Margaret Thatcher interview | Conservative Party | TV Eye | 1979

[@ROCKINGMAN]

This lady is a born politician, very focused on the issues and has answers. Never avoiding issues and almost incomparable in her demeanour. A formidable figure in british politics.

[@1986Dams]

Exactly the haters can say what they want but at the end of the day the reason Thatcher was so disliked + controversial is cos she was a massive bellend.

[@richardmills1505]

Hear, hear!

[@henkholdingastate]

This woman was truly a product of the very well-off group. She came from very wealthy circles and could really only understand the thinking of this group. She didn't find it difficult to judge the people who had almost nothing to eat. It was about time when the partying for the rich started...... oh boy were the rich (also with reagan) and wall street super happy. What a drama this woman was for the ordinary workers. She turned England into a kind of America 2....every man for himself and God for us all. With the unspoken phrase: FUCK YOU (common people) Right thinking is characterized by : give all the money to the small group and everything will be fine (trickle down doesn't work, that has been proven so many times) Buth for England the piont of correction is passed. The Brexit is a dramaand it is now very very mutch difficult to correct. I see only a downval. Richtwing: it is all the faulth of the left, problem solved. Wat a drama.

[@Dbdbe1]

But she actually struggled as leader of the opposition. Even after the Winter of Discontent, Callaghan was significantly more popular than she was. It was only as PM that she really grew in stature

[@skyrocketautomotive]

Absolutely disassembled this interviewer. She had all the numbers, all the facts, and straight answers to every question. Awesome interview! Thanks for sharing!

[@stevebbuk]

She was certainly impressive.

[@niibarnorsaba]

SkyRocket Automotive something severely missing from politicians nowadays.

[@shivapejman8155]

Just like Biden. Lol

[@Warriorcats64]

There's your problem. Interviews aren't and shouldn't be about "disassembling". It should be about thoughtfully answering equally well thought questions.

[@wokeeye6441]

What are you smoking. She is a rigid ideologue

[@ianhowlett4682]

You watch this and you realise how bad the standards of political interviews, journalists, and politicians has become over the last 40 years. This sort of discussion simply would not be possible in Britain today.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

I disagree with her most of the time but she was far more effective and electable than the entire house of commons in 2022

[@billydeeuk]

I think it is a culture change on both sides, but both due to the same phenomena: the rise of rolling news channels and social media. Whereas this interview would have been event television at the time, the rise of rolling news channels and social media means that interviews like this would now be cut into segments and dispersed across rolling news and social media within minutes of it airing. For politicians, this meant the rise in the use of soundbytes and “messaging” - if you run the risk of having a deep answer to a question snipped and taken out of context on the Rolling news or social media. This lead to a shallower way of answering questions as you wanted to maximise the chance that the soundbyte used contained your key message and couldn’t be taken out of context. Journalists have responded by becoming more combative with politicians - trying to get them to actually answer a question or break party lines - both to make the audience aware the MP is giving stock answers but also to hopefully get that viral killer question on the news & social media. This has created something of a vicious circle. The more “soundbyte-y” the MP, the more aggressive journalists have become to actually get an answer out of them. The more aggressive the media has become, the more MPs are trained to avoid getting tripped up by aggressive reporters and instead ensure that their key messages are cutting through

[@ianhowlett4682]

@@billydeeuk I agree, I think you’re correct with that.

[@Celisar1]

Not quite:. I would say the standard has remained the same, she was just as exceptional then as she is today.

[@app1esuk]

100%, they are just not knowledgeable. Imagine Boris in this position. She knows the facts, figures and policies. Frightening how some of the people today are MP's

[@Clin45]

What an amazing woman!! Never had anyone like her since.

[@dalehufton8194]

Thank F***!!!

[@alexandradane3672]

Clin45 , I agree and that is why all hope is lost .

