Margaret Thatcher Off Camera - Pre-Interview Footage Reveals Another Side of the Iron Lady (1984)
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- On 4 January 1984, Margaret Thatcher was interviewed by ITN's Alastair Burnet in 10 Downing Street. Before the interview commenced, the camera recorded the Prime Minister as she discussed the time she forgot to call ITN's newly-knighted Robin Day "Sir Robin" as well as the importance of being filmed from the right angle. Then the interviewing commenced, and she discussed a range of issues including the situation in Lebanon, Britain's relationship with the European Community, and diplomatic relations with Argentina two years after the Falklands War.
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Whist I didn't agree with her politics, I find her so fascinating to watch. She spoke so clearly and to the point. Unlike today's politicians, who dodge and duck like there's no tomorrow.
whether you loved or hated her, she was completely true to her convictions
Agree totally
It's also interesting how much more gentle the interviewer was, even while asking challenging questions. Everything seems so much more aggressive these days and it really isn't necessary.
@@version736ha2So was Hitler .
She was phenomenal in many regards.
PS it’s not only true what you said but she always had the facts memorised to the smallest detail to back up her opinion, never shied away from debating opposing views and was totally honest. It is such a pity that many people couldn’t appreciate all of this.
I love how clear her voice is and how knowledgeable she is , no one today to match her to deliver a speech.
She had elocution lessons.
Her accent was contrived
Intellectual titan
someone with a southern American accent using the exact same words as her with the same level of intellect would immediately be dismissed as a common person. your comment just shows how much eurocentrism and European superiority has been ingrained into all of us
@@marymary5494 it worked beautifully.
They were so well spoken and polite.
They were very professional and respectful to each other.
They were posh. They still are but just pretend they're not.
Those are mostly pointless surface details, you realise?
No, they weren’t I can assure you lol😢.
@@Steve-zs2cl Margaret Thatcher was born in a flat about her father's shop. She was far from posh. Indeed one of her great achievements was blasting posh men out of her way on the way to reaching the top.
No, not pointless surface details.
Her contrived accent and mannerisms show her character -
she was consumed by ambition and
so eager to belong to the upper classes.
Shows how far we have fallen and how dumbed down the public is now in the space of 40 years.
Indeed, people can say that her policies were divisive and indeed they were, but she was very professional and straightforward unlike today’s politicians.
Yes, thanks to a succession of Tory Governments, who want it that way.
Import the third world, become the third world.
@@stevedavy2878
Not Tory, Globalist.
@snakedriver as I said, her policies were very divisive but I don’t think anyone can say that she lacked determination.
While I disagreed with her politics, I never had any doubt about her competence. What a contrast to our most recent PMs.
Here is my question for you would u vote for her or labour right now? who would u have most trust in for the country (i assume that's ur current vote?) io personally would for her many times over it seems to me old politicians did what they said there wasn't this sneaking around say 1 thing to please the people then do another to please politicans etc.
I would still vote Labour, as Mrs Thatcher is only one woman. Even if she was PM now, she'd still be surrounded by a lacklustre cabinet.
@@BuffOrpington7 ok thanks for answering i personally see the same for both parties right now. but i think the head of the party has a decent chance of steering in the direction they choose.
@@BuffOrpington7Whereas Labour are lacklustre all the way to and including the PM. Starmer is the most hollow politician in my lifetime.
@loubieloujones5698 In what way can he possibly be worse than Liz Truss or Matt Hancock, to name just a couple? He's not a very exciting politician, but he seems more competent than the last few PMs we've had.
I was born in 1977 she was PM for almost the first quarter of my life. The difference between Thatcher and today's politicians is that she wasn't scared of journalists. Never a day went by in the 1980s without her appearing in some way shape or form on the news she was everywhere and you knew exactly what she thought whether you liked it or not. No fluff no well maybe it was yes or no and my god you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of her NO!
Maggie did her homework. Throw any subject at her and she wouldn't be stumped. Amazing woman.
Thatcher was pretty based. A lot of her private papers have handwritten notes down the side where she basically calls it all out.
