Conservative party | Edward Heath Interview | 1974
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- The Leader of the Conservative Party Edward Heath discusses the issues facing the electorate when deciding who to vote for in the up and coming 1974 General Election.
First shown 21/02/1974
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Compare Edward heath's grasp of detail to Boris Johnson's, a complete contrast.
Heath was a vastly better than Johnson.
Compare Harold Wilson's grasp of detail to bungling Keir Starmer, a complete contrast.
But his judgement was consistently wrong
8:48 - Llew would have been aware that John Davis was paid £50,000 salary in 1973, which would have been subject to 75% income tax. He did not mention that in this discussion, under Heath the top rate for over £20,000 a year was 75% - later increased to an eye watering 83% by Harold Wilson in 1974.
Christ, how did they manage to eat?
very cogent, honest interview by Heath - regrettably not what people wanted to hear for him to win an election
神妙大輔Daisuke だいすけ very much so in comparison to the vacuous May. Watching these 1970s interviews and debates I cannot help but be impressed by the honesty and serious mindedness of the likes of Heath Wilson foot powell Jenkins and Benn. I don't know whether it was because they grew up in more austere times and had the shared hardship of world wars but many of today's sound bite politicians come across as frivilous and insincere in comparison.
He was a poor prime minister and replaced by a better man, Harold Wilson.
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He was an evil paedophile.
Like or loath his policies he comes across as a competent and capable statesman, Modern day leaders seem to lack any precision or grasp of detail. They waffle and flip flop and duck for cover with every transient opinion poll shift.
Heath should have delayed the election until 1975 and then he would probably have won.
Heath narrowly lost that election. Won the overall popular vote but feel electorally short in MP seats. This and next October 1974 loss led the way to Thatcher....
He could have possibly managed to form a coalition with the Liberal Party if he was prepared to go along with some of their policies, which he refused. I think the Liberals preferred to prop up Labour than Conservatives back then though if required, and indeed Labour and Liberals formed a pact in the mid 70s
He was straight talking
Hard-hitting tough interview that impressed the English voters.
Voters in that country voted and selected for better prime minister of that time.
"They have made a grave mistake choosing that woman."
Politics has been diminished in substance if you consider Boris Johnson in his last few days as primeminister.It probably says as much about the electorate that we have such disgracefully shallow people holding power , and not using it for the good of the nation. Where are the Heaths and the Thatchers? We could do with this calibre of politician now.
I take it you weren't alive during the times they were in power. Thatcher was terrible for the working man, Heath was no better. It's sad that not only do we have shallow politicians these days, but we have a working class who are equally shallow and self-interested.
The 1970s were great for me, I used to enjoy watching old locomotives in Oldham, and I enjoyed watching the TV programme like morecambe and wise show, Kenn dodd they were proper TV programmes
Yes and Coronation Street was better.
I wished we could live that time again and see lots of old things that we once saw. The 1970s were great .
We're basically living through it now!
@@callumclark4021 to true I feel like I’m in the 70s to be honest
@@callumclark4021not really, there’s no strikes by miners and militants, coal is in short supply, there is no war with the Arabs with oil prices, no war in the Middle East etc
Troll
@@b.p4958 No war in the Middle East? Your comment hasn't aged well.
We are going to take measures to deal with property speculators. WTF.
count everytime eddy says pawer
He sort of sounds like a deeper voiced Patrick Stewart.
Patrick would hate the comparison, as Patrick openly said he is a socialist and a member of the Labour Party.
His accent is nothing like Patrick Stewart's. Heath was from Kent and despite his attempts to put on a plummy voice that kept poking through. The Python boys did a whole skit about what a weird voice Heath had.
To be fair he is straight talking
Is the interviewer meant to look a bit like Michael Howard and John Majors love child?
Thomas the Travelling Stargazer Looooool
OMG He really does, doesn't he ! Im now have the hideous image in my mind of those two engaging in sexual congress ! Aaaaaargh! Must think of something else .....
Interviewer is Llew Gardner, a much respected ITV interviewer.
"Thom", what are you on about idiot , and the correct word is bastard not "love child"!.
@@sal.salvador202 "GABRIE'L", what are you on about idiot, and the correct name is "Gabriel"!
"We did everything humanly possible to settle with the miners."
Who governs ? And the people said " not you mate" ! February 1974.
How did Heath ever become Tory party leader in the first place?
He was part of a special club!!!! Involving children!!!! Dolphin square!!!
@Chaz Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for selecting the leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Easy, John King. He was correctly perceived as a truly outstanding man
Easy to blackmail...
@@nicoladouglas3270 that was proved to be bollocks
John Dais 50000 pounds a year 1974 ,Denise Coates 421 million pounds in 2021 how times have changed
He comes accross well
evil man
He was a pedophile his victim was a man who spoke out before he died I mean the victim like Savile people were taking in by his charm and smile apparently he sexually groomed him When he was young if you don’t believe me look it up man was a Nonce
There is a disruptive element, the irony, yes Mr Heath that element you and your MPs.
Strikes brought down the Heath government, the Callaghan government and twice they attempted it with Thatcher in 1981 and '84-'85. And its debatable they threatened the Wilson governments.
In the end, strikes broke the unions, or clipped their wings a bit.
Politicians are responsible for the state our country is in, no one else.
I WAS IN ENGLAND IN 1974, 2 MONTHS, BUT I FID NOT KNOW WHO WS PRIME MINISTER. I THINK I WAS NOT INTERESTED. I WAS INTERESTED ONLY IN FRANCE, AND ACCESSORILY ITALY.
why are you shouting and why would ANYONE be interested in France? yawn
The best female prime minister the Labour party ever had.
HEATH IS A GREAT SPEAKER! NUMBER 1 IN THE UK.
Hello, Sailor😁😉
3:30 “[...]2,000 million pounds a year.”
....that’s not a number.
This was common parlance before the american definition of a billion took over in Britain
...so, you’re saying that you all didn’t have definition for a number past million except saying, “ ____ thousand ____ million?”
@@Anime9100 Thousand million was a "milliard" but nobody used it, then 10^6 was a billion (a million million).
@@Anime9100 Of course there were, but not for what we now call a billion - that was a thousand million. Not so very different from saying a hundred million, really. If you said "one billion" in the 1970s that would have meant a million million.
Hell isn’t hot enough for this creature
How so?
apparently there were covered up sex abuse claims against Heath @@earlgrey3660
Traitor. It took us 46 years to get out of his mess.
Exactly, other countries will follow
Thanks to the bloody remoaners who have listened to Heath he already been paid by Soros to dragged us into this mess
@@Android3008 Italy is the second country wants to leave I'm not surprised
Nah mate we are fucked we're too small .....we have no manufacturing we should not left the EU we are a fucking joke not the British Empire you're delusional
It was the common market then which was beneficial for trade but after Maastricht Nice and Lisbon it became too autocratic.
Heath was such a bore
Bore? czcams.com/video/WcZ2bZO3oVk/video.html
@Nicholas Ennos Nicholas you met him? When?
@Nicholas Ennos Oh dear, what age were you when Heath came there?
@Nicholas Ennos I have read those rumours and it doesn't look good.
@Nicholas Ennos He comes across as a robot. I never warmed to him at all. He seemed cold as ice with ice water in his veins.