[@kahuna3901]

The gap between her and today's politicians is huge. I voted labour this year, but as a university educated individual I of course agree with so much of what she says. Her grasp of economics is something that would make Abbott and Corbyn blush. However there is a moral compass that our elected officials need, and she often did not have it. What I would say is our politics has devalued from this point. Look at how she can make her argument without interruption. She can discuss and build ideas without needing to make a quick political catch phrase. It's fantastic. Moreover, she was a cut above the rest then, and today she would be miles ahead if she were running. Divisive figure who ultimately saved our country.

[@shivapejman8155]

kahuna3901 how could you vote labor if you like her ideas?

[@kahuna3901]

@@shivapejman8155 because I'm intelligent enough to understand the contributions that individual politicians have made to our society whilst looking at the problems we have today and how we fix them

[@connorwatson7823]

kahuna3901 Agreed. I did also vote labour. I see positive & negative attributes/policies from labour and the conservatives both today and in the past.

[@zeddeka]

I'm curious why you say that "as a university educated individual I of course agree with her". I'm university educated and I disagree with quite a lot of the things she did. You need only look at what happened during her time. She wanted to make people self reliant and yet made unprecedented numbers of people dependent on the state because of unemployment. She wanted to cut government expenditure and yet under her it went higher than any previous labour, or conservative, government. She talked about sound money and yet she unleashed a credit boom and bust, and people in Britain got into unprescedented amounts of personal debt in her time. As someone once pointed out, she talked about the morality of her religious father, and yet her son was a convicted criminal who is barred from entering several countries. Perhaps the best description of her came from Enoch Powell, when asked about the forces she unleashed in British society, he said "Shame she never understood them".

[@kahuna3901]

@@zeddeka because university taught me to be reasoned and logical. To accept multiple views in my analysis, not just the passions and prejudices that would otherwise take hold of my discourse. I find so much of labours ideas are not based in the reality of economics. They are fudges of the highest regard. I find too often the disagreement with her is in the worst of what she did without any regard for the good she did. We were the sick man of Europe, declining in an age of free markets and greater globalisation. She turned our country around and embraced an economic policy that has created wealth rather than continual redistribution. With our education, we have to look at all sides of the debate, as such I can't ignore the enrichment of our lives that happened because of the economic policies she pursued. I am from a working class family, my parents managed to buy their house, raise a family, give us everything we wanted because of her policies. Those policies were so successful that they characterise British politics through new labour and through modern conservativism. The other point I would make here, is that there is a horrific decline in universities today for just accepting leftist ideas verbatim. I find a lot of academics live far away from the realities of economics and the reasonable scope of the state. It's unrealistic to expect some of the ideas they purport. To give an example, I know of an academic at the university I attended who was calling for the complete abolition of the police. Not a nuanced version of saying yes we need the police but we are going to spend more money on community outreach, not they were talking about anarchical reform. These extreme ideas make sense when you have absolutely no idea of the real world. We should be challenging this stuff as university educated people.

[@harlowasmr5943]

I know she's hated by many but she speaks intelligently and with conviction.

[@afgor1088]

so did hitler, what's your point?

[@harlowasmr5943]

@@afgor1088 not making a point, merely an observation.

[@Celisar1]

She is only hated by those who never thought about or wanted the necessary changes.

[@Celisar1]

@@afgor1088 you clearly never followed any speech Hitler ever gave, troll.

[@018Greg]

and she speaks with FACTS something the left have always found terribly inconvenient.

[@brianmichaels3603]

She made fools of many many men... The Iron Lady was a force only comes around every once and a great while in civilization.. Conviction, principal and she never wavered .. Not many of any at all politicians can claim that past present or future . Agree or disagree with her she earned respect. PERIOD

[@lukek1949]

Brian, I have seen old footage of her. The more I think of it, the more I think she was amazing! She stood up hard against communism and she had no problem sternly letting people know that socialism does not work. She inherited a fiscal mess in 1979 and she turned it around! She made a lot of enemies, but she had principles and convictions. That's something you do not see in most politicians!

[@zeddeka]

You clearly didn't live in the UK when she was PM. If you did, you'd have a rather different view of her.

