Margaret Thatcher - The Walden Interview 29/10/1989

[@morgansifer]

What a pity you don't get political interviews like this today. Both Walden and Thatcher were articulate and tenacious, and the general tone and intellect was so much higher than you see today.

[@TheSinj]

I agree. We lambast our politicians but the way our media conduct interviews means you will only get defensive sound bites, not reasoned debate. Even this was too adversarial but better than Paxman style bully boy tactics...

[@robinpelletstovesuk9194]

@@TheSinj UK IS A LOW LOW LEVEL IN ALL AREAS THESE DAYS. ITS A MESS . WE WILL NOT SEE ANOTHER IRON LADY...AND JESUS EVERYONE WAS ANGRY WITH POLL TAX...NOW WE HAVE CLOWNS LIKE BORIS AND A BOY CALLED SUNAK RUNNING THE UK...WELL NOT EVEN RUNNING IT.

[@steffanhoffmann]

An admirable accolade and analysis

[@amateur_football9751]

This Walden guy was annoying as hell, he keep asking the same question over and over again

[@Dbdbe1]

@@amateur_football9751Because he wasn’t getting a proper answer. That’s much more annoying

[@andreasstavrinides6980]

Can you imagine a politician today submitting to this sort of grilling? Boris Johnson? He'd run a mile.

[@wilfredarasaratnam]

Or hide in a fridge 🤣

[@Judel100]

He'd run 50 feet to the nearest fridge.

[@gaskin86]

It used to be about doing something. Now it's about being somebody

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

The coward wouldn't agree to an interview with Andrew Neil because he knew he'd be toast.

[@steffanhoffmann]

Excellent analysis 👍

[@Hans_Magnusson]

It is quite a different way of interviewing someone than we have seen recently. The reporter is pushing for an answer, but he is never disrespectful. …

[@Reuben_Peccable]

That's the problem. Reporters think they have to be respectful nowadays. Just get the answers!

[@MrStevewoods]

Funnily enough I did think that he was bordering on the disrespectful and the only reason BW got away with it was because of their past history together . Having said all that it was a spellbinding interview .

[@cliftonian10]

He was bordering on pretty hostile at points during that interview. And as his interviewee kept her composure he looked a bit silly at times. All with hindsight of course. You’d have to go back to 1989 to judge whether it was reasonable for him to ask that same question 8 times and maybe it was. Of course Paxman famously asked Michael Howard the same question 12 times but that question was about due process. Walters’ question here is much more personal.

[@onlyme1210]

I was a kid when my dad watched Waldern and it bored me to tears. Now aged 48 I would love to see our politicians being interviewed like this. Walden was a legend.. Dad was right...

[@bridgetwadane4392]

😂😂 lol. Ditto, me too! I would much rather watch the wrestling with big daddy and giant haystacks!

[@petermcmillan3446]

@@bridgetwadane4392 I always loved it that Big Daddy's real name was Shirley! 😆

[@Kriv]

​@@bridgetwadane4392My Grandad always used to watch Walden, I hated it and was just waiting for wrestling Years later he told me he had no interest in Walden and was waiting to watch wrestling with me!

[@avacigar5502]

Dads usually are right 👍🏼

[@crispybits3765]

Same here. I remember this coming on and immediately finding something else to do as a kid. Oh to have this standard of public discourse now.

[@dennisstaines8005]

Brian was by far the best interviewer full stop. He never resorted to anger or insults unlike the weasels we have today. His calm persistence and analytical style was a real joy to watch. I admit to being a great supported of Margaret Thatcher and felt she was betrayed in the most despicable way by her fellow MP's. This interview is perfect example of two of the best at their respective professions. I always watched all his interviews because they were so good. I loved when he got the weasel MP's into a corner with no where to go. His expression "I don't want to put words in your mouth but is this what you are saying ..............?", when he did this they were doomed. I did admire David Frost but Brian had tenacity to expose the weasels with his skill before they realised they had shot themselves in the foot. He also admitted a failure of a policy he got passed as a Labour MP which showed great humility. Sadly missed.

[@danielearley5062]

Robin Day was another goo done.

[@danielearley5062]

@ I didn't know that. thanks.

