I still find the manner in which she left office very confusing. Why, when she had more than half the support of the parliamentary Conservative Party did many of those around her feel that she didn't stand a chance against Michael Hessletine? I'm no supporter of her, but would she have been better advised holding a cabinet meeting and stiffen the ranks of them and make sure they supported her? Meeting them one by one seems to display unexpected weakness from someone who made their Premiership by dominating the government
This is all explained in her political memoirs (first volume). The failure to achieve a sufficient majority in the first round discredited her fatally. Her campaign was also badly run and, in hindsight, she admitted that it was a mistake not to campaign personally. Before the second ballot, the calculus changed from, 'Could Thatcher defeat Heseltine?' to 'Who could keep out Heseltine?' and she realised it was best to withdraw because (i). she was losing support in the parliamentary party (making it likely she would not secure a sufficient majority even on the second ballot) and (ii). even if she could win, she would be leading a divided parliamentary party (John Major discovered that problem).
@@TomRogersOnline nonetheless, given how she had built a reputation for making a body of men do things they wouldn't do individually, in other words, dominating The Cabinet, it seems strange that her campaign manager thought it best to have the cabinet see her one by one. Even Ken Clarke, who was firmly resolved to not vote for her, said in retrospect, "why don't we have a Cabinet [meeting]? We're all here,"
thatcheritescot your channel is phenomenal thank you for posting all these gems. I really respect you for it
would be very interesting to go to an alternate reality to see what would be different if shed stayed on..
Denis Thatcher Could have taught Cherie Blair a thing or two about how a consort should act!!
I still find the manner in which she left office very confusing. Why, when she had more than half the support of the parliamentary Conservative Party did many of those around her feel that she didn't stand a chance against Michael Hessletine? I'm no supporter of her, but would she have been better advised holding a cabinet meeting and stiffen the ranks of them and make sure they supported her? Meeting them one by one seems to display unexpected weakness from someone who made their Premiership by dominating the government
This is all explained in her political memoirs (first volume). The failure to achieve a sufficient majority in the first round discredited her fatally. Her campaign was also badly run and, in hindsight, she admitted that it was a mistake not to campaign personally. Before the second ballot, the calculus changed from, 'Could Thatcher defeat Heseltine?' to 'Who could keep out Heseltine?' and she realised it was best to withdraw because (i). she was losing support in the parliamentary party (making it likely she would not secure a sufficient majority even on the second ballot) and (ii). even if she could win, she would be leading a divided parliamentary party (John Major discovered that problem).
@@TomRogersOnline nonetheless, given how she had built a reputation for making a body of men do things they wouldn't do individually, in other words, dominating The Cabinet, it seems strange that her campaign manager thought it best to have the cabinet see her one by one. Even Ken Clarke, who was firmly resolved to not vote for her, said in retrospect, "why don't we have a Cabinet [meeting]? We're all here,"
Looks and Sounds drunk @ 26:22
she's totally dtf