[@richardgoss4777]

Brilliant interview. He challenged her and allowed her the room to retort, which she did extremely eloquently.

[@Celisar1]

Thatcher never needed anyone’s allowance 😊

[@richardgoss4777]

@@Celisar1 She was formidable.

[@frannieo1707]

Thatcher was a conviction politician who came to power with a complete, fully worked-out, fully costed political strategy based on monetarist philosophy . No UK Prime Minster has ever had such a clear plan for the country. She was a one-off. A great leader and a great woman.

[@zeddeka]

But as Enoch Powell famously said about her implementation of monetarism "Shame she didn't understand it". That's a charge that sticks against much of Mrs Thatcher's government. She didn't understand a lot of the effects that her policies brought with them - many of which were contradictory and the opposite of what she wanted. One very small example of that is how she wrote to apologise to her personal friend who ran TV AM after they lost the franchise. She said she hadn't understood the franchise system she had introduced (in the name of free market competition) would have damaged a personal friend so badly. Unfortunately, she was often deeply simplistic in her analysis.

[@MrFreethinker80]

She had a brilliant mind and she saved the UK, the world need more politicians like her to defend freedom and individual rights, to create the wealth of the nations.

[@BuckyTheN00b2]

By create wealth you mean widen the gap between rich and poor.

[@AnimatedBlast]

The Real Bucky not true. She encouraged education and jobs, labour wants everyone to become poor and uneducated so that they vote for a Labour.

[@boomerz2478]

@@BuckyTheN00b2 yes but the poor of today are much better off than they were in the 1970s.

[@ciaranmcgill9332]

@@AnimatedBlast You're an idiot

[@peteroneill2991]

@@boomerz2478 Pre 1980 full employment was the policy aim of all UK governments house building and reconstruction was in full swing and owning your own home was possible for many. University was free and grants where available for students from lower income families. If you were not academically inclined you could easily get an apprenticeship, even unskilled work was easily available. There where proper government retraining schemes for older adults which were scrapped by Thatcher. Pensions were linked to average wages not inflation. This link was broken by Thatcher in 1980 and as a result by the mid 2000’s it’s value had fallen to 15% of average wages, in 1979 it was 26%.

[@stevena2553]

British Government & Politics is my main academic background. I've been teaching it at A level and pre-university foundation level for over 20 years. I will not launch into a divisive ideologically motivated rant in this comments section. However, as people in my field agree unanimously, the quality of discourse, serious informative journalism, political debate and integrity among political elites on all sides has despairingly gone down the toilet. This reduces, undermines and diminishes what ought to be serious discussions about public policies which have a profound effect on our lives to the level of a crass reality TV spectacle. It has enabled the current crop of corrupt political elites to hide behind a smokescreen saturated with spurious disinformation to evade accountability and scrutiny. It opens the door for shameless, unprincipled opportunism and dangerous demagogues. Archived political interviews featuring Heath, Wilson, Thatcher, Callaghan, Foot, Powell, Benn etc. with flagship BBC & ITV political reporters asking the right questions offers far superior educational value than the spin-infested, propagandist Foxified rubbish of the last decade or so where things have gone from bad to worse. :(

[@marksmith7425]

What an absolutely awesome lady she was and its just a pity we have no one even remotely near her and her policies.

[@kevinlongman007]

She privatised everything and now everything is more expensive...public transport, fuel, water, phone bills, aviation.

[@ranjanbhattacharya-succeed7617]

Absolutely fantastic. Great vision and sense of purpose.

[@bethwallace1482]

Amazing cool, eloquence and conviction.

[@Ronbo710]

*Bravo*

[@zenileon]

She made mincemeat of him!!

[@KekeElBecko]

Laser-focused. You can tell that she's read and digested everything, and thought intensely about all the issues.

[@peretzo]

...and the rest, as they say, was HISTORY. Thanks for posting this👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@wokeeye6441]

The wealthiest made bank and the poor became second class citizens in spending power and quality of life. But that is just justified social darwinism in your warped little mind I bet

[@tubularbill]

She saved the UK!

