Paul Heaton on reflects on the death of Thatcher

[@keithkelly9099]

Very articulate in his views and speaking. Didn't rise to the interviewer asking stupid questions. Despite his massive success in the music industry he always kept very humble and down to earth.

[@maxwellmoore8424]

Why has he passed 😢

[@borisos9832]

You mean he didn't lower to the interviewer..?

[@Jamie-js3qw]

they were good questions!

[@williamwilliam5066]

I would say, surprisingly inarticulate.

[@andypitchless]

No idea why KZbin has decided to show me this now in 2022. But I'll glad it did. Respect to Mr Heaton.

[@maxwellmoore8424]

I'm same ,but agreed with every word he said .

[@daveco4645]

Concur

[@maxwellmoore8424]

YEAH MATE

[@dtrueblue6322]

We love Maggie in ulster but you idiots in GB didn’t know when you’re well off. Hard working miners my arse.. hair cut 100 (Scargill) ruined our mining industry. And! If any of you hypocrites disagree I bet I know what line you’d be in for your cheap fuel.. including this mouth-piece, you wouldn’t pay an extra 50p if you could get ir from China cheaper. This guy another champagne socialist worst of the worst.

[@stevensmith3327]

Good for Heaton! He didn't fold, he didn't backpedal, he didn't fall for that "Don't speak ill of the dead stuff."

[@andygleaves4157]

Spot on mate 👌👍

[@flasheart3817]

He used to live in my city of Hull n used to drink in a proper working class pub near where he lived. Last week he gave £1000 each to to 60 pubs (3 of them in Hull) to put behind the bar for the locals to have a beer on him to celebrate his 60th birthday. Say's it all about a man who never forgets his roots, whereas the Tory pigs in a trough wouldn't give you the steam of their piss.

[@bigfanofrj]

Paul, I always thought that you were legend. I have just come across this interview. You are an absolute legend.

[@jbri1]

You could be legend too

[@gazjonze]

Could listen to Paul Heaton all day, great man.

[@john111257]

yea so right

[@scottflannigan3062]

Never knew he was a left winger never heard him speak maybe down to my ingnorance, but good on him wish their was alot more of him

[@peterburry3553]

@@scottflannigan3062 Me neither... I was oblivious to his political views until fairly recently but now I'm wishing he's gone into politics.

[@Kk99921]

Never seen this till today but today Paul Heaton you have just gained a subscriber

[@johnrider5701]

Well said Paul I couldn't have put it better myself. 👏

[@ToxicBATjizz]

Good on him. He must be worth a few quid these days but he hasn't changed his politics, he hasn't forgotten his roots. Hasn't sold out. Which is nice

[@philvirco6762]

He’s worth about £4million.

[@burtpearce1251]

It's easy being a socialist when you're poor but fair play to him he divides his royalties equally with his band. And he's a fantastic song writer

[@andyd2528]

His roots are in Hull , Yorkshire. He now lives in Manchester , Lancashire.

[@franko1174]

@@andyd2528 very posh boy pretending that he's working class 😂🤣

[@billysequins]

His roots being the picturesque little village of Chipstead in Surrey

[@johnmcluskey]

He's telling the truth and is bang on about Cameron representing the banking class.

[@1001space]

well said paul love your music

[@keithlarmour5510]

Brilliant paul...best songwriter of our years..but also u speak for US x

[@GlynBarlow67]

Absolutely love this guy, Housemartins, Beautiful South, solo stuff and with the amazing Jaqui Abbott.

[@sonijimm]

I spoke to Paul Heaton on the phone in my old customer service job and he was a top bloke. Even scored my call a perfect 10 in the customer survey

[@starsailor9774]

Did he put in brackets "12"

[@glenhughes8013]

@@starsailor9774 nice 🙂

[@crumplezone1]

Better than a poor poor 4 knockin at your door :)

[@stevendecube2832]

Did he keep a little 2 for you

[@christianbaughn199]

Were you "sweet 16"?