Yep she would not cower to the EU like the cowards we have today in Parliament.
I was born in 1976. All I knew of her came from the TV show 'Spitting Image', then I saw the actual person on TV mixing chemicals together so they changed colour like magic, and I thought, "Hey, She's pretty cool!"
@@ALoonwolf she was a trained industrial chemist and partially responsible for the invention on Mr Whippy ice cream.
Thank you, ITN. These unedited long-form interviews are absolutely fascinating. More like this, please!
Bit late to get another like this...
You know what they meant, why the need to sassy? Unhappy home life? Try being nice, nice things happen.
How refreshing to hear an interviewer who has the goal of producing light rather than heat.
the only source of light is heat
@@gregsteven3762They are distinct, all the same. Heat is a lower form of energy (and less useful), in terms of entropy.
@@jamesthecat Entropic principles do guide the universe and thus politics I suppose (perhaps it is for this reason the investment in democracy as a social experiment is yielding diminishing returns). I miss Mrs. Thatcher for reasons which I shall keep to myself. However, I do wish Marx and Darwin would have met thus proving to the late PM there is or was such a thing as society -- until she and Reaganomics destroyed it.
Eloquent, informed, educated and utter conviction to convey her message- many may not have liked her policies but no one can knock her delivery - a brilliance that has not been replaced in 30 years
Mesmerising. Didn't miss a beat and not a single unnecessary word. Either you agreed with her politics or not, no one can deny she was a born leader and spokeswoman.
This shows that she was very charming off camera and that her TV persona was an act. It's a shame because her off-camera persona is endearing. Very sharp mind too.
She was an Oxford graduate before she entered politics!
I wouldn’t say it is an “act”-settings determine human behavior. A pre-interview setting is more casual by definition. A taped interview setting of this kind, discussing serious international political policy, is quite formal, and a person of decorum and professionalism responds accordingly. She is charming in both settings, but again there are different attitudes and modes of conduct which the interviewee is required to summon according to the situation. Her decorum hardly constitutes an “act,” or some form of insincerity. This wasn’t a giddy morning chat-show discussion about making cookies or whether she prefers watching ‘Are You Being Served’ to ‘Fawlty Towers.’
@charleswhite758 My mother is nearly 70.
She remembers Thatcher becoming Tory leader and it was seen as a very shocking, radical and bold event at the time - a woman leading a political party was one brave new thing, but the _Conservative_ Party of all things? Utterly unthinkable.
@@garryharriman7349 In her previous (pre-politics) life in industrial chemistry it is rumoured that Thatcher played a role in the invention of soft scoop ice cream.
@@halfbakedproductions7887 She did. I believe she also stated that if people knew how science made it possible to consume it in such a manner, nobody would wish to eat it!
Sharp as a pin. Nobody whispering in her ear as to what to say, no advisers, no PR representatives telling her what she can and cannot say. Gives immediate answers, and doesn't duck the questions. Best there's ever been.
You can see her press secretary Bernard Ingham just out of shot in the background.
What are you talking about? She was totally manufactured by PR men. They told her what to wear, howvto hold her handbag. They even lowered her voice snd got her to speak in slower, more measured tones. It was the success of her and her party's makeover that brought us to where we are today.
For all our misgivings, she got the adoption of our daughter pushed through when our authorities were deliberately holding things up.... she personally intervened, not delegating the problem to a department. I wonder how many PMs would do that?
I would. Vote me.
How wonderful. She was very kind, something which doesn't always come across.
How we could do with her now!
The only PM who delivered what she promised. Everybody who voted for or against her, knew exactly what they voted for. Wish we had a bit more of that these days.
She spoke with real conviction and determination.
Not a single err or umm. Fluent and articulate. I despised her policies, but she was mesmerizing on screen! An extraordinary political leader. Fascinating to see her sense of humour and self-consciousness off air.
There were a couple around seven minutes.
