Margaret Thatcher interview | Conservative Party | British Prime Minister | 1987
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- In her first major campaign interview Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher talks to Jonathan Dimbleby.
How good is the record of the last 8 years? Have the Conservatives run out of steam or do they have new ideas for a third term of government?
First shown: 04/06/1987
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Love her or loathe her you have to give her credit for never ducking a question or lacking clarity, unlike so many politicians today.
SJ Whittingham She tried to do that by bullying
@@briandelaney9710 lol
SJ Whittingham they called her Iron Lady for a reason. Sadly she was completely drinking the kool aid on far right voodoo economics just like Reagan. The disastrous consequences of their economic policies are still being felt to this day.
@@cnacma Left wingers destroyed everything. And they've got nothing left except propagandist rhetoric that right wing policy is bad.
Dardenelle Green those 2 people were amazing leader
Who's here 32 years later?
Dickie 33 years later
I am writing an essay about her. She was so eloquent, intelligent, and so in control of this interview.
Who was here in 1987? 👺
I do. She was only person who’s English I understood in my childhood. I liked her looks too. I will never forget her. It was nice to see her again.
My right ear loved this video.
That's because she's right wing.
Rachel Slur yes she is right - right wing as in the right, correct way
Funny, for me I heard her speak from my Left ear
I thought it was something wrong with my AirPods. The sound did played only in my right ear... :)
Holy crap you're right. Would be hilarious if the uploader did that on purpose as a reference to her being right wing 😃
Anyone here to see what she was like after the Crown?
Yep I wanted to hear her voice. I had heard where the lady playing her in the Crown did her voice really good. I think the actresses voice is very stiff compared to Thatchers real voice
My memory of Margaret Thatcher was that she was a nicer person than what Gillian Anderson portrayed. These interviews show that Thatcher had a very pleasant disposition. The Crown portrayed her as older and colder looking than she was (which is strange, given that Gillian Anderson is not that old looking without makeup). Perhaps Anderson’s personal liberal political view affected how she wanted Thatcher portrayed, who i remember as being generally a popular figure and well-liked. Perhaps the major media didn’t have as one of its primary goals to influence political views back in the 80s.
There was a fair bit of overacting by Gillian Anderson. Thatcher IRL was a lot stiffer.
Yes indeed
Anderson sounds like she's doing Brando doing Thatcher. Thatcher does not sound like she has a mouthful of cotton.
I wish politicians were still like this. There was not a single lie or personal attack in this interview.
You are kidding right 😂
Margaret Thatcher was a brilliant speaker. I do admire her work ethics and discipline.
“Peace with freedom and justice!” Margaret Tatcher 👍👍👍💯💯💯❤❤❤
People knocked her then because there was not a lot to compare her too, but look at today's lot, she doesn't look so bad anymore eh? Time has vindicated her
LOL she was anti-worker, anti-labor, anti-social progress; she was overall an imperialist leader who didn't have concern for the working class. Pretty gross.
Arguably many of her economic policies - such as financial deregulation, decimation of social housing stock, nationalisation of state industries, offshoring of manufacturing & shift to a service economy - all sowed the seeds for the wage stagnation, low productivity rates and precarious work contracts that UK has witnessed since the 2008 financial crash.
Time has vindicated her on some issues and confirmed her critics on others
How strange you should come to this conclusion....my family were about as working class as they come (mum cleaner, dad factory worker) during the 60s & 70s they owned nothing of any value. Under Thatcher's govt they bought their council house, made a nice few bob from British Gas shares & my brother got the confidence to set up his own business as a self employed builder when under labour he was seen as nothing more than factory fodder. My mum actually cried when she left office and said "the Tories have just kicked out the best leader they ever had". Not all working class people were happy with what socialism had to offer
Notice how she’s answering the questions rather than complaining about them having been asked. She’s not my cup of tea but this is a different age of politics, when politicians respected need for an adversarial press.
I am a German social democrat 21 years old and I think she is the greatest speaker in history
How accurate she can articulate herself and how strong and eminent her reason functions
She is the reason why I learned Englisch after Highschool eventough I didn’t like the Language
She is such an inspiration and everytime I feel depressed and hopeless I watch her interviews and feel much much better afterwards
And I really love the British accent now and somehow even adopted it
Last year I was asked by Americans if I was raised in Britain and I had to laugh so hard
And told them nope it’s all because of Maggie Thatcher😂
Be careful to whom you mention that - Thatcher was (and continues to be) vilified in the UK and US by most liberal/middle-class folks, and may judge you harshly by that.