[@davidyoung8997]

He is spot on here. I lived through her governments as a school leaver (1979), student, and someone looking for work then emigrating (1988). Horrible times. I never look back on my 20s fondly, they were at times really dire. I feel sad for her that she suffered dementia, as I feel sad for anyone so robbed. But she, and her acolytes, really didn't give much of a damn about how their policies trashed swathes of the country; and being from Lanarkshire I saw that directly. She owed her electoral success to the fragmentation of the political opposition, winning elections with slightly more than 40% of the popular vote; essentially always the case with the Tories in my lifetime. The catastrophic state of the UK owes much to an electoral system that in no way reflects popular will, but rather cronyism and plutocracy.

[@issyjas3309]

You forgot the wholesale sell off of nationalised industries and financial institutions. Sold for a bribe of a measly few hundred pounds per customer and then followed by deregulation. Not for us having a sovereign wealth fund from oil profits like Norway, no far better squandered in the illusion of tax cuts. She was a vile uncaring immoral woman, dementia was a kindness.

[@billysequins]

You expressed it better than him

[@andylane247]

An excellent post. She always boasted about only needing a few hours of sleep a night. That may have brought on the early onset dementia.

[@MrGoneTroppo]

There's another side to the story always though - I just about remember being on holiday with my parents in Majorca when she was elected and all the young couples with kids had a huge party - we weren't rich, but they had some hope that all their cash wouldn't be taken away just for working hard. Bloody middle classes. Anyway, weren't you in her government Lord Young? 🙃

[@billysequins]

@@MrGoneTroppo if you were holidaying abroad in 1979 then relatively speaking you were rich so stop kidding yourself- poor people work hard too

[@stephenjones529]

God bless Paul Heaton, a truly great Britain

[@maguiresam8909]

Didn't think was possible to love Paul anymore but ...he keeps raising the bar ✊

[@anneliamohara2842]

Fair play to Paul remember those days from Dublin living in the States now . Loved the Beautiful South !

[@maguiresam8909]

Talented (and modest) boy. Remember Norman Cook saying "this is the wrong way round" when Paul was asked to present Norman an Ivor Novello ...Paul has never got one 🤨

[@benperry9608]

So much truth in what Paul say. He's a National treasure.

[@PlasticGirl65]

Why did I not see this before! Paul is a legend.

[@door2yourheart]

Very eloquently expressed Paul!

[@TheGodParticle]

Paul used to work for a company where my mum ran the canteen before he was famous. She said he came in and told her that he was leaving to pursue a career in music, she tried to talk him out of it saying he had a good job with the print company, but he left regardless, anyway the company went down the pan a year later lols.

[@paulheatonofficial]

What was her name, I'm sure i might remember her?

[@companyman111]

@@paulheatonofficial i watched this clip years ago live and, thinking about what's happened in the last few weeks, it popped into my head tonight having listened to some of your songs. your music has been a great help as i've licked my post-election wounds. cheers for being one of the things that, 15 years ago, led me down the intellectual path i'm now on.

[@ennesshay5040]

'Are we heading for an early election ?' - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2GvZ4KrqZZ6o80 + 'Bojo's Election Bill Power grab' kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4jaiKqhZbd7iKM [by A Different Bias] plus 'A Decade of the Tories' kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5u4iItsiJ2cj7c [by Jonathan Pie]

[@anneliamohara2842]

Sound Man Paul greetings from New Jersey ! From a Dublin man living here now always liked your music !

[@davidfoster8318]

@TheGodParticle 2 years after being asked, there's no answer. The people want to know!

[@JohnsysChannel]

Just doing my annual checkup on this video. Need a refresher in its brilliance every now and again

[@staffh3815]

Yea 1st viewing ❤ Paul's knows his onion's 😂

[@domoreilly5147]

Top man. Top speaker. Huge respect for you, Paul.

[@scottflannigan3062]

You could hear the passion in his voice

[@el_Wordo]

Paul Heaton is legend. Up the Blades!

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

Always admired this guy. I'm also old enough to remember the devastation Thatcher caused to many peoples' lives in the 80s, she did it with relish, what a cruel and vindictive woman. She started the process which has led to the mess UK society is now. Keep sticking to your principles Paul.