@charleswhite758 Absolute nonsense. I'm a professional camera operator and take great pride in making sure that nothing will distract from the main subject. The idea that any professional camera operator would deliberately make a subject look awkward or ridiculous is deeply offensive. If it happens, it happens accidentally, usually due to time restrictions, and it's incredibly frustrating.
That’s becashe had elocution lessons. Watch early footage of her - terrible ! Awful woman awful party awful polocy’s.
But most of all awful public voting her in
Fantastic comment!
@charleswhite758 you're talking about reportage which is a different animal. I guess camera ops are freer in that domain to take some liberties (and the less said about what tabloid paps are capable of the better! Bacon sandwich, anyone?)
I was talking about this exact type of filming in the video - the more formal sit down interview. I've filmed lots of these, including some with (then) current and former prime ministers, and royalty. They are extremely restrictive with what you can and can't film. There will be people in the room looking at your shot and checking nothing is amiss. You can see in this clip Maggie is able to look at a monitor and is giving directions to the camera operator. If anyone in the room thought I was trying to make the subject look foolish I would be off the job, make no mistake!
I disliked her and her politics back then. Mind you, being A teenager, how could I possibly understand much of it. Since then, I've come to respect her immensely. My country could only dream of a leader like her in 2024. Straight talking, knew exactly what she stood for and put up with no crap from anyone. The much missed Mrs Thatcher.
In other words you've become a fascist
As a teenager you hated her because you were told to do so
@@LOTPOR0402as a teenager I hated her because of the absolute annihilation of my area due to her policies. Much as you may find it difficult to believe, even as pre teenagers some of us had clear and concise first hand experience of the old evil witch’s ways. My opinion is the same now as it was then. That is my opinion - based on first hand experience-period. When she died our local pub had a £1 a pint bonanza. The pub was full.
@SuperBC10 So why don't you say that to the original.poster , and if you think Starmer is any better you are a fool , he is way worse
@@LOTPOR0402 No I wasn't told that at all. I was politically aware for a teenager and took a healthy interest.
I was young kid when Thatcher came to power , and I just went along with Red Wave of socialist hate for her , but man How much respect I have for her now.
True
You should have a good think why everyone hated her. She is the reason we have no decent stock of council houses. She sold them all. Along with anything else she could get her hands on. People like to blame our problems on migrants, when actually we are still living with the consequences of her policies.
Yeah we were brainwashed as youth about evil Maggie, seems a true patriate
If you warmed to her, you are f'kin idiots @@brazil-y2y
@@medwayhospitalprotest everyone did not hate her: she was elected as PM of the country three consecutive times and engineered a massive positive transformation of an economy which had been in its death throes under Labour. As for the consequences of her policies now, where was Labour in 1997-2010 hen it could have rescinded the legislation that left wingers like you hate so much?
I grew up hating Thatcher but what I'd give for someone who cared about the UK, to run it like her. Rather than traitors like we've had for decades since she left.
Cared for UK? You sure?
100% she wouldn't have bent over for the EU like every other PM since.@@deliciousful
Same thing here..used to be a rabid leftie hating everything thatcher stood for...still dont agree with a lot she did but boy do we need someone like her now...would love to see her treating the EU with the contempt they try to treat us and as for the boat mob dont even go there
Hate to say it, but me too. Need someone now with her strength. Still don't like her at all though, caused the beginning of the downfall of this country. She'd be out of her depth now though, I think. Different world. This Country is fkd
Nah she didn't cause anything, the globalists have been plotting their NWO for well over a century. WW2 failed so everything we see today was planned in the 1940s, the downfall of the UK, US, Europe Australia all planned. Maggie was the last PM who stood up for this country and is why she was removed. Things always look darkest before dawn, so remember there's always hope when the sun comes up. People are waking up as they rush their plans so don't give up hope. Know this is a literal spiritual war happening, whether you have any faith or not, God always wins.@@jeansmith3367
This lady knew her own worth
A minus equation!!
For the information of the younger generation, this is what a strong and decisive prime minister looks like.