[@zeddeka]

She fixed some problems, created others, and did very little to tackle others. The problems that have bedevilled Britain since the 1800s - chronic underinvestment and very poor levels of education and training, were not addressed at all in her time. They still bedevil us now.

[@AnimatedBlast]

T H hello, she actually addressed those issues you talk about. You will see with interviews. You may disagree with her stance but she certainly took action. You aren’t addressing that the demand increases every year, she took a lot of action e.g. increased budgets time after time, dealt with the recession in a way which worked.

[@wokeeye6441]

Shesaved the UK, rode the candy farting unicorn over the rainbow, and everyone (except the poor) lived happily ever after. The end©

[@alexandradane3672]

MORE small business and new small businesses . And STILL the lesson has not been learned. Lady Thatcher was superb and supreme in her understanding of what this Country needed , wanted to do and achieve.

[@honeyb4516]

Charismatic person.

[@LOBBYTHEROBBER]

Hahahahaha

[@ДаниилОльчев-х8у]

Margaret Thatcher is one of a prominent British politicians. Besides, her speech is perfect. Every word is comprehensible without shouting, other politicians can learn how to express their thought in this marvellous way.

[@zaraakhtar4053]

Aww she's so cute

[@humanforfreedom9583]

That’s what those on the Belgrano thought. Boy were they wrong

[@ianhowlett4682]

Interesting that the interviewer didn’t bother wasting time with any kind of introduction or messing around. Modern TV and KZbinrs, take note!

[@JakobSeidl]

Amen

[@ohcrikey-bd6dr]

It's been edited ya plank

[@ianhowlett4682]

@@ohcrikey-bd6dr No it hasn't. It's about 26 minutes long, which would equate to a 30 minute slot on ITV with adverts. Why would anyone just randomly edit out a small chunk of intro and keep everything else?

[@dannygriffiths7952]

I always watch these videos late at night

[@n3493]

What

[@BossySwan]

Absolute hero

[@jeffhgv]

One of the few leaders who had a brain.

[@ABC_DEF]

I like watching these interviews from the 70s and early 80s and one thing that I notice is that the argument is always dominated by discussion of the trade unions. The interviewers always say, "You can't do this or that because the unions won't accept it." The interviewers have a sort of blindness: they cannot see how the country could be other than it was. They accepted the militancy of the trade unions as a fact of life. Mrs Thatcher was the only person to understand that the government didn't have to be held to ransom by the far left (usually Communist) trade union leaders. She stood up to them and beat them. Since the 80s, the unions have no longer had the power to dictate to the elected government of the day. The success of Mrs Thatcher's trade union reforms is reflected in the fact that the Labour government, when it came to power, didn't reverse any of them.

[@marksmith7425]

So true ABC any i admired her so much especially for sorting the vile commie sgargill out.Most people now realise how bad the unions were and how they destroyed this country.

[@Stephanieforbeshamilton]

If only politicians had balls like she did

She was right about more boarded up houses than homeless, of course there are. Councils would rather let them go to rot than do them up and rent them out for an income.

[@FactualCounterpoints]

9:56 was by far his best point. And it turned out to be the biggest issue looking back. They needed to build far more housing... but New Labour flooded the country with immigrants which is what created the housing crisis

[@kevinlongman007]

No the Tories selling of all the council housing stock led to the housing crisis (with the councils not seeing any of that money). They also built less houses during their 18 years in power under Thatcher and Major.

[@jaredt8526]

@@kevinlongman007 The Thatcher government built more council housing every year than Blair's.

[@britboyrugby]

She was the Boudicca of the twentieth century.

