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.

[@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 🤷‍♂️

[@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

[@surajratti1329]

Never mind Mrs Margaret Thatcher it was Princess Diana who captured their harts

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

He who cannot speak for himself cannot speak for others.

[@thepoptingz]

@Liam T "he" can be used as gender neural

[@Robsonski96]

@@thepoptingz Don't even start with this bullshit with "pronouns"...

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

we still celebrate 🥳 the death of the witch

[@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?

[@HappyHalloween11]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@kevindare3113]

Well none of this lot we have today will be getting a state funeral

[@andrewh5457]

They'll be a party when WMD Blair goes.

[@EugVR6]

The greats are always known by their surname and Johnson wont be remembered by his surname.

[@ronan5228]

Except for every monarch that has ever existed. Even Alexander the great is known by his first name mate, try again next time.

[@EugVR6]

@@ronan5228British Prime minister's not Royalty.

[@archyjnr]

But trump will lol

[@EugVR6]

@@archyjnr Oh most definitely😂

[@kevindare3113]

He won’t be remembered full stop

[@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.

[@MrWayneWhite]

What I like about her is that she is never emotional and sensational. She is always professional and compose

[@DDRWakaLaka]

ah yes i too want my politicians to be cold, unfeeling robots

[@Koby3797]

@@DDRWakaLakait means that her decisions are not built on whim, unlike many politicians today.

[@annurch558]

Evil incarnate. Absolutely hated the women

[@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"...

[@peretzo]

An excellent summary of Thatcher’s legacy

[@stevenrawlinson1998]

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

[@Scanman279]

Ayo the title funny af

[@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?

[@robertalmond1898]

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

[@cloudlymars3627]

Shes a murderer but k

[@razepp]

Fys

[@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]

@lakshya varshney 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]

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

[@therealpvc2541]

@@TKinfinity01 Poilievre!

[@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

[@petersinclair8718]

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

[@thomasthetanderloin]

3:32 this is what america is now

[@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.

[@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

[@georgemartin4963]

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

[@benwalsh773]

boooooo

[@joemanton2340]

@@benwalsh773 Booo urself

[@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.

[@davidclarke6718]

Love or hate her she was one of the best prime minister this country as ever seen I was a lost unemployed young man she gave me hope I bought my first home I paid for it though my own hard work nobody gave it to me she got many things wrong but she still has to be the most inspirational prime minister ever . Nobody will ever come near her.

[@thescrout9831]

Aye, but us Scots in the north paid the price for some of yous. so did the northern english.

[@winklton]

The world is a better place without her

[@davidclarke6718]

@@thescrout9831 I'm from the North go figure that.

[@zack7438]

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

[@Mikacool]

There is no proof, no. Neither you or I truly know she had knowledge of it. So the benefit of doubt has to lie with her on that one.. And I'm consistent with that view for everyone.

[@bhaddfattie1858]

i mean she did nothing to increase the employment rate or anything to help with the aids crisis

[@blu3_enjoy]

aids was not a crisis

[@jk196115]

@@blu3_enjoy tell that to the people who died

[@xobes4113]

She brought the England from downfall. And yes, there was a temporary rose in unemployment but it was inavoidable result of cutting government interventions in market. If she wasn't elected, the England would be second Venezuela now.

[@ProofreadEnglish]

Not true. It was her government that put out the hard-hitting ads in the 1980s warning of the dangers of Aids. Including the infamous Aids tombstone. Ronald Reagan, on the other hand, completely buried his head in the sand would not even say the word for years.

[@polygonalfortress]

@@blu3_enjoy ah and the holocaust was just a footnote in history, gotcha

[@andreisecara6012]

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

[@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!

[@rboddington]

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

[@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.

[@aatifshawkat7712]

The most overrated one. She did nothing about Liverpool

[@36reaper]

yea

[@ivalex1001]

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

[@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

[@Derrako]

Should have been up north during the day... Grim.

[@alecneate76]

3:31 so true, especially today

[@jarjarbinks4744]

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

[@TheRightHonRai]

God bless her. They don’t make em that way anymore. Strong traditional conservative women

[@uAvengerable]

Who's they?

[@braxfan683]

Thank god they don't!

[@TheRightHonRai]

They (that’s just a term used). I would say God.