[@brian7193]

Mrs Thatcher left most of Britain especially Scotland and north of England in a hell of a mess she simply didn't give a damn about them as they didn't vote for her,and with the exception of the millionaires the whole country is suffering again due to utility companies greed,the govt have been told by the energy companies how to help fix it it said no cos it meant taxing the rich instead of picking on the poor which this govt seen to enjoy doing,

[@myoctobersymphony4446]

Thatcher did nothing wrong.

[@ab4113]

Just wait to you see how kim Jong Starmer will leave this country, Thatcher will be viewed as a saint after this

[@graemeloftus3831]

Paul you are my hero always will be stay safe stay strong

[@HomegrownRecCo]

Good stuff Paul, a well expressed case of what's wrong in our present political landscape. Pity they cut you off when you were just getting going! Looks like the media are as good at smoothing over all the cracks as much as mr. cameron is :)

[@simonedgbaston]

🎸 Asolutely especially Sky & the BBC also most of the UK print media 🕊

[@dylanmcgowan3932]

Paul always carries himself with dignity and class. Lesson to us all when it comes to political debates

[@deanfinnie4701]

Heaton's voice is as relevant today as back at the time of the Miner's strikes

[@gordonharkness2101]

Full respect to Paul Heaton,spoke for me.

[@davidprovan5650]

Not me.

[@billyt5657]

@@davidprovan5650thatchers in a box

[@220274mark]

what paul is trying to say is she was a fucking nightmare and killed off the working class

[@Mozphil42]

The interviewer couldn t care less on Paul s opinion. Paul was spot on as usual in his articulate manner. A great talent and wonderful human being.

[@drinkingup2157]

Looking back with hindsight from 2024 , right on the mark there Paul

[@NoelDaly-hf2cz]

Always speaks up for ordinary working decent people

[@davidfellows1650]

I loved that the Billy Elliott musical in London didn't cancel the performance on the day she died. The musical that included the song with the lyrics, "Happy Xmas Maggie Thatcher, may God's love be with you, we all celebrate today, because it's 1 day closer to your death" Brilliant.

[@Mozphil42]

The interview couldn t have shown less interest in Paul s opinion. Paul was spot on with his usual articulate manner. A great talent and a wonderful human being.

[@anjkhar6064]

Thank god for this type of guy!

[@Xtramentalstencilist]

+Anj Khar What? Someone who hates Thatcher? It's not people who hate Thatcher are hard to find.

[@anjkhar6064]

Enwogamwirion True - she was a prize arsehole after all!

[@natejohnsonesqubar4201]

Anj Khar is thick

[@samgormley6368]

Well said sir, they expected you to be so different more aggressive but you read them so easily and conducted yourself superbly… always a pleasure…

[@yootooberwosere]

I have a lot of respect for you and I’m pleased you’re a northerner :)

[@henrikrdstherchristie9553]

One of my dearest concert memories is seeing The Housemartins at Sardines Club in Oslo in november 1986. It was a mere month after Thatcher had visited Oslo, to giant street demonstrations and tabloid headlines back in the UK: «Riots ruin Oslo visit» (The Daily Mail), «Few friends for Thatcher in Norway» (The Sunday Times). Paul Heaton thanked the audience for the "welcome" Thatcher had receiced in our city, and dedicated a song for The Iron Lady. I believe it was the B-side of the brilliant Sheep-single: Drop down dead. Fantastic band.

[@englanduk6131]

Sadly for you and Heaton, his and obviously your opinions weren't concurred with by the general public in the UK.... Maggie won election after election so stick your opinion where the sun don't shine pal.... 🥱

[@GG-ml3vr]

@@englanduk6131 Voting tory still sitting well with you is it bud?

[@secondtimearound2539]

@@englanduk6131 The 'general public' you speak of included the millions who hated her guts and loudly sang 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead'. Encouraged greed (look where that has got us), divided and ruined society, caused a war (Falklands) to boost her flagging popularity, set our police force on the miners at Orgreave for her own revenge, knighted Savile the paedophile, was friends with despicable tyrants such as Pinochet. You can stick your opinion up your jacksy too, 'pal'.

[@secondtimearound2539]

@@GG-ml3vr I've given up even giving a shit about those who insist on voting Tory now; if they're too stupid to understand that a vote for the Tries is a vote against themselves, then bad cess to them, they've had long enough to have learned their lesson.