[@danielheap3642]

People should be outraged how the money is being spent and given to other countries while our own house isn’t in order

[@Lester-hi4ez]

We will miss you Maggie rest in peace ✌️

[@Lester-hi4ez]

The iron lady is with the angels now

[@schmuelsonsradang4301]

We din't have this type of politicians today in the UK at least not from the Labour or Conservative but perhaps leaders like Nigel Farage could reposition the UK for the challenging years ahead. She was right in saying that jot all members of the trade unions supports the strikes and protests. The problem lies with their leaders. Looking back 4 decades the UK is in a much better and stronger position today than most of European nations, which would have been possible if her policies were not right. I have never seen many leaders with such strong convictions to what they believe and do. Mrs. Thatcher is one of those rare leaders. She's not just a politician, she's a true leader, a type of leader the UK will miss for the next 10-15 years.

[@afgor1088]

we can look back at the votes... actually almost every single trade union member voted for strikes. you're just denying basic facts

As someone else said,the gap between today’s politicians and she is ASTRONOMICAL. Even greater if we compare her with politicians in South America nowadays…

[@cheyenneasiafoxe292]

You go Maggie! 💘love ya!

[@Manx123]

Without judging her platform, the reasoning that, like a company when taking over another can't determine exactly what changes can be made, she can't be explicit about what changes would be made on the budget, is specious. The most relevant and useful information in making such judgments is public, and if they don't announce their policies clearly before a certain point, it's because they don't focus on specific policies as much as gaining power, or, more likely, it's because they know such policies would decrease their popularity and decrease the likelihood they would the next election.

[@MrDannyDetail]

24th April 1979. The events at Southall the night before the show, as mentioned during it, are described by Wikipedia thusly: "On 23 April 1979, Blair Peach, a teacher and anti-racist activist, was killed after police knocked him unconscious during a protest against the National Front (NF). Another demonstrator, Clarence Baker - a singer of the reggae band Misty in Roots, remained in a coma for five months. More than 40 others - including 21 police - were injured, and 300 were arrested"

[@harmlessdrudge]

MrDannydoodah Thank you for providing the context.

[@MrDanielfff777]

thanks

[@wilsonfisk6626]

"They have made a grave mistake choosing that woman." - Edward Heath

[@Celisar1]

He was a tad salty, obviously 😂

[@ranky4881]

Fuckin love this Lady ❤

[@humanforfreedom9583]

The greatest we ever had

[@wokeeye6441]

She saved the UK rode the candy farting unicorn over the rainbow and everyone (except the poor) lived happily ever after. The End©

[@DocRealTalk]

"We" = 15-20% of the nation lol

[@Derrako]

'self reliance' three million people were on very long dole queues, relying on the state. Self reliance?

[@Lester-hi4ez]

A lovely lady r I p Maggie 🎉

[@oiooi6460]

She saved the country. She was amazing

[@wokeeye6441]

Saved the country for the rich only

[@oiooi6460]

@@wokeeye6441 For people with aspiration and who are t afraid of hard work

[@wokeeye6441]

@@oiooi6460 This is the same tired divisive lines conservatives have used for years. Discriminate the poor "as not hard working enough" it may have worked 40 years ago but decades of failed policies and rising inequality have made them as relevant as "the white mans burden"

[@wokeeye6441]

@@oiooi6460 try using an actual argument and not a cliche

[@oiooi6460]

@@wokeeye6441 Why? Because u sed so? I'm too busy being successful thanks.

[@ShahidKhan-ke8fe]

Mrs T was talking about higher taxes when basic rate of tax was 33% and the top rate was 83%. Liz Truss talks the same way at a time when the top rate is 45% and the basic rate 20%. Truss also talks about deregulating and privatising at a time when virtually nothing is state-owned and most industries are de-regulated.

[@kuribojim3916]

The idea of enabling people to buy their council flats/houses is a really good one (I think in many cases the discount was ~70%). I'd be curious to know how many people took up this offer and what impact it had.

[@Nick-yb9xz]

Look at the Susanna Reid interview with Rishi Sunak Conservative conference this year. Screaming at him with tit bits from social (parasite) media.. MT was unbelievably wise and really cared about the decisions she made.

[@ghostdog4330]

So by her logic, now that the UK is largely a cashless society, why are we still paying 20% VAT? Indeed, VAT is on everything, even necessities.