[@aoife4218]

How cud anyone be a supporter of an evil heartless woman

[@HiggyBungy]

Thank you very much for posting this fascinating video. The way Walden couched his questions was masterful. The interview was captivating. At the end of the show the announcer said that the Walden interview the very next week was with Nigel Lawson, but alas I can't find that gem on KZbin.

[@DominicNaylor]

Thanks for the upload. Fascinating interview.

[@Illustraful]

The views for this are going to go through the roof very soon.

[@marklbreen]

Just watched the entire interview, you are right.

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

Boris Johnson would never have the guts to do an interview like this.

[@Hans_Magnusson]

Yeah but he is a democrat, they don’t have anything to defend themselves with other than denying the facts.

[@Steve-gc5nt]

None of them would today.

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

@@stephenguppy7882 And I think Thatcher wouldn't give Farage the time of day

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

@@stephenguppy7882 What a baby

[@NPA1001]

@@stephenguppy7882 no chance he would even if he did he’d then go on social media and lie about it.

[@matthewakian2]

When I use to see this guy on the TV as a kid, I actually thought he was really vicious. We could do with him today to sort out the rabble of MPs we have today.

[@Mazzastube0812]

Too right! I remember my late father keenly watching his interviews with the likes of Thatcher and all.

[@sibionic]

superb interview by Walden - so glad someone posted this.

[@dlk1dlk1]

Do you think this interview ended her career?

[@sibionic]

@@dlk1dlk1 this interview certainly didn't end her career but it exposed a strain of vulnerability in her leadership which triggered further events. Losing Lawson was arguably fatal - the damage limitation is why she's doing this interview at all

[@dlk1dlk1]

@@sibionic Perhaps she should have done her sweet housewife act here instead of her Gloriana Imperiatrix one.

[@sibionic]

@@dlk1dlk1 yes!

[@ABC_DEF]

@@dlk1dlk1 No it didn't. She was in a tight spot, but she got over it and moved on. John Major became Chancellor.

[@Shinkansen1966]

This is excellent. The interview has gravitas, sincerity and seriousness - lacking in current politics and political interviews.

[@PaulWallis]

This is an impressive interview from Mrs Thatcher. It was a tenuous moment for her as she had become more isolated in the cabinet regarding Europe - difficult because the party itself included a spectrum of belief on a very emotive and fraught question. However even in this tricky moment Mrs Thatcher knew how to remain within her convictions, which time was to tell were on point regarding the importance of the Madrid conditions. In my view Brian Walden was the best political interviewer of the day, however Mrs Thatcher was more than a match for his interrogation. Though Brian Walden is very forceful and accusatory in his questioning here I think it is not difficult to see his amused respect for Mrs Thatcher's ability to bounce off him. Mrs Thatcher had something she wanted to say and knew how to say it. I am by no means a fan of all that the Thatcher governments did - far, far from it. But I have to say the intelligence, competence, sincerity, quick-wit, and even humour in Mrs Thatcher's delivery were formidable. All are on show here.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Tenuous? Does not make sense.

[@morgansifer]

Apparently she never spoke to Walden again after this interview. Years later, when she died, Walden praised her warmly and said she was the only politician he had ever interviewed who actually answered the questions.

[@alanberkeley7282]

Why would Walden have cared. He was there to interview her not to be friends.

[@Warriorcats64]

@@alanberkeley7282 Warm dispositions make for a more pleasant interview, and people generally like straightforward answers to questions, especially questions thinking outside the box.

[@steffanhoffmann]

​@@Warriorcats64Thinking outside the box...ridiculous Americanism

[@app1esuk]

I actually think he kept on asking the same question too many times, she clarified it and kept her ground. If this was true about Waldren and Thatcher, she did well to appear calm and in control.

[@danielearley5062]

@@alanberkeley7282 it's called professionalism. he was there to pry answers out, not for a gotcha, not for a soundbite or for accusations, but to get the guest to establish a position, establish a principle and then defend those.

[@VanlifewithAlan]

I was rather hoping to see the Nigel Lawson interview as well. Like this one, I saw it at the time but it is just as fascinating now as one can look back with hindsight and see what happened as a result. Thanks very much for posting - I just watched it again and share your opinion on how cool Mrs Thatcher looks under pressure on what must have been a very difficult interview for her.