Or what a witch looks like. ☺️
You can also add to that statement ...cruel, cold, selfish, autocratic, heartless and uncaring.
This is what a psychopath looks like
@@matelot95She saved this country by seeing the bigger picture and not trying to be all things to all men as today's weak politicians do.
Brian Walden was correct in calling her off her trolley.
"Someone once asked me if I'd had my face lifted - I said it hadn't dropped yet" ICONIC
“I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.”
― Margaret Thatcher
loved Margret Thatcher and always will. thanks for sharing this unedited clip. would love to see more please !
Whether you loved her or hated her...she had something our current politicians lack....gumption, tenacity and a work ethic like a miner.
Conviction.
Quite an ironic analogy seeing as miners became an endangered species in the UK during her premiership.
@@DeclanMBrennan Not true. More mines were closed by Labour.
@@archiebald4717 While accepting that mine closure since WW2 was a historical trend, the Conservatives closed 586 deep mines versus Labour's 371.
@@DeclanMBrennan Deep mining was and still is incredibly dangerous, polluting and terrible for the environment. I’d actually forgotten about the Miners Strikes however it was the Unions with their stranglehold on Britain’s energy production that are equally to blame for everything that happened during time.
Love her or hate her,we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now if she was in power today!
lol, she’s the reason we are in this mess. Trickle down economics, privatisation, out sourcing, cuts to public services, selling off of social housing, poll tax, recession etc etc. They’re just the good things she presided over. 👏
Damn right
No, we'd still be in the EU for a start
She is the instigator of the mess we are in today
Nowadays you often don't really know, about female leaders, whether they have partly been chosen due to their gender. Back then, we all knew that Thatcher was chosen despite her gender, and it showed. Her qualities were self-evident.
@AntunesDalsgaard I think we all know that previous to Thatcher, Prime Ministers had all been in place due to their sex rather than their proven merit on a level playing field.
She was chosen because of her leadership skills and her strong stans and who happens to be a woman
Last conservative prime minister and one with a spine
Nowt conservative about her: she was a radical.
Also a milk snatcher and poll tax thief
Well...with a spine and a brain simultaneously. Boris was very forceful - just not terribly bright. Much like another blonde tousle-haired politician on the other side of the pond that I know...
Actually she was a neo liberal with a conservative bias
My mum remembers Thatcher becoming Tory leader.
It was a shocking, bold, radical moment. At that time the idea of a woman leading a political party was one thing... but the Conservative Party?! Really?! Just unfathomable. The 1970s was a very different time and a lot of social attitudes were hopelessly oldfashioned.
When we had a proper prime minister running the country
She absolutely destroyed the country, she started the neoliberal two tier system we’re still stuck in
Nonsense. Thatcher is the architect of today’s problems: decimated public services, outrageous wealth inequality, collapsing infrastructure, housing crisis, health crisis, appalling rail service, education crisis and more. All of it can be traced back to Thatcher’s blind devotion to neoliberal ideology.
I fear Rishi Sunak is all bla, bla,bla and very little action.
Running it, into the abyss
@@natalielove6934 what winning 3 elections
I may not agreed with some of her politics but she made an impression to me when I was a child. She was on a Saturday morning children's TV programme. When answering questions from the children she spoke to them with respect rather than talking down to them.
As kids we were used to people talking down to us, so it was nice to see someone talking to the children.
It is something that I still remember.
I remember on a kids programme she did a science experiment with red cabbage in the tiny flat kitchen at No.10. I was so shocked and she did it perfectly.
@@shazshanaa6425A chemistry degree from Oxford does help when doing science experiments for kids!
As one of the 1 in 10 I can state that she left an impression on millions of us especially the miners!
She was acting. She hated kids. They called her the Milk Snatcher because she stopped free school milk for kids. That's how much she respected them.
@@Steve-zs2clMilk Snatcher 😂
I guess she hated everything that came for free from tax payers. So sad. 😢
Amazing to see the interviewer genuinely asking questions and listening to the answers instead of trying to score points as most seem to do today.
He was the ITN creep. She didn't like tough interviewers.