[@johnking5174]

Thatcher's policies are not being used now in 2020 by the current Conservative government

[@Miguel_El_Chileno]

basic goods should not be taxed, but luxury goods should be taxed.

[@TelexToTexel]

Say what you will about Maggie, but she was very pretty, and had a deep sexy voice.

[@margaretthatcher3832]

Well, thank you. xoxoxoxo

[@TelexToTexel]

@@margaretthatcher3832 I find it difficult to not like a woman with a mission

[@margaretthatcher3832]

@@TelexToTexel Stop it your making me blush...

[@ohcrikey-bd6dr]

She was a dominatrix

[@johnking5174]

Thatcher in 1979 wanted to reduce the higher rate of income tax which was 83% to 60% and bring the basic rate down from 33% to 30%. I had no problems with that. It is the rest of Thatcher's policies from the 1980s I had problems with.

[@Loundsify]

When did NI come into affect? Because when you add NI we basically get tax 33% after 12.5k take home. I find it mental that instead of fixing the economy and wages the government coalition just increased the tax free amount. Now they go look, the majority of the Rich pay the tax, it's all a con so they can eventually say the NHS is no longer financially feasible.

[@hickster222]

Every time Thatcher reduced the top level of tax, the tax receipts increased. Mental how the rates of tax were so high in the 70s. Back then the rich paid hardly any tax compared to what they do now with much lower top rates. So she was right.

[@MrDanielfff777]

@@hickster222 Interesting!

[@TheKonga88]

She was called the iron lady for a reason.. The pathetic snowflakes we have in so called authority now is an embarrassment 🤡🤡🤡🥱🙄

[@kevinparker48]

Interesting, Canada can learn a lot from this 50 year old video... Watch and learn.

[@AtheistEve]

She sold everything off that we all slaved to build. And we’re _still_ living under tory austerity politics.

[@blastfromthepast7005]

The announcer at 25:47 was Michael McLean

[@cjneil50]

I'm from the USA. Wake up England

[@comodohomes]

ok im up

[@elsieoliver1671]

@@comodohomes ...lol what now?!

[@wokeeye6441]

I am also from the USA and I say thank god the witch is dead. Charles Neal is not a true American. He is a crony

[@danahsutton101]

The interviewer is rude with his "buts" he won't listen logic.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

She's only been in hell ten years and has already shut down five furnaces and privatised the ninth circle. Not to mention how many demons have been sacked and rehired at half pay.

[@matthewburns9409]

What date was this interview?

[@ChrisPatrick-q6k]

Shame she didn't invest in industry, and use the money raised by the sale of council housing to build more social housing.

[@AutoAlligator]

Impressive.

[@Exotic3000]

This guy doing the interviewing was a real creep!

[@bobbyuk5866]

We need someone like her now! Kemi Badenoch or Suella Braverman for me! 9/7/22

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

Cruella the human rights abusing, prison ship building, illegal tent erecting, truth avoiding sycophant. I'm just surprised she hasn't started goose stepping yet. To any genuine witches reading, sorry for the insult to your character. Might even be more evil then Maggie herself.

[@Lester-hi4ez]

We all love the poll tax ❤

[@droitwichblue]

My first vote. Don't blame me I've voted Green not for witch.

[@n3493]

What

[@MrDanielfff777]

So pretty

[@ghobob8671]

Sexy strong leader ,magnificent leader.

[@newjerseyyouth4853]

Rust in peace

[@DocRealTalk]

Those damn unions with their "extreme policies" like a minimum wage, safe work conditions, equality at the work place, paid vacation etc DAMN THOSE UNIONS!!!

[@CanadianMonarchist]

I don’t think Thatcher had a problem with any of those things. The trouble is that trade unions became more concerned with flexing their muscles than helping the workers they were supposed to represent.

[@essvee86]

The woman who destroyed Thames TV (And British TV as we once knew it.)

[@derekvincent9855]

Bull shit

[@MrDanielfff777]

how

[@essvee86]

@@derekvincent9855 Fuck you. Go watch Love Island, since you're okay with shitty, modern, faceless ITV shows.