[@pikeflowed]

Mr Walden was superb, like a bloodhound after every response, taking apart any avoidance or obfuscation, he wouldn't let Maggie or anyone else get way with a dismissive or dishonest answer. He pushes and presses for an honest, direct and credible answer that is based on the facts of the time. Same as the comment by " onlyme 1220 " below, when i saw snatches of this as a kid it just went over my head, all news bored me, now I lap this stuff up, as an adult I have Great admiration and respect For Mr Walden, his intelligence and knowledge, his journalistic insight and skill as an interviewer. R.I.P Brian Walden.

[@denissmyth6924]

No fan of Thatcher but you have to give it to her she is head and shoulder above so many of today's politicians at least in courage to stand up to a real interview. Walden was brilliant. I'm old enough to have watched many of these on live tv. Thankfully there are many Irish journalists that follow in his footsteps. Alas not so many politicians willing to stand up to a real interview.

[@midnightrider4066]

I think she might be good again but onlyfor the very rich again

[@jamescarpenter275]

She knew what she was talking about

[@jamescarpenter275]

@@midnightrider4066 she was very good for my mum a single parent with 3 children (she wasn’t rich) she managed to buy her council house by herself.. that was the start of my mum achieving so much.. governments will always try and keep the rich happy as it’s normally the rich that employs working people.

[@stephenreeds3632]

​@jamescarpenter275 Great for your mum but selling off public utilities has proved catastrophic. Many of our problems, especially in the context of privatisation, are down to Thatcher.

[@blozzjani]

​@@jamescarpenter275she's responsible for the mess this country is in now. Selling off utilitiy companies opened them up to the shareholders grip on profit and the halt to upgrading the utilities. She sold off council houses under right to buy without building more houses or the speedy improvements of those not sold off. Hence the pickle this country is in now. The rich cream off the profits and don't invest at all. It's common knowledge money doesn't filter down from the top. It goes up from the bottom. Middle and working class keep this country afloat not the rich. Who cleans the roads, makes your coffee, works in those shops.... its not just about "your mum". It's about the poor person who missed out on a council house because there wasn't enough housing stock.. the majority of people under Thatcher were worse off.

[@daxapatel3589]

Thank you for sharing this interview. Brilliant gravitas on display which is not there anymore.

[@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar]

The famous Walden - Thatcher interview! Walden really was the greatest political interviewer I ever saw. Better than Robin Day in my view. I used to watch his programmes, spellbound

[@HenryMcGuinnessGuitar]

PS Would be fascinated to see any more Walden interviews people might have...

[@peterinfrankfurt]

I remember this! I remember watching Brian Walden every Sunday. At that time I was a strong supporter of the Conservative party. However, I had great respect for Mr. Walden's intellect and tenacity. By comparison, today's political interviewers are weak and sycophantic.

[@ThomasGatehouse]

I'm glad you like it! I'm on the bench with regards the thatcher, although this interview captivates me.

[@scabycat]

Walden was a truly fantastic political interviewer. Better than Day who simply let them off the hook when they were up against the ropes. The BEST interviewer of all , in my opinion was none other than the radio 2 veteran JIMMY YOUNG. He was an absolute master of his craft and theres many a veteran politician who has emerged from the radio 2 studios licking their wounds and feeling as if they had just emerged from a car crash !!!

[@pix046]

When you say 'on the bench' do you mean 'on the fence'? Unless you would like to come on as a supersub to take over.

[@ConstanceBall-y4c]

Thank you for this. It reminds me of everything we've lost.

[@aoife4218]

Like what? Satan herself ?

[@dlk1dlk1]

Great to see this. Thanks for uploading it.

[@GuilhermeDRMatos]

I wish I could find his interview with Nigel Lawson

[@dlk1dlk1]

You already know what he said: 'it was all her fault'.

[@johnrichardson519]

Yes please someone post that interview - Walden / Lawson - which was broadcast the following week.

[@kmully8873]

She knew about Saville, Cyril Smith and the rest,..Let that sink in.

[@kmully8873]

at the time.

[@kmully8873]

yet did nothing.

[@kmully8873]

Nice woman.

[@jamescarpenter275]

Yep so did a lot of people at the time….the difference between her and Starmer she would have stamped the grooming gangs out

[@growinsane9123]

Whether she did or not isn't really relevant since we have a system whereby it is the police and the cps who decide who is worthy of further inquiry. Most people wouldn't want a system where politicians decide such things. Whether the police and cps failed in their duties is a separate matter. For an example of why we do not want politicians putting their beaks into such matters read about Tom Watson and Carl Beech. Having done that ask yourself whether Tom Watson knew with any more or less certainty than Thatcher may have had, or if it even mattered.