[@englanduk6131]

@@GG-ml3vr, totally!.. Imagine loony Labour in power? Terrifying!!!

[@keltacuk8112]

Good lad!....Very well put across.

[@brian7193]

I have Always liked the guy's music but now I have nothing but the utmost respect for the guy everything he said was spot on and also respect for not taking the bait from the reporter,

[@mattwilliams5386]

Good on him....well done Paul. Tell it like it was 👍🏾👍🏾

[@scottroberts7875]

Happy new year from Somerset. love you then , love you now.. All the very best to you and yours . Scott

[@lisagwynne6190]

Absolutely spot on, well said Paul.

[@nodtripRS]

Always spoke as he sees things. Total respect for Mr Heaton.

[@welshlad6427]

Well said Paul 👏👏

[@16brooking10]

Love and respect top top man

[@lalalepus]

Wow....amazing... bravo Paul.

[@seanwheeldon9315]

The man's a legend

[@kdlofty]

Absolutely spot on Paul.

[@Pizzpott]

Well done to Mr. Heaton. Elvis Costello also had it right in the title of his song about this monster, 'Stomp The Dirt Down', Chris Rea in 'Gonna Buy A Hat too. Seems these musicians had some sense after all. She was a monster and she is not missed. I didn't shed one bloody tear, neither did anyone anywhere near here.

[@bazza5699]

what a legend

[@MattCrawley_Music]

It's 2022 and little has changed

[@michaelobrien9825]

Well done Paul heaton your clever enough not to let yourself down and proved it here all those years ago.

[@mikee7406]

Very end of the clip when they cut him off and mute his 🎤 says absolutely everything about Skynews and its role in society

[@Dermot2927]

Bit silly of them to have him on if that's how they felt about him?

[@dennisrobertson6572]

The fact she got a state funeral still makes my blood boil.

[@tonyclifton2230]

Didn't think I could think less of thatcher. But after this. There you go.

[@Graeme726]

Love Paul Heaton, great singer, songwriter and all round human being

[@PP-ez9hd]

Well done Paul , you kept your cool , and you definitely look like the best man here

[@oliveroneill1388]

Fantastic Paul. Your a true people's man

[@mccann444]

Paul Heaton . Great interview , honest and Heart Felt Answers . Conservative’s Cameron included “ Shower of Shite “ all of them

[@watcyagonado6770]

JUST CAME ACROSS THIS INTERVIEW PAUL HEATON FANTASTIC SINGER AND FANTASTIC POLITICAL SPEAKER 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯

[@samuelhutchison8433]

Just a great human being.

[@davidmcque627]

Well said Paul!

[@waynewalker8227]

Well spoken Mr Heaton. Bless ya!!

[@thenewhighpriestofjupiter6305]

I was today old when i first saw this. I couldnt love him anymore if i tried

[@maxwellmoore8424]

Spot on Mr Heaton 👏 100% agree .

[@johnmckay805]

My new hero ...true honest man ...not many about .......thanks Paul for having the back of all working class people 👏....I salute you .....

[@garethhammond5478]

He's not working class , you need to have your own back lol

[@OlafProt]

Well spoken Paul. The interviewer isn't even listening.

[@peterwaldie4478]

Superb lad. Always be proud of where your from. The vile thatcher won't be missed by any decent person

[@davidprovan5650]

Well she won elections, didn't she. Must have appealed to a lot of people at the time.

[@oo-ww2qy]

I just love this man he has a way with words and put it just how it was bk then proper hull bloke

[@LennyJohnson5]

Paul Heaton is a good guy.

[@Clagnuts]

Love the end of the video. From Thatcher to toenail fungus, a seamless transition if ever I saw one.

[@briz1965]

well said Paul. I remember watching the TV 1981 at 16 shitting myself seeing the number of job losses per week, thousands, and she smiled through it all. I went to London for the last miners march and it was a real sad affair as I can recall. Split the Country up - terrible.

[@revol148]

briz1965 the Labour party threw hundreds of thousands on the dole in the late 1970's, the labour government closed many pits in the late 1970's, nuclear war was just as likely in the 1970's as it was in the 1980's - the fact that everything seems to get pinned on Thatcher must do the dead women's ego no end of a boost!