@@HaggardPillockHD I don’t care what people think.
It’s important to have some backbone, let the people have their opinions
Even though I don't like the language? You obviously aren't very good at spelling it so maybe you should have avoided learning it all together... she is the reason why I learned "Englisch"? LMAO... "eventough" I don't like the language?
@@ogrebattle22763 ohhh know I did some mistakes, what a tragedy. Read the comment once more lad, I wrote "didn t" not "dont".
Maybe you should not express your opinion without being able to read properly.
@@myname1700 It's NOT "did " some mistakes It's "made" some mistakes...
Now SHE'S what a Prime Minister should be! A true Iron Lady.
I really appreciate how she kept on blinking when Jonathan Dimbleby started the interview, as if she were processing every word being heard in a computational fashion. As I'm Asian, and definitely not British, I find her eloquence more of a historic importance than what she did for the UK, for she must be one of the best English speakers of all time that have ever been recorded. Grammatically elegant, she almost never stuttered.
She had a voice coach and her voice is irritating. The queen had a lovely strong voice and English but didn't sound patronising. Listen to the queen when she was young, she had a lovely voice
I am from India and I respect Margaret Thatcher.
I used to be a proper socialist but people need good leaders and conservative values, especially in the UK now. They've lost their pride because of this "nanny state"
ELEN PARVIN my family are of Indian origin and we have been blessed to be British since 1803. Most people who are Indian nationals hate her and the conservatives, it’s really refreshing to hear some who respect her. Thank you.
Well I don't.
@@AnimatedBlastpeople who are of Indian origin / hereditary tend to like Thatcher. My family look back at her as one of our greatest prime minsters.
I dunno where indians disliking thatcher came from.
Having seen the Crown season 4, real Margaret seems sharper and more alive than the actress version. They made her look geriatric and slow.
How things have changed so much since 1987. Maggie talking about “married women” workers, “old folk” and how a 76 year old is an “older pensioner”!
She destroyed him. Highly intelligent woman.
he wasn't trying to destroy her he was polite and civil.
bro this isn't a debate, stop listening to ben shapiro. its an interview, not everything needs to be about 'destroying people in debates'
lew have you see the way interviews are conducted? One side is always destroyed, she just did it sophisticatedly.
@@lew5468 to conservatives everything is a debate lol
She didn’t destroy him, he supposed to be adversarial in his questioning of her. This is not a battle this is a job interview.
Conservatives where different then in the UK , no left wing influence and do gooder shit , I wasn't keen on her then but now I'd have her back tomorrow
They were riddled by left wingers. Look at Macmillan and Heath. They were very much affected by unions and socialism. It was Keith Joseph behind the visionary ideas, with Thatcher quick to understand them and genius at selling them to the public. She saved us. If only she were here now!
She was great compared to today's bunch of tossers, don't know why people even bother with politics anymore. Waste of bloody time
Volta Vespertine yeah, she saved you by obliterating Labour and consumer protections.
Do gooder shit? Like funding public schools and the NHS? Yeah fuck those do gooders right? Wanker
M.T. Totally dominates him. What a strong assured lady.
Fascism is a nasty thing. People vote for it. Over and over again.
Take note Mrs May, this is how to be a real PM.
Mrs May from the green party Canada?
@@ByAlonsoBarinotto No, I mean the totally incompetent Theresa May we were lumbered with as our Prime Minister in the UK for far too long. Her replacement Boris Johnson isn't that great either. Wouldn't trust him to tell me the time in a room full of clocks. Liars and scoundrels, the lot of them.
I love to listen her way of replies and she has very strong personality. Which influences me a lot in my life.
I was so fed up had with the way "The Crown" was portraying Thatcher that I had to find an old clip of her to compare her real voice with the total exaggeration on "The Crown". Of course Netflix wants to show her as a nutcase. This reminds me of how she really was.
I started to watch clips of Margaret Thatcher. And let me tell this, im starting to love her! What an incredible smart woman.
Me also. I think I’ve watched every Thatcher interview!
I like her Queen's English accent, very articulate and eloquent
If Maggie could see the shambolic Tories of 2019 she would cut up her membership card.