[@TheDeeperThinkingPodcast]

Here after the Steve Coogan drama?

[@RobGordon35]

Thanks for posting this!

[@craigwilson5232]

Amazing lady brilliant interviewer.Why do we need a dramatised version of this when the original does the job perfectly well ?

[@newcolony4013]

Kudos to both for this remarkable conversation.

[@nudisco300]

No stupid 'Peppa Pig' theme Park bollocks from Thatcher. Just professionalism, considered thought and conviction. Can you imagine the clown being questioned like this? He'd run a mile.

[@sibionic]

the best political interviewer ever, surely - listen to his dissection of her pat deflections at 6.05, just brilliant

[@mhl8396]

Notice how he allows her to talk, rather than interrupting like Andrew Marr

[@anthonywhite-wt9qx]

An excellent interview. Walden was a master of his art and Thatcher's favourite interviewer despite his tenacity. However they sadly fell out over this one...

[@JoeScottish]

....and we get to see the 1989 adverts, including The Goodies Cream Cracker advert

[@silversteel6312]

Steve Coogan’s portrayal here demands a BAFTA. He has mastered Brian’s voice superbly. Bravo 👏 👏👏

[@Thorpeman]

Used to watch Brian Walden every weekend he was a rockstar interviewer

[@susannamarker2582]

So much better than these amateurs nowadays who interrupt all the time.

[@cliftonian10]

I’d love to know the temperature of the studio chat during the ad break.

[@evonne_o]

Very cold I suspect....

[@larsdunn3190]

Irrespective if you agree or do not agree with her. Try ad compare this PM with what is on offer at the GE2015. We have Mr Useless, Mr Weird, Mr Boring and Nigel Farage. She was a leader, she did have strong convictions, she was intelligent and she knew what she was talking about a great leader.

[@mckavitt13]

Lars Dunn THAT is how I feel.

[@binagarten4667]

Farage is superb but the media have made him like Enoch, John Smith, But the white Brits have bought the lie!

[@aoife4218]

Conservatives are all in it for themselves and Nigel is even worse

[@Pixaroxys]

"There's nothing mechanical about exchange rates". Although I have complex and often uncertain views on Thatcher's methods, I think we can all agree that that's one heck of a quote. And one heck of an interview too!

[@aderynzajicova7230]

He was brilliant lovely to hear his voice again, and god was she a cool customer.

[@rajesh4cat]

I have watched this interview few times. I love Lady Thatcher.

[@zeddeka]

Hero worship of politicians, no matter which side they're on, is always a bad idea. They're all human and humans are very flawed. Margaret Thatcher was no exception.

[@simonzonenblick395]

Bring back the long form interview!

[@ABC_DEF]

Nigel Lawson resigned in a fit of pique because he did not agree with one of the prime minister's advisers. It was irrational. Thatcher was quite right to say that Lawson was a far more substantial figure who could have remained as chancellor if he had wanted.

[@SG_1fan]

But apparently this interview was her downfall

[@ABC_DEF]

@@SG_1fan No, this was damaging, but she survived for another 13 months. It was the poll tax that brought her down, not this.

[@davidhollins870]

@@ABC_DEF It was Howe's speech and the row over Europe, which brought her down.

[@MrsHawkins28]

Who's here after watching the crown?

[@AbdulBasit-vx6tg]

I am, lol 😂

[@lesleywillis8710]

We''ll never seen her like again. Margaret Thatcher was in an entirely different league to the politicians of today and hence the mess we find ourselves in.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Agree that she's different but please God we'll never see the like of her again.

[@cliftonian10]

I admire how she takes a pop at the Press around 17:40. Her words were as true then as they are today. Certainly over the past 5 years since 2020.

[@aoife4218]

😂 oh God. Anything uneducated comment

[@marvinc999]

I'd love to see Hillary Clinton survive THIS sort of (highly professional) interview ! Walden's great advantage, of course, was that - as an ex-Labour politician himself - he wasn't so easy to bullshit.

[@mckavitt13]

marvinc999 Vitriol. Diabolising H Clinton doesn’t have Thatcher’s experiences, thanks to the morons who elected another moron for president, instead of a bright woman like H Clinton.