[@peteroneill2991]

@@revol148 More Tory lies unemployment early 70's 4% rising to 5.5% in 1978/79 there was a major worldwide recession in mid 70's. 1984 official figures 12% not counting the tory fiddles to lower it. Employment coal industry 1973 251,800 1979 241,600. 1990 4,000.

[@peteroneill2991]

@Mike Rauch I am a billionaire THIS IS A FACT or shit my bank account has not grown. It is easy to claim something as fact could you provide figures and dates.

[@ayrshireman1314]

@@peteroneill2991 1964- 70 and 74-79 Labour and Wilson/Callaghan closed 270 pits, Tories and Thatcher/Major/heath closed 237 between 70-74 and 79 and 97. Wilson closed more mines than she did. Even the Socialist Worker in 1985 called what Lab/Wilson did a national disgrace. But cuddly pipe smoking Harold closing more than evil Maggie does not fit the narrative.

[@peteroneill2991]

@@ayrshireman1314 Thanks for providing actual dates and numbers will get back to you.

[@tocevod5948]

Presenter trying to goad a mindless reaction from Paul Heaton. Paul Heaton measured in every response. Presenter lost for words at times. Crap presenter cuts him off when he gets word in his ear from his bosses.

[@leehaslam5871]

Now if he was the Head of the labour party, I would vote for him. He tried to give his music away insupport of renationalisation, his whole back catalogue, said he had enough money. So he put his money where his mouth was... the government ignored him. The guy is a legend and Thatcher not only destroyed the miners etc, her party and philosophy of greed has poisoned these waters of the old British soul forever more.

[@andyd2528]

Labour were the first to take away the bulk of school milk. Labour closed more mines than Thatcher ever did. Read your history.

[@leehaslam5871]

God bless u too

[@ScoundrelDaysSon]

@@andyd2528 What disingenuous nonsense. 'The bulk' vs. all . . . A significant difference, one imagines. Unless your argument is that Labour didn't stop it for enough children. Talking free school milk from those that need it was an indicator in '71 of just what kind of premier she'd be. As to mine closures: Labour closed small mines, and mines that had run dry, whilst expanding production in others. That's why folks don't 'blame' them for the decimation of an industry and community. It isn't a Tory thing either: under Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Home, and Heath pits were closed but usually only smaller pits, with an eye to keeping the coal business both afloat and sustainable - that's why no-one blames them either. Thatcher's mine closures, by comparison, happened alongside mass unemployment (highest since pre-war), after an enormous recession, happened quickly, and happened to big, profitable pits with large communities. That's why she's remembered in the way that she is and no other Tory PM, or Labour PM before her is. Never mind that fuel independence was lost, with us importing coal from Poland - keeping polish miners working instead, that it was used as a wedge to destroy the union movement, that she had sent in police to attack miners, and all that was against a backdrop of mass privatisation of companies that the public had already paid for. That's without looking at her numerous other 'achievements' as PM under the influence of big business that were explicitly against the interests of UK taxpayers, or her personal friendship with, and support for, right wing fascist leaders, aswell. Odious woman. Odious family. Odious beliefs. Odious government. Odious policies.

[@andyd2528]

@@ScoundrelDaysSon Oooooooh !!! I hope that you and you lefty ideals are thoroughly offended and upset. Please send me a pint of your left wing , communist tears. Fuck it. Send me a gallon because I'm very thirsty. If Labour had stayed in power through the 80s this country would have become Zimbabwe. We were already called the sick man of Europe. Kinnock etc would have put us in a coma on life support. Labour can't run a bath , let alone a country. Good luck with your current bunch. Abbott , Rayner , Butler , Captain Hindsight/Hypocrite. Lammy , Lord Adonis. Jonathan dickhead, shadow health . Worst opposition ever.