She would run in with a cane and start to hit them
She would walk in and take back leadership.
Same in the states until Trump. We hadn't had a true conservative since Reagan.
Ironic that Jonathan Dimbleby went to a fee paying school, as did his children, yet Margaret Thatcher went to a state school.....
She went to grammar school, which I believe she eradicated too.
Haggard Pillock we still have grammar schools
Haggard Pillock not true, she never eradicated them, that was Labour. I quote Blair ‘if you are going to work at a factory you don’t need grammar schools’.
Heavens light our guide we still have grammar schools
He's a typical middle class leftie 'Do as I say, not as I do'
No matter what your views are on Thatcher, I think we can agree, if she was in charge of this Brexit mess, we would have had a deal done, signed and passed by parliament and the Conservatives would not have to rely on the support of the anti-Democratic Unionist Party and their woeful leader Arlene Foster holding Brexit to ransom.
Totally, spot on
She was far too smart to fall for brexit she would never let it happen.
Melania MoneyPenny she hated the EU you idiot. Her only mistake regarding them was to not free us from them.
@@AnimatedBlast She hated it so much that she never offered a referendum to ask whether we should leave or not. She hated it so much that she never took us out without a referendum.
She viewed referenda as a device of the demagogue. It’s true that she became more Euroskeptic as time went on. She was against the Maastricht Treaty which was a big component of ever closer union with the EU.
Salute to Maggie! Conservatives government and conservatives policies will do good to any nation in the world! Reject socialism!
MOHD ZAIDI BIN ZAKARIA Will do good for the most privileged
@@briandelaney9710 no.
Better than anything retarded islamic ideas can do.
She takes it all head on doesn't she. And my God she has done her homework. I love how she handles his question with: your view is, if everyone can't have it, nobody should...we believe in choice, unlike socialism...
If you're lucky to have come across this post, read it a few times. Assuming you think you're conservative and live in the United States. I bet that the prime minister would find MAGA to be both dangerous and stupid.
I think Liz Cheney could be our Margaret Thatcher.
That's quite a bit simplistic actually, and not a very accurate depiction of socialism. But she did turn around the original question from the journalist, and that was impressive. I think her point was good without the "socialism" argument, but I guess that was a popular view at the time.
@@EugeneOneguine It came out of America. It was a con job to scare people that all socialism/communism was some kind of stalin/hitler dystopia. Of course it was a huge lie but it got people to buy into capitalism on steroids
@@EugeneOneguine Not just a popular view, but an accurate one based on what socialism actually meant in practical terms at the time.
@@jh6025 Agreed. Thatcher was a big believer in freedom and small government. She abhorred dictatorship and authoritarianism. I think if she were still alive she'd be horrified by Trump and the MAGA crowd. They aren't conservatives, and they're certainly not pro-democracy.
I Like This Woman.
I dont
She’s just astonishing
Today politicians avoid all questions and start their reply with 'what I will say' or 'can I just say' ignoring what's been asked.
Wow, he's asking her a question and she's answering.
Well done Mrs Thatcher
She is true lady and leader
“I do not comment on what the opposition believe. I don’t discuss the opposition. I answer the questions for myself.”
If only todays politicians did this. But no they constantly tell you what’s wrong with the opposition, mudslinging.
Without a doubt the best prime minister this country has ever seen, I'd just wish i had chance to meet her she will never be forgotten, long live thaterism.
Uhh Winston Churchill?
She was the most evil person born in the twentieth century.
@@masik3909 Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee. Thatcher was a wrecking ball and said there is no such thing as society. Even the queen didn't like her
@@masik3909great wartime leader. Right man at the right time. His knowledge and wisdom was next to none. However in peacetime she is our greatest leader.
My god this woman is brilliant.
The Iron Lady
Overt intelligence, articulate, patriotic and clear. She was a blessing to her country and a great leader
She was evil. I don't believe in an afterlife. But she belongs in hell.
@@stephensharp3033Maybe so, but evil or not, the people elected her 3 times, and if I'm not mistaken that made her stay in office longer than any other UK prime minister in the 20th century. She must have done something right.
@@naughtyusmaximus19Same with Enoch Powell. He was and has been vilified for an incredible amount of time, yet the people during that period loved him. Even among the immigrants and minorities he found favour, the people he was painted to being hostile towards. Most politicians respected him, though they disagreed strongly with his views. Yet, today he is a villain and a racist lol.