[@colypoli0142]

This interview was hardly “highly professional” he was repetitive, condescending, and exclamatory. She handled his foolish manor of questioning very “highly professionally”.

[@Ben-yu4fq]

Maggie inspired my life and gave me courage to confront conflicts. Thank u Maggie and RIP

[@appleslover]

Your life was a lie then

[@appleslover]

@J C of fascist

[@Ben-yu4fq]

@@appleslover I don't agree with all of her policies. However you can't deny her quality as a politician, especially in comparison with today's jokers

[@steffanhoffmann]

Put my name next to yours 👍

[@steffanhoffmann]

​@@applesloverYours bigger with your ussr flag on your playlist. Move there !

[@Da1Dez]

As much as we give Thatcher a lot of grief, give her credit how despite her role going down hill and probably getting trauma behind the scenes she still maintains a professional, relaxed and controlled persona, that's no easy challenge to maintain.

[@steffanhoffmann]

An admirable accolade and analysis

[@kevinlongman007]

Nigel Lawson's resignation was the beginning of the end for Thatcher.

[@steffanhoffmann]

No effect it was Geoffrey Howe

[@kevinlongman007]

@@steffanhoffmann No Howe was the final nail in the coffin!

[@steffanhoffmann]

@@kevinlongman007 👌

[@VanlifewithAlan]

Mrs Thatcher made the point very clearly that the ERM had to have the same rules for all. The present crisis in the eurozone is a direct result of different rules being applied to each country in a much more complex project (the euro). In this case, history has shown her to be absolutely correct - and I very strongly support the introduction of the euro!

[@paulwright958]

I just chanced upon this interview. I thought Mr Walden was very good. BUT..i am saddened to read so much bile on here.whether it's pro Thatcher, Pro Argentina, Pro Socialist etc. the level of vitriol is appalling.. It appears we live in an age were swearing and personal insults are the norm. Reasonable argument/debate are consigned to history.Surely the internet is better than this?

[@MrGranfield]

Almost as impressive as Brian Walden.

[@andrewparkerlarocca8591]

Most people aren't educated enough to have a proper, reasonable debate. The swearing and personal insults perfectly illustrate that fact. And their upbringing is also a major factor.

[@whitefields5595]

Maggie, thanks for being there as I grew up

[@afritimm]

A very impressive lady.

[@binagarten4667]

Lady she was not this is why there were parties when the B died! Which cow would steal the Milk for school kids?

[@Dunk1970]

@@binagarten4667 The luke warm milk we had to drink at school? None of us liked the stuff. We were very happy when that stopped happening.

[@RichardStarbuck-b3q]

​@binagarten4667 Milk, haha! The parties were held by by people of a certain ilk.

[@afritimm]

@ Is there anything that parents should pay for themselves? Or do you believe in total state support? Communist then?

[@afritimm]

@ Parties at death, you say? This confirms the hatefulness of the intolerant Left.

[@howardwilliamsmith]

"Brian if anyone is coming over as domineering it is you". 24 minutes in.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

👍👌😂😂

[@PotterSpurn1]

@@steffanhoffmann8937 I thought his position was unassailable.

[@wilverbal]

From his smile, you can sense his admiration for her. It's like he wants to compliment her on her zinger. He even looks like he's almost laughing.

[@theeggtimertictic1136]

Tittle Tattle

[@pikeflowed]

A typical " turn the tables " political response, incorrect of course.

[@stefanufer608]

Brian Walden was the best interviewer ever

[@NPA1001]

Who’s here after watching the Ch4 drama Brian and Maggie?

[@19blox]

I'm here before I watch it. An amazing lady and Brian a brilliant interviewer.

[@dangaAgadanga]

Me 😅

[@dangaAgadanga]

Who wagers that without this KZbin upload, the C4 programme would never have been made?

[@johntate5722]

Me too

[@seltaeb9691]

Give that silly schoolboy tag line a rest. Really immature.

[@MrKJCoaker]

electric television. Looking forward to the C4 film.

[@jportercomedy]

I love people criticising Walden. Its his bloody job to get an answer he wasn't getting 😂

[@VanlifewithAlan]

That is a great observation. I remember both very clearly - but looking back 24 years I do not link the two events.