[@borisjohnson535]

@@andyd2528 she closed them for ideology mate . She also loved a dictator and she funded death squads in Northern Ireland

[@michaelthorn3496]

Thatcher the milk snatcher! I was an 80's kid I remember Thatcher taking the milk away from school kids. As a 4 or 5 year old who looked forward to his free child size bottle of milk every morning I remember being scared because some kid in my class told me "if you don't drink the milk your balls will go up inside your stomach and stay there". Me being a gullible child I believed him and thought it was something really bad, cried all day, went home told me mum and got laughed at! It traumatized me so much that I went out every morning knicking milk off doorsteps until my knackers dropped permanently. That's my earliest memory of Maggie and my bollock episode is the first thing I think of when I see or hear her name! Did you know that your balls can grow by up to 500% during puberty?

[@michaelthorn3496]

Fuckwit TROLL-OP

[@blaggerfiftysix]

Mate...you are wrong. Not only do you mention bollocks a lot in your post, it would appear you also talk a lot of bollocks. Free school milk was stopped in September of 1971; I know this to be a fact because my nephew started school in that September and it was also the same year I left school as a 15 year old. I think also that maybe the '500%' bit passed you by...

[@oldoddjobs]

lol imagine thinking that the prime minister owes you free milk

[@stephenwalker850]

Due diligence but ay

[@spreadthelove77]

Freakjob

[@johnmeechan4976]

Excellent sentiments from one of the good guys

[@robsilvester3068]

Typical lefty snowflake

[@frankevans4323]

@@robsilvester3068 He's not just a lefty snowflake, he's a middle class, rich lefty snowflake.

[@bluewibbo]

Never seen this before. Well said Paul Heaton.

[@lindarobertson1341]

Well said. If only we had more people like Paul Heaton politically representing the ordinary working class of this country!

[@CA-ee1et]

Since when do millionaire pop stars represent the "ordinary working class"?

[@stephenbrown1867]

It really was happy hour when Maggie snuffed it.

[@DrunkChimp]

Paul Heaton is an absolute Legend.

[@miles-thesleeper-monroe8466]

Love it Paul. Subscribed

[@JungleAcid303]

That guys a genius on all fronts

[@elixirix]

the garden worm comment was lovely...he certainly doesn´t hold back

[@Bluenose-mx5ej]

She has a lot to answer for. The part that selling off affordable council housing played in the current housing crisis should not be ignored.

[@fredh1720]

"on a day like today I'm not gonna mention the alcoholic husband, the racist daughter or the prison-bound son" LMAO

[@alba9507]

Sheer class by Mr Heaton lol 🤣

[@richardbarker5412]

Class, so funny, intelligent guy, great music, keep it going 👍

[@jefflugg7815]

YES.That was funny as fuck..well done Mr Heaton..🤣🤣

[@stevenroberts8818]

First time seeing this. Always loved his music, now love the guy himself even more. Just radiates intelligence and authenticity.

[@markstarkey5940]

Well said lad!!!!

[@mavismcdavis]

Yes, Paul Heaton. Yes.

[@jongibirdi1394]

All the time in the world for Paul and people like him.hes consistently said the same thing and could quite easily lay back with the money he's made and have a nice easy life,but he keeps speaking.

[@jimmorrison2657]

Has he got any opinion on Becky Thatcher, from The adventures of Tom Sawyer?

[@clairemcmahon9392]

We celebrated in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 .

[@highgreen6452]

I wonder what diplomats son Heaton thinks about Tony Blair?

[@BB-nb6in]

Just seen you in Sheffield Mr Heaton , you and Billy Bragg were brilliant! Red Wedge along with Mr Weller & Co ah those 80's days

[@alexbolland1904]

Total respect paul a real decent man

[@fraserconnell21]

I love Paul💥. Never knew or known him but always loved his music constantly🙏 This was an erudite critique of Thatchers mismanagement of her own roots. She even denied the fact her own Father was working class ffs. Imagine. Ashamed of her Father. What a trout 😑. Now I weaponise opinion to protect working classes. And use social media to protect future generations,keep their hopes alive.💥 we're a social starburst,here to suck up the worst and hoping the best comes before the absolute worst....! 🙏

[@richmcnab8925]

What a legend Paul is.

[@duncanlindsay6930]

I always remember I was working on a building site on my home town of Coventry, and the main contractor was from Hartlepool, when the news of her death came on the radio. I recall saying to this northern bloke, ' Christ that was sudden, I didn't even know she was bad'. To which he piped up ' she's always been fuckin' bad'. Class!