[@TheRightHonRai]

@@braxfan683 she was someone who stood tall, carried herself with elegancy. Someone who despite being destroyed by the media continued to be elected by the people of this country. She of course got things wrong. Mistakes were made. But the liberties, freedoms and much of the prosperities including economic growth around the world especially the developing world was because of her. She has given more to the people of the world than can ever be repaid. The west had a policy to try and contain communism and entered into many proxy wars. She had no stomach for containing communism. She destroyed it without firing a bullet providing millions of people around the word with new freedoms.

[@miqueiasmartins7270]

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

[@36reaper]

ok tory

[@georgemartin4963]

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

[@CARLIN4737]

Thatcher sorted this country out.

[@36reaper]

the working class would not agree

[@corrigenda70]

Arguably the most competent too.

[@Kelly14UK]

Couldn't agree more. Peoples' rights were marginalised under Blair. Assuming you had a problem with ANYONE, how easy do you think it is to contact the necessary parties for satisfaction? Complaints are now regarded as a joke. Furthermore why did Jack Straw implement a legislation making it harder for abused children? What did Tony Blair sign away in Lisbon with his tenancy at 10 a matter of weeks from ending? I hate that lot nearly as much. And look at the bloody roads... that wasn't the Tories.

[@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

[@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😏

[@suhailshafi]

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

[@dean-gm1lg]

More balls than any modern politician

[@dean-gm1lg]

@@duffelbagdragyes Maggie didn't take any nonsense

[@joshuacoaker6987]

3:37 I love this man 🤣

[@panzfaust9812]

Comments is as polarized

[@kieronhart4749]

Here because of the Crown

[@user-cajol31]

nice

[@BossySwan]

Brilliant PM

[@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

[@ivalex1001]

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

[@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).

[@chemistree6558]

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

[@user-vn6no3ci4f]

Scottish, Welsh and Irish people have something to tell

[@andreisecara6012]

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

[@chrisrogers3457]

Was fan of her BUT NOT VOTING AGAIN

[@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

[@petermitchelmore2592]

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

[@countingcards1208]

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

[@u.nforcesalx9892]

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

[@davidclarke6718]

This country’s biggest loss

[@michaelgoulding6609]

she was poison,glad she,s dead

[@cumhere1475]

David Clarke countries best loss, still celebrating her death

[@kohekade2961]

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

[@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

[@duncansmith8992]

Kinnock was an absolute coward of a man.

[@kevinarmstrong9760]

Hello Smith

[@duncansmith8992]

@@kevinarmstrong9760 Hello Kev.

[@kevinarmstrong9760]

How is your day going over there?

[@duncansmith8992]

@@kevinarmstrong9760 Very well Kev. Thanks for asking.

[@akinwilson8799]

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

[@grazianomoretto5491]

an horrible way to solve problems.

[@alexandradane3672]

How I wish for the return for Lady Thatcher . As do the majority of people today.

[@36reaper]

no?

[@michaelwalker4022]

Greatest Prime Minister this country and indeed our nation had greatly missed our Iron Lady God bless Lady Thatcher remarkable Lady!

[@marcpatterson2218]

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

[@jayrodny8419]

The only British PM I like

[@vil4038]

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

[@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.

[@steveashmore3223]

Its a shame they didn't get her in BRIGHTON

[@Kelly14UK]

And also, that the feeling I get is that Labour gave to all, however the Tories have it in for anyone who doesn't like them. There's real contempt there from them. That's coming from a neutral.

[@darthmoo7]

I consider myself to be a centrist, and I think the opposite. But I guess that's why we're neutral/centrists!

[@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.

[@fernandoqueirozpopovic7024]

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

[@jupex98]

Wor Maggie

[@mogz1485]

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

[@justlol2305]

Such a controversial figure, to say the VERY least.

[@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

[@Mikacool]

Is there any actual proof she had knowledge of the cover up by the Police? I couldn't find anything.

[@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 🚁 🇨🇱

[@winstonchurchill586]

Top 3 Prime Ministers; 1. Me 2. Margret Thatcher 3. Clement Attlee

[@36reaper]

no

[@MrJackPD]

Our last great politician.

[@uAvengerable]

Past is often romanticized. Parts of England celebrated her death dont forget.

[@theresamclaren3638]

Maggie would not have put up with immigration illegal migrants

[@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 !

[@user-ei7ed6zy9k]

tough SOB

[@jimjefftube]

Smart, strong and most of all right! Thank God for Maggie, Ron & George H.W. Bush (41)

[@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

[@Lynneheal]

Have got the real truths of what she did wrong in the Falklands all kept safe

[@gehghfgjhgj]

Most loved?? Your joking right?

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Most loved?? Are your sure about? lol

[@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…..

[@ewabaumgardt4881]

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