[@stephenheliodor776]

You're off your Trolley !!! .......she never even flinched. Like her or loathe her she was a ''real'' politician to the core.

[@roytheboy1963]

Thatcher's problem was she always wanted to be right and she just had to be right no matter the situation, so pig headed was she that she would rather keep an advisor that Lawson clearly found was undermining him. She just didn't get and it was what led to her downfall in the end!

[@ginghamt.c.5973]

Despite being a child, I watched Weekend World every sunday lunchtime for three reasons; The theme tune was the nearest thing to heavy rock music that I had ever heard at the time, Secondly, there was no other programme on any channel ! and thirdly, I loved Brian’s amazingly unique accent. I didn’t have a clue what he and guests were talking about of course.

[@PixPix-cz6yd]

Maggie RIP love the way she repeats the mantra 'Unassailable' many times.

[@RobW581]

I wish we had someone like her as PM now.We would not be in the mess we are in today.

[@andrewhowson33]

It would still be a sneering, arrogant, tear in the eye, East India company, right wing affair.

[@wp7187]

@@andrewhowson33 🙄

[@Cassierandom]

She is a huge part of the reason we are in the mess we are today.

[@evonne_o]

That woman let the trash put of the swamp to mess up the future of everyone by voting for Brexit so you are talking out of your....

[@MaBaKar]

Indeed, the dire situation in both the UK and the USA can be traced back to the Reagan/Thatcher era

[@andrewedwards0099]

Weekend World the forerunner of 'The Walden Interview' was brilliant & this interview & not even a drink afterwards is the last time that they spoke. 13.03 3o/01/25

[@danikahn5378]

I'm sure i read recently that they've made a movie based on this interview with Steve Coogan playing Brian Walden.

[@Alex200254]

Not a movie as such, but a two part drama just released on Channel 4 called Brian and Maggie.

[@Kerry-t5f]

Channel 4 have made a two part show about this? Heaven help us. Maybe they'll take the 8 part mini series I'm writing on Clive Andersons interview with the Bee Gees. I have Michael Sheen down for the Anderson role, but not sure about the Bee Gees yet.

[@YouTubeSpareTime]

"refashioning ones cabinet" I just loved the way she spoke. I know that a famous Hollywood Legend actually suggested that she use his vocal coach and it was this training which led to her distinct voice.

[@tony1967ames]

How very interesting now looking back. A pm who answers questions with convictions and honest. We need forward thinking like this now more than ever. Also we need journalists who will ask the questions not voice their own opinions. We need a change

[@benstutley2904]

Is there a copy of the following weeks' Nigel Lawson interview available anywhere?

[@johnsharples1291]

I remember watching this interview live. I was 26 years old and I feel the same way now as I did then. He wasted his time asking the question same question in so many ways and she stood strong and firm. I loved her, I still do and the only people that hated her were those who wanted something for nothing or wanted the rest of us to fund businesses that were losing money. Rest in Peace and Thank you for saving Britain.

[@belfastrepeire8442]

John Sharples LOL Shes still dead HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA WHAT A SHITE LIFE SHE HAD. IMAGINE HER LAST FEW YEARS, GETTING HER ARSE WIPED FOR HER BY SOME UNLUCKY SOD CUZ SHE COULDNT HAHAHA lolLOL!

[@johnsharples1291]

That comment says far more about you than it does about the great Lady.

[@sw5mister]

***** Same fate awaits you if you live long enough

[@belfastrepeire8442]

armoredinnerjacket Maggies ten feet under and her rotten old corpse is being eaten away by maggots and worms at this very moment. Anything you could possibly say will not hurt or affect me in the slightest with that great knowledge in mind. You can try though.

[@version736ha2]

watching at 2?

[@gkreno1]

Big BIG lady goverment is there to serve the freedoms of the people under a strong ruke of law

[@rajesh4cat]

I have watch this few times, I love it. RIP Mrs Thatcher.

[@appleslover]

Burn in hell

[@appleslover]

@The British Empire Ok, British Empire

[@steffanhoffmann]

Greatest was Maggie

[@dlk1dlk1]

Does anyone have the interview with Thatcher on 'Wogan'?

[@lancechinnian4043]

Wow! Now THIS is how you do political interviews. And as much as it pains me to admit, Thatcher does actually manage to hold her own pretty well here.