[@TSquared2001]

Sounds like Baltimore wrt housing

[@kitarvin770]

Britain's underlying problem - the Monarch. Scrap of the monarchy system then reform the tax structure.

[@clayprent8753]

The monarchy is necessary. The monarch is an impartial head of state, apolitical, and a protector of the British constitution - the prime minister should not be the head of state. Monetarily, they bring in more with tourism and philanthropy than they cost to maintain. The system works as it is, no need to change what works perfectly well.

[@Loundsify]

She talks about that no one would have ambition because too much of their earnings are being taxed. Yet Cuba has one of the highest qualified Doctors per capita than most countries and even exports their training and skills to other countries for trade.

[@shivapejman8155]

Loundsify and what else???

[@yamsuf27]

Sure, that is why Castro had a doctor from Madrid to fly to Havana to perform his surgery.

[@kevinlongman007]

Cuba is a shit tip.

[@MrDanielfff777]

they are all trying to elave

[@StenoTimmy]

Yes, people are clamoring for that Cuban medical care.

[@소스턱]

25:39

[@zedzed3533]

Glad the witch is gone!!

[@소스턱]

0:09

[@BenntheNinja]

I hate those chirpy, musical introductions for these kinds of shows. They add nothing to the show and I cannot stand them

[@Mimi-cc3vk]

ayyyy its the milk snatcher

[@MrDanielfff777]

Socialist dont like people doing things themselves

[@Mimi-cc3vk]

@@MrDanielfff777 what? that sentence has no context what so ever, Care to elaborate?

[@MrDanielfff777]

@@Mimi-cc3vk You don't like people buying things for themselves. I think parents are well capable of buying milk for their kids. Thatcher had a budget, she had to make cuts and instead of cutting education she cut the milk instead and slightly raised the FSM allowance

[@Mimi-cc3vk]

@@MrDanielfff777 1. Thanks for elaborating much appreciated! :D 2. I have no problem with people buying things for themselves! 3. Many families cannot aford basic things for themselves due to poverty. 4. Thatchercut budgets on things that weren't necessary because she was very ambitious and was very glory-oriented she was a strong and decent leader but I don't agree with every thing she did especially article 28, and the housing crisis.

[@MrDanielfff777]

@@Mimi-cc3vk Trust me, poor people can afford milk! Milk is and was very cheap. Margaret had to cut the budget, this was when she was education secretary so it was not actually her fault. There was also high inflation during the 70s so public expenditure had to he reduced. It was one of the conditions of the IMF later that decade Margaret thatcher voting in 1967 to decriminalise homosexuality What do you mean by housing crisis?

[@finenebula]

19:57 ... OH SHE DEALT WITH THEM !

[@stuartgallagher186]

The sheer arrogance of that disgusting woman . She is the master at talking down to people . What a joke her saying she cared about the poor !! Beyond belief .

[@johnking5174]

A woman who won three general elections, including a huge landslide in 1983, and a close 2nd landslide in 1987. So, ordinary people out there did like her and voted her party in three times under her leadership. What does that say?

[@jared3970]

Yet many of those who influence policy are ‘technocrats’ or specialists in their fields. The outcomes of a majority of government policies are generally studied first before they are implemented. The issue is that even the most skilled tend to reach different conclusions.

[@wokeeye6441]

@@johnking5174 it says that the rich used those tax cuts to influence public opinion and foment division and anti communist panic.

[@randomuploadsism]

I respect Lady T, but I immensely dislike the way she refers to other countries as "competitors".

[@liamb8644]

They are our competitors though?

[@MrDanielfff777]

@@liamb8644 Hmmm yeah but they are also collaborators

[@daviddack1595]

Revoke Article 50...

[@WillyEckaslike]

ding dong

[@hussain6469]

The witch is dead

[@mavisbeeswax8136]

Thames made the Original Spitting image. Thatcher hated it. The BBC bought Thames. Cameroon was the the person that cut the deal. The BBC then cancelled that program. 😅

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