Margaret Thatcher said she was influenced a lot by Powell even stating him as "The greatest parliamentarian"
Interesting how fate repeats itself.
this i just.. awesome
Politics aside, I’m sure we can all agree that interviews with politicians should be like this. With regards to both the interviewer and the interviewed
I feel so happy to finally be in a comments section surrounded by intelligent people who are Thatcherite 😊 there are so many idiots around me in real life
I'm American, but I'd gladly wear the title of Thatcherite.
Weronika M so am I. As an 18 year old who went to school in Bucks after transferring from a working class high school with more conservative centred values, I’ve been routinely around people who extremely hate her and worship Labour for the last 5 years. The funny thing is, it’s a conservative county. Being around people like myself is so refreshing.
15:43 She couldn't be clearer. This is it in a nutshell. Love this.
She was a tiger, a true leader
"I'm not discussing him. I'm here to answer question for me. I don't discuss the leader of the opposition, I discuss his policies". BRAVO!
She was a great speaker. Powerfull while so calm
She was a great PM needed now one thinks
Boris will be even greater and will win 3 elections.
70 AD I had faith too but look at what he has done, he destroyed us,
@@AnimatedBlast he? who is he?
my right ear enjoyed this interview
An amazing woman, we need more like her.
Rotten in hell
@@appleslover bastard
@@letshavealook8053 beautifully self-described
@@appleslover fuck yourself idiot
@@appleslover She supported the most right wing like aparheid south africa, pinochet and others of that callibre. But her husband dennis was even more radical
She's so beautiful! I love the Iron Lady! She is my Rescue!
Margaret Thatcher had such presence, such authority and such knowledge. And she absolutely took him apart!!
what an elegant example of 80s power dressing
Who else is here because of The Crown season 4?
You couldn't elect Hillary to office but you could elect a lady like this to president in America.
I echo your words
The best Prime Minister this country has ever had.
I'm obsessed with her accent
Such a lovely soft voice , whilst being intellectually precise and calm even when the Interviewer is trying to upset her. Impressive.
Interviews seemed to be so much more relaxed then as opposed to the screeching and sloganeering of today. Such tranquility.
Wheather you like her or don't she is a very impressive lady. An absolute pleasure to listen to. I think she makes a lot of good sound sense. Simply brilliant.
Wow. No one could ever say she didn’t know what she was doing. All of those numbers. Off by heart. No teleprompter or hand notes. She was just nonstop. Prepared. Wow. She puts current politicians to shame.
Fantastic interview...I am glued to all that this lady with a superior mind participated in all these interviews while in 10 Downing Street. She’s indeed a powerhouse. Her way of explaining things on issues given to her was clear, honest, on point and she never wavered in her convictions. She did accomplish on what makes Britain Great.
I thought my left earpiece was broken 😂
Thatcher was certainly well spoken, and strident. We do not see that in our representatives now. If anything, she is a great example of how to debate your point.
Hopefully, after Brexit has finally finally finally happened new industry will have to be created in all areas of the UK.
kingshearer2 dream on
What?? Ridiculous thing to say.
kingshearer2 I bloody hope so because what deal is going to have that?
That's hilarious. Why on earth would Brexit create new industries? British industry disappeared for a number of reasons - it had been in decline since the 1800s because it was grossly inefficient, had chronic underinvestment and the UK's level of education and skills were (and to a large extent still are) very poor. Nowadays, most of the kind of work that was done then is done by robots. Brexit will do absolutely nothing whatsoever to bring back British industry. The problems are with Britain, not the EU. Leaving the EU will do nothing to fix those problems.
@@th8257 Your pessimism is hoot too
Unbelievably smart and wise woman. We need people like her in today’s government. Desperately!
She seemed unstoppable when this interview took place - lots of people really thought shed be the british PM for at least another ten years. 3 years later she was gone booted out by her own party. shows how quickly things can change in politics. Interestingly she was very pro the eu single market which we are now leaving.
She was pro the European Community when it was simply about trade, and at a time proximity was more important. She was VEHEMENTLY against the EU taking powers from Westminster to Brussels and indeed did everything she could to stop us signing the treaty allowing that to happen. She was very nearly successful but Major pushed it through to give himself a legacy. He certainly got one. He destroyed the Tories for 13 years and gave away our independence.