I hardly agreed with one thing she did. But by golly, I miss her. She was honest. We all knew where we stood back then. We're so lost now.
Truly professional and at ease with herself which showed she was a leader and not a superficial pr stunt artist like most of them today
You have to really respect that in a person. Like, that woman is conscious. Her eyes, her voice, she's the dominant one in the room
Lovely to see Margaret Thatcher before going into Prime Minister mode, love or hate her, you have to admire her, back then she was in what was very much a 'man's world'. Before she was interviewed I loved her humour, especially about a face-lift., but what is so wonderful and beautiful to hear is her diction, you can hear every word she says. Noele Gordon (from the soap Crossroads) was very much from the same mould, a lady in a man's world, but managed be the first woman to interview a prime minister, the first woman on colour tv, got herself a pilot license for flying a plane, and on the board of ATV and many other things, but she had many of the same qualities as Margaret Thatcher. I know someone who wrote to Margaret Thatcher, he received a beautiful letter from her and a signed photograph. Britain has gone to the wall now.
That was very interesting.
Everyone is totally different than they are in front of the camera .I.loved her sense of humor right there.😊
Churchill aside, Maggie was the best PM we've ever had, bar none. My God do we need someone of Her character now. She'll be turning in Her grave
She described gay people as immoral and introduced Section 28. Tried to introduce poll tax too. She was a highly problematic woman.
more of best priminister we didn't have, he war time leader, a all collision uk government for duration of the war (ww2), after war was over and normal politic resumed, he dropped like stone,
If she's turning in her grave it'll be attached to a spit over the flames of hell
Churchill was the worst PM England ever had.
How articulate and knowledgeable. And I am a Labour voter.
Conservative, but look, Labour politicians back then were also a different breed to now. People who'd lived through WW2, or at least had seen the hardships of the post war years. Denis Healey was beach master at Anzio. I hardly agreed with a word Michael Foot and Tony Ben said, but never for a second doubted their honesty, conviction and commitment to the British people.
Very pleasing to see the respectful nature of comments here, even from those who disliked (or even despised) her policies: it seems apparent that many people crave politicians giving professional, articulate responses and eschewing the "10-second" spun and confected-for-easier-digestion answers so redolent thesedays. It is refreshing, as many seem to have found.
Fabulous to see footage, albeit brief, of the "unguarded' Maggie Thatcher. Hopefully more of such footage and exchanges will be released.
There were riots because she shut the mines,there would be riots if they tried to open one now 😂
So many people only think of her as closing the mines. If you know your history, Labour closed far more mines than she did.
@@peterallen2904 and they took milk from children before the Tories had the nerve to do it
Not only did Wilson close more pits in one term than she did in her entire reign, he also ended the use of coal on the railways costing the NCB their largest customer.
But some don’t like to let facts get in the way of perception 😉
@@RltchieI Rubbish, the end of steam traction was decided by the 1945 Treasury, nothing to do with Wilson, or any politician come to that.
A wonderful woman, Prime Minister, party leader & speaker. Thank-you Mrs T for what you did for our country.
The end of your reign was the start of our country's decline.
Couldn’t agree more. Our country was bankrupt thanks to Wilson and Callahan when she became PM.
OBVIOUSLY U'RE ONE OF TRAITOR MARK'S MATE WHO WANT TO OPEN A THATCHER MUSEUM for their own profit and THAT'S WHY CAROL has to round up the handbags and SOLD IT ALL OFF ! KARMA for neglecting the poor daughter while spoiling the traitor son......CHUCKLE
...did to our country...did to our country...
Many folks despised her, but there is much to admire,
Like she’s in a grave?
@@dwayne_dibleyGrow up sixth former
What a boss, what a woman.
It’s funny that a lot of people say that she didn’t have a sense of humour when in fact she did, she was quite funny, actually, I mean, say whatever you will about her policies, she was indeed very divisive, but one cannot say that she was not charismatic.
“I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.”
― Margaret Thatcher
@@harrynac6017 😂😂😂 she was brilliant.