[@JohnSmith-xw6pq]

"I like strong men and women around me, that's how we make a strong government", Thatcher worked so hard to turn this country around, she would turn her grave to see the Conservative party led by Cameron, Maybot, insisting on surrounding themselves by imbeciles, paid £billions to keep Maybot in power, not even able to face live debate during the election that Maybot requested herself. The labour alternative is no better. Now, they are negotiating Brexit. Sovereignty can only be withheld by strong leadership, Thatcher and Churchill were. Thatcher understood economy and executed in full force. I love watching her interviews, strong, decisive, facts based.

[@jamescarpenter275]

Labour are taking us back 50 years

[@PotterSpurn1]

If Thatcher had been a spotty teenager down the nick in the interview room, she would have said 'no comment' throughout. The art of a good interview is to talk a lot and say nothing.

[@stevebarton8313]

Can you imagine Andrew Neil interviewing Maggie, that would be great. Glad they left the adverts in too.

[@guy7088]

This is when all ministers were accountable and were asked to answer real questions by the media. Today its more under the thumb , wizard of Oz media & politicians...

[@John-id6ih]

A chancellor that lasted 6 years, good god we had 4 in the space of year not long ago 🤦‍♂️

[@Lellobeetle]

Brilliant PM

[@jackburton6998]

Thatcher had quarreled with the monarchy, the House of Lords, the Church of England, the Inns of Court, the University of Oxford and the Chiefs of Staff-every ancestral prop of the British state. Detestable though she was, she was a radical and not a reactionary. She has not been removed for any of her offenses against democracy or decency. Rather, she has been deposed by those who worship only opinion polls and their own skins and who yearn for a quiet life and business as usual-living gallantly off the fat of the land.

[@marvinc999]

Vladimir Putin - "Detestable though she was..." ONLY to Lefties, Vlodya ! Although even Michael Foot - when confronted with a bunch of braying Champagne Socialists at a cocktail party - said, walking away in disgust at their stupidity, "at least, she's got GUTS !" She was a Giant(ess) deposed by MIDGETS. And it isn't usually possible to bring about major-but-necessary changes in one's country's internal affairs by being 'nice' to everyone. She was a Politician - not a bloody Pop Star.

[@mckavitt13]

marvinc999 I.’m a radical Leftist, & I admire the lady, if not always her politics.

[@MB-eg3fi]

​@@marvinc999she was kept by a wealthy husband before she made it in politics.

[@intelligenceofacertainkind]

The aristocracy treated the people better than Thatcher and the capitalists. There was more humanity and nobility in their little fingers than the entire grubby business class.

[@intelligenceofacertainkind]

The aristocracy treated the people far better than Thatcher and the grubby business class.

[@WilliamMorris]

Wow. What an interesting interview

[@jasondowtychristianmusic9401]

Unlike Frost Nixon, the set up for this lasted years. This is like watching the final bit of an interview with Maggie softened up and made comfortable with easy questions over several years. Meant she was completely caught off guard when the questions immediately went for the jugular.

[@jamesdean1143]

Did anyone figure out her explanation as to why Nigel Lawson resigned ? Walden summarised it as she didn’t know, and she didn’t correct him. She said that Lawson’s position was unassailable (from her point of view) meaning that she wouldn’t fire him. But, he fired himself, and she tried to worm her way out of explaining what his motivation was for doing that.

[@NoviceAngel1]

I’m responsible for uploading this video many, many years ago. The last time I checked it had been blocked, (content Match in the ads) I’m glad it’s available again. I never voted for the Conservatives but I do think she was a remarkable woman and I love Brian as an interviewer. The poll tax ended my love for her, but I still respect her - RIP xxxxx

[@steffanhoffmann]

However she relented

[@thisisverytrue]

Brian Walden was one of the most incisive and tenacious interviewers we have seen yet here in the UK; and it'll be interesting to see how Steve Coogan's 'take' on him goes down in Channel 4's 'Brian and Maggie' (Wed/Thurs this week, end of Jan 2025); I was 30 when this 'original' interview went out, and had previously admired his tenure on 'Weekend World' -essential viewing in the late '70s and early '80s under both Walden, and before him Peter Jay.

[@trinity9365]

I would like to hear her view on what happened in Capitol Hill yesterday, I wonder what her take on Trump would be.