Prime Ministers should never go for third terms, they are usually disasters.
Leigh Richards it was meant to be a trade union not political. The EU lied to us.
"IRON LADY", sorely missed ........
Margsreth thstcher was a towering figure either iin europe or in the world. The england of the seventies was similar to a dickensian picture;she wanted to bring the country.into modernity and paid a high price just because she lived and acted according to her principles
Like err nope not at all
Dimbleby thoroughly outclassed.
This interviewer is obviously named Dimbleby..
Jonathan Dimbleby, David's brother.
It is interesting how much the media landscape has changed.
If you watch interviews now, the answers will be given in soundbites. It would be edited around those sound bites and shared on news bulletins and social media.
Listen to her answers - she gives really dense answers. She doesn’t leave gaps to show where one point ends and another begins.
It does feel that, as a result of the 24 hour news cycle, scrutiny of politicians has become harder because we need that killer soundbite to summarise the argument
how different she is from how they potrayed her in The Crown in netflix
yeah she talked so slow in thr crown 😆
someone told me that some American found it difficult to get on with Mrs Thatcher's accent
but I think it's fine, at long as I understands...lol
Pik871229 I don’t see why, she sounded like Greer Garson.
should come with a warning: Contains a presenter being ran over. "No! Don't stop me!"
Incredible that in the old times of political interview on TV the highest point of tension would be the politician saying "Don't stop me" before it happened, therefore the whole interview was held without having a single time two words simultaneously
Wow, this guy pulls all the liberal rhetorical tricks, and she bests him every time. Bravo.
God that Woman had Gusto, I admire anyone who makes it to the top & endures but especially a Woman who did so when the environment was even more Hostile.
Thatcher in my opinion is one of the Greatest Peace Time Prime Ministers.
She certainly led the way in progressive politics! A memorable leader will always leave a "mark" in history, regardless if its positive or negative, Thatcher left both, maybe more the latter for many, but she stands primarily in her own league in British politics. And that I guess is more than many others could only hope for.
Im not a fan of many of Thatchers decisions, but my god she really shows up modern day politicians for the spineless, gutless, underhand rats that they are. Can you imagine the Downing Street Parties going on with Thatcher in power?
Today Commemorates Margaret Thatcher's 95th Birthday
she is a great example of feminism yet when I talk to a lot of feminist they don't like her, rather confusing
When did our accent become so casual? the 80's wasn't THAT long ago, granted I wasn't born but there is a notable difference between the elegance and pride of the accent here in comparison to how English is spoken today
It depends on culture the culture of the 80s and before was different so was the accent 😕
Not Now John
Oh! Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the day down!
Go, Maggie!
HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER
I'm getting an ASMR vibe from Mrs T!
She had the balls to face any difficoltose,unlike so msny politicians in europe at the moment.
I love her RIP were ever you are
I can't believe that there were times when people of that caliber were in politics.
She was a strong leader
Need her back
What an amazing lady she was ❤
she is 100% right
Liz Truss and Theresa May: '*SIGH* She makes it look so easy"...
Theresa may can be exempted but Truss can’t relate at all.
What a boss! Too bad I was just a baby when in her last year. :/
15:24 I LOVE THE FACT that she took a sling at all the "poor people". You know the SELF LABELLED "poor" who "don't have da money" but then have a beer in their hand 12 hours a day, drink liquor each weekend, never run out of cigarettes and then have thousands of dollars of tattoos on themselves, along with some wannabe rapper brand of tracksuit gear on. Reminds me of a time I worked at a food bank. "Oh yeah things are tough", says a woman in a new full sized car that had been released 6 WEEKS AGO. It was the first of that model I had seen and it was the one with a spoiler NOT the base model. "Doing it tough" in a car a couple weeks old, 4 litre 6 cylinder, red with the spoiler on the back.....
"... a very much more better ..." LOL!!
She was a devisive figure but my god she didnt mind answering hard questions and putting a interesting thought provoking prospective on it.
14:18 spot on
she ate him up
Remember when there were actual conversation about important issues between media personalities and politicians whether you liked them or not depended on their views and policies unlike now. Yeah.....
My Icon. 300th comment.
Bring her back and send it to Spain.
Unintentional ASMR