See how quick and stern she said "Sovereignty is not negotiable". Today's politicians would sell us out at the drop of a hat.
Fascinating stuff! Whatever you may think of her politics, she was a real politician.
She didn't start a sentence with "so" Great interview
... Thank goodness, I'm So Sick of hearing people starting what they're saying with that !!
Very classy Prime minister, beautifully spoken and very elegant!
Oh shut up
@batmandestroys1978
The same couldn't be said for her policies.🙄
Batman tho 😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡😂
@@josephkennedy8281 Lol!
@@josephkennedy8281 Keir Starmer Oh dear!
Im amazed that unused stuff like this is still in the archives, its a great look into history and a real treat
Just to think, the BBC recorded over Doctor Who but ITN kept the ramblings of early onset dementia.
@@dwayne_dibley current affairs and news is valued alot more and always was. Becides some of the stuff isnt great quality online that was saved
@@dwayne_dibleySome 20 years between the two instance’s, 20 years in which the ability to cheaply store and archive broadcasted material evolved a great deal.
@@YOUTHOCD that’s not quite true. The BBC was still wiping tapes well into the late 1970’s and didn’t have any form of archival policy until 1978. Thatcher resigned in 1990. Also Betacam tapes have never been prohibitively expensive.
And they say she didn't have a sense of humor.
I recently bought a book with her best quotes.
She was incredibly witty.
„They“ have no clue.
@charleswhite758 El País, a Spanish publication, on an article called "Iron Lady, not amused" by John Carlin, depicts her as basicly being incapable of understanding a joke, and this was on the follow-up of her death. On the same idea was based an article by The Guardian interviewing her chauffeur Denis Oliver, who said: "One thing she didn't have was a sense of humour." And even the British Comedy Guide has a chronicle containing the outburst: "Margaret Thatcher was not known for her sense of humour. In fact, Margaret Thatcher was known for her lack of a sense of humour." Apparently this has become something of a consensus, confirmed by the media in TV series like 'The Crown' and so on and so forth. Clearly, none of that was made evidently enough, though.
@charleswhite758 Yes, and I wonder the same now about many other people who were much more well-cultured than others, like Sir Winston Churchill, who in this time and age probably wouldn't meet the 'British Comedy Guide' bar either. Indeed, Thatcher herself had a degree in chemistry and another one in law.
Your very comment had me cracking a few good laughs alone. Thank you.
Yeah, I've never understood that. Her speech comparing Neil Kinnock to someone waiting in a sales queue is a masterclass in comic timing.
They don’t make them like Thatcher any more regrettably.
Yes they do Anne Widecombe
Yes they do, Jacob Reese Mogg.
She was a Christian. This nation has rejected the Lord.
Agreed! Despite repeated attempts, no one has yet managed to produce such a large pile of human feces.
Thank fxxx
She hated mines steelworks and any Nationally owned industries Now we got fxxx all.
Fascinating, thank you for uploading!
The quality and values of Westminster politicians have nosedived in recent decades.
Without doubt the best PM in my 70 years, nobody else is even on the same Planet as her.
Is that Planet Paedo?
One of the most impressive people I have heard about!
Even as an opponent you had to acknowledge her remarkable qualities.
Even iron ladies are concerned about how they look…
So many of us were misinformed and misled when we were younger.
I know realise MT was the last good PM we had.
She was exceptional, even if you disagreed with her. But Major and Blair were also competent and decent. Blairs legacy gets similar flak as Thatcher from the ranting masses.
I've just finished an audio book on British PMs. It says off camera, she was a thoroughly nice and decent person. She offered a pregnant journalist her own resting area on a long flight. And at a big fancy state banquet full of heads of state and other VIPs, a nervous waitress had an accident and dropped a huge cut of meat 8n the floor. It was Thatcher who stepped in immediately, calming and reassuring the waitress, and making light of it. She later made enquiries to ensure there would be no unfortunate consequences for the girl. These apparently were not isolated examples.
