But I've got my suspicions that as time passes, we will view her less and less favourably. Looking back, Thatcher's government really opened the doors to a market economy. Of course the nationalised industries were very inefficient and stifled by some of the more militant unions. But they were national assets, for better or for worse. Her government encouraged the process of selling everything off...to a point where many of our biggest employers nowadays are owned by overseas bilionaires who see the UK as something to be milked dry rather than invested in. Maybe one day we will look back at things like the NHS or British rail, and wonder why on earth we sold everything. Look at the recent Post Office scandal; once an institution to be proud of, now run for the benefit of shareholders and corporations, not the person who just wants their letter to arrive safely. I think that will be the long-term legacy of Thatcher's government in the UK. She will be remembered as the PM who opened the door, let faceless corporations take over every aspect of our lives, then scuttle the profits off overseas, rather than reinvest back into the UK. I'm not heing misty-eyed for industries that were desperately unprofitable or relics of the past. It's easy to be sentimental about stuff that was actually crap and needed a good kick up the backside. But now our social interactions, shopping preferences, politics and even ideas of happiness itself are manipulated by corporations who want us to work 'till the grave to make them more profit. I'm not sure that's a happier society in the long run.

[@gillianbarker8516]

What a woman...she wouldnt have put up with this brexit crap at all...infact any of the madness going on now...Rip maggie..

[@briandenning7081]

Gillian Barker she wouldn’t have called the referendum in the first place. She didn’t believe in them. Keep the peasants in their place was her attitude

[@2007Tarkus]

I can honestly say I hated her since 1979 when she came to power what an awful person

[@36reaper]

👍

[@Lat265]

David Ames, her mate that worked for her in early 1980s was murdered today. Maybe Ames got the man’s benefits stopped or he wronged him in another way. Tories have blood on their hands…..

[@touchedbynature5445]

A Great Prime Minister. 🇬🇧

[@Mrliner.andcreates]

i wont remeber the time i sed hi to her

[@steveashmore3223]

Its a shame they didn't get her in BRIGHTON

[@tomt8923]

❤

[@justlol2305]

Such a controversial figure, to say the VERY least.

[@vazirvazir6165]

Hi Good evening, hi how r u,grand ma, And Grand pa,how r. U,how is Queen ma,Am CD.Vazir And Prince Charles

[@lukeframpton3671]

The iron lady we wouldn't be in this mess if she had her way

[@tinytank6642]

If she had her way half the country would be in third world condition. Oh wait, it already is under her own party.

[@jupex98]

Wor Maggie

[@marcpatterson2218]

How to inspire a people, how to be a skilled orator. That is what lacks.

[@sospeteranyango6274]

My best British Prime Minister ever .God bless her soul

[@rsp3146]

Tony Blair?

[@klaasdeboer8106]

Her hairdo was quite similar to our former queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

[@daveoliver5838]

She had dark hair but changed it to blonde when she became politician !

[@yungstallion2201]

Quality of life📈 Economic powerhouse📈 Falkland📈

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

tough SOB

[@robertmedzai8163]

Say's who that she was the most loved priminister, maybe the rich eh .?. Certainly not the working class and the poor..

[@davec6294]

Destroy british industry, the sub contract queen....sell it off to the highest bidder....

[@azimkhan4805]

Ya the real represent of Britain no wonder why whole world ciurse the uk

[@teresaharrison5773]

My first vote in 1979 was for Margaret Thatcher. Ken Clarke is just as bad today!!!!

[@kevinarmstrong9760]

Hello Teresa

[@jeromefitzroy]

Mrs Poll Charge

[@dantaylor7344]

Nice and crispy now surely.

[@chamberpot969]

The best male Prime Minister ever.

[@GustavRex]

Margaret Thatcher was NOT the most loved PM LMAOOO

[@annmorgan5130]

I think she was the best prime minister we've ever had

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Of course this is from sky news

[@yostepdaddi]

A truly awful human being who left the world way worse than when she entered it

[@Duncan1974]

We need Maggie back now

[@tomalandavies]

Remember, she had nothing to do with setting the Good Friday agreement. Jeremy Corbyn helped put that in place.

[@Picnicl]

Why? For her corpse to finish off the north entirely?

[@kevinlongman007]

@@tomalandavies Thats rubbish. John Major, Tony Blair and Mo Mowlam were all responsible for the Good Friday Agreement far more than Jeremy Corbyn.

[@braxfan683]

The world is a better place without the evil old witch

[@averageboi5195]

Thatcher's death is so wholesome 😌

[@classicartfoundation639]

I'm a fan, I liked her strength of character, not saying I agreed with all her decisions but she had qualities lacking in today's idiots in power

[@biyiklialperen1923]

maggots 1, maggie 0 hallelujah!