[@ghirardellichocolate201]

Pictures please of Ivy League school students and Slavonakan University students.

[@johnellis414]

A great woman and politician! She has to present an image of confidence sureness for the people to have confidence in. AND IT HAS WORKED!

[@tentringer4065]

A confidence trick.

[@stucardiff1969]

This is not accessible for the Deaf Community as it does not have subtitles

[@richmorris2870]

There are automated subtitles on this now 👍

[@johnm9845]

You can see Thatcher is rattled and annoyed despite her apparent composure, blinking several times as he frames his next question. She then accuses Walden of being domineering which is amusing and ironic. She recites the litany of achievements under her government: privatisation of nationalised industries (for the benefit of shareholders), home ownership of council housing, reform of NHS and education, outsourcing of public services to lowest bidder. Doesn't need much hindsight to realise her legacy looks pretty shabby now.

[@cyrusbilimoria2664]

If only more interviewers had the courage to press on and not let politicians get away with evasion.

[@Robby334]

What a Lady she was. So beautiful and such a leader, you will go down in history. RIP Lady T

[@sibionic]

for God's sakes

[@m80tmm]

I made a Victoria sponge the other day and iced it with ‘ I love Maggie’

[@kevinlongman007]

@@m80tmm How sad are you!!

[@88njtrigg88]

@@kevinlongman007 Only a fool would give another fool the time..

[@growinsane9123]

@@88njtrigg88 Mrs T lives in a lot of fools heads on both sides of the political spectrum, rent free.

[@jonnobloggs1139]

This was a pivotal moment in the fall of the T Lady. Walden had been very sycophantic to her in previous years but this time he went after her with both barrels. The "off her trolley" remark stuck in the minds of the public and if one looks at her distant expression to Walden's badgering it certainly inspired confidence in her detractors in her own party to go after her and dethrone her in a very Conservative coup the following year.

[@steffanhoffmann]

Unfortunately.

[@alanberkeley7282]

One interview where Thatcher didn't get the better of her interviewer. She came off worst here and she knew it. In hindsight this was the beginning of the end. Compare this to today's garbage with Johnson having selfies with Holly and Phil and hiding in fridges. Imagine if Walden had been let loose on Starmer and Abbott or Farage or Johnson or Patel or Gove?

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Today's not todays. In the eighties most people knew how to write properly.

[@mrnashvilletalkslarryfergu2640]

The greatest western leader in post ww2 history!

[@sandhurstwolves3956]

Sold off all the council houses triggering a housing crisis

[@JamesKing-el3ry]

​@@sandhurstwolves3956that's not what happened at all. With the policy of sale came the continued building of council houses. The numbers of new council houses proportionate with population growth dwindle in the mid 90's under a labour government.

[@sandhurstwolves3956]

@JamesKing-el3ry er so it's all labour's fault? Like the world wide financial crisis /HS2. It was thatchers policy which is where we are today

[@JamesKing-el3ry]

@@sandhurstwolves3956 HS2's planning spanned labour and conservative governing. And now the funds are going back to other travel projects in the north because you all kept moaning about London being a different country. Still bitter about your inefficient coal pits closing I must assume? Her policies weren't kind to everyone, but they were the right policies.

[@sandhurstwolves3956]

@JamesKing-el3ry I've never lived up north . Yes HS2 was started as a labour project but after 13 yrs tory mismanagement I agree it had to stop. I drive past some of it a monument to how bad this country has been ran by the tories

[@eamonnca1]

I wouldn't have wanted to play poker against her. No matter how tough the questioning she didn't flinch in the slightest.

[@pix046]

She was unassailable in this interview.

[@mrblondeno2]

Takes a brave interviewer to take on Margaret Thatcher. We miss you Maggie, always to the point, a very intelligent women and the best PM we have ever had.

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Very nice interview with a fantastic politician. She only wanted the best for her country and it's people and had this foremost in strong policies that were sometime criticised but there was much common sense and logic in her conservative views. I really admire this formidable dynamic lady.

[@steffanhoffmann]

An admirable accolade and analysis

[@ROCKINGMAN]

@@steffanhoffmann Hey thanks friend!

[@steffanhoffmann]

@@ROCKINGMAN 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸

[@ykst6685]

24:20 Maggie calling Walden as "domineering", that's surreal. how often do you get to see this when she's so dominating?