Absolutely true. I’ve heard exactly the same from someone I know who worked on a project which involved meeting her on a couple of occasions.
incredible woman
I was born and raised in New Orleans Louisiana and discovered her through my history teacher. What an amazing beautiful leader.❤
This is no comment on her poltics which, depending on who you were could be divisive, ignorant to others or brilliant, but from a human perspective she had remarkable control and a very very confident way of dealing with people.
Her management style is immensely impressive as was her competence in that management.
Like I said, not a comment on politics but you have to say that in terms of character we’d love a prime minister with her confidence and will again
Whether you liked her politics or not, she was a strong leader unlike the wet blankets in parliament today.
I adore her accent she is so articulate and she has such a sweet voice, is a pleasure to listen to Mrs Thatcher. She knows her job🙂.
She had a lot more presence than many politicians that followed her, not just in the Uk but globally.
A very moving interview. Whatever you think of Margaret Thatcher, she was a very learned and articulate person. No swerving, direct answers.
What a Lady 🤩
The last 'Great' Prime Minister... What a shambles we have now...
Queen Elizabeth II started her 70 year reign with the legendary Sir Winston Churchill. She ended it on Liz bloody Truss. Back in 1952, I don't think anyone could have predicted what a shambles future generations would turn out to be.
There was also the joke that the Queen had 15 Prime Ministers in her time, but her son King Charles III was on track to beat that by his first Christmas.
if only we had someone like that in charge today..
We'd be well and truly fucked
@@Steve-zs2cl lol
Probably not@@Steve-zs2cl
Wonderful woman so compassionate.
You’re either drunk, a moron or being sarcastic.
'That porcelain guy' 😂😅
Makes you realise just how near the bottom of the barrel we have sunk with Sunak and the rest.
One of a kind. She gets my utmost respect. Margaret never had a silver spoon in her extraordinary life as a grocers daughter with a dream. With grit, determination and merit PN Thatcher left a mark on GB as a steadfast Leader which we won’t see again.
Marrying a multi-millionaire oil executive helped. Especially with the the fees to become a barrister.
@@geezerbutler4582 she got two degrees and passed Latin O level in six weeks from scratch after learning that she would need it in order to start her law degree. Sheer hard work, steely determination and a can-do attitude were the key ingredients to her success. It’s why the loony left really hate her because she so fatally undermines their flawed worldview.
@@geezerbutler4582who was the multi millionare oil executive Dennis l dint know that l can remember as little kid the press makeing him look slow and dopey
@@geezerbutler4582she deserves a good husband
And she didn't remind everyone in every single interview - unlike the "son of a toolmaker".
I strongly disliked her and her politics but man, listening to her here is an incredible experience. No wonder so many people hold her in high regard, I reluctantly do so myself, right now and hate myself for it, her answers are so clean and thought out and her humanity at the start of the interview really shows how sharp she really was. What an impressive woman.
Amazing footage thanks .
Arguably Britain’s greatest PM since Churchill
I would go so far to say „ever“.
Greater than Churchill. Churchill was great but he let millions if Indians starve to death. And said quite a few racist comments.
@charleswhite758 Go ahead and read some books on history. Its not a debate.
@charleswhite758 boring. Going to sleep. Night night.
@charleswhite758 No sweat on my mental 'faculties'. Not 'facilities'. I apologise if english is your second or third language.
She was just fascinating, Maggie
In the 1970's, 80's and 80' she was a monster. But god, do we need her now on the world stage. You didnt cross her, and she was BRITISH.
I lived through the thatcher years (1980s) , it was a time of hope and enlightenment, and a way out from the sheer hell of Socialism.
The injuries inflicted on the country by the Leftists of the time were almost fatal
Catch a grip
Wow - sharp as a pin. I'd forgotten how bright & quick she was. No ers or erms. Didn't avoid or evade any question. Unlike the garbage we've had since.
Awesome. A true Iron Lady.
One of the greatest. I've always loved Mrs. Thatcher. We wouldn't be in the state we are today if she were in power. What a shame that Britain has fallen.
I never knew she was such a flirt.
See Christopher Hitchens speak of Thatcher. She was remarkable: ruclips.net/video/ts2mYuiDhQI/видео.html
@@perperson199 Will do. Thanks.
Being charming is not being flirty.
@@Celisar1 Oh loosen up will you?
Comfortable in her own skin.
That leaked conference call audio of Theresa May from a few years back also revealed a very different (i.e. much more casual, laid-back and personable) side to her than the public normally saw. She seemed so much more natural and relaxed without the cameras and the public being present.
It's fascinating to see behind-the-scenes stuff like this.
I am an admirer of Mrs.Thatcher, and it is delightful to see another side of her here. At the same time, I believe that there are ethical issues that need to be considered when showing pre-interview footage of any interview. For example, one question I have in this instance is, "Did Mrs. Thatcher give all rights to ITN to distribute the above material in any format at any time in the future as it sees fit?" I would be interested in knowing how ITN has considered ethical issues that might arise in showing such footage.
Every politician knows that if you are in front of a camera and mic'd up then everything you say and do from that moment forth is going to be recorded and captured and can be used. If you don't want something to be recorded, don't say it or do it while you are mic'd up and in front of the camera. Ronald Reagan learned that the hard way when he joked about bombing Moscow, i think as the words he spoke when asked to give a voice level test for an Oval Office TV address he was making. I also recall past incidents where politicians have been exiting vehicles or walking up Downing Street and documents and folders they have been holding in their hands have been captured, the images enlarged and the details of their contents broadcast when clearly they did not intend for that to be so. In these cases, while they weren't technically being interviewed, they all knew they were in front of cameras and mics that would be recording them and that press would be monitoring their demeanor, behaviour and anything they say. It is their responsibility and that of their aides to ensure appropriate behaviour and the security of any information they are holding, not the TV companies duty not to film and record it. If they are careless in that regard then that says something about how they handle sensitive information and the public has a right to know. In this situation she had invited the TV crew into Downing Street and the cameras and mic were not hidden. She knew she was being recorded and unless she had specifically asked that they be turned off prior to the interview formally starting and had assured they had been, then if she had been careless and said or done something unwise, she would have no expectation that it wouldn't have been captured. By sitting there in front of them in her role as PM she had implicitly given her permission for whatever they captured to be used. Even if they had been off, she was in the room with TV crew and any of them could recount what they saw and heard, they would not have signed an official document binding them to secrecy. If this was zoom lens footage or captured by a hidden microphone of her in a place considered to be private, or at a time when she was not 'on duty', like in the garden of a holiday villa or at a family event to which the media had not been given access, then it may be different. But here she was 'on duty' so would have no expectation of privacy.
Princess Diana was not a Politician and her Privacy should have been protected as should the Privacy of all the Royals
TV channels should not be using off camera footage of Princess Diana and releasing it now that is unethical and grotesque
It is one of the reasons why I refuse to have a TV
she was such a 🌟
indeed you are right to bring this up and to question it.
As a leader and a public figure, EVERYTHING YOU DO IS PUBLIC. Otherwise, choose another career. There is no call to question of ethics here. Thatcher and her peers are PUBLIC SERVANTS and as such, everything they do, everything they say, whether they give express consent or not, is our business and can be broadcast, dissected or otherwise analyzed. It seems today that unknowledgeable laymen tend to occupy their tiny minds with this type of inane question. If you want to understand the rational at play here, please study journalism instead of verbalizing in a comments section.
THIS IS A MASTERPIECE OF HISTORY
NO, IT ISN'T
@@Steve-zs2cl It ABSOLUTELY IS
its great that we get to see the outtakes of history. She's such an interisting character, regardless of our opinion of her or her politics.
It’s great to see how firm she was on the issue of rebate payments from the European Community and using very strong legal terminology such as ‘they are now in default’ they are literally a few days overdue at this point and she is already right on them about it and stating clearly that she will take steps to safeguard the financial wellness of 🇬🇧 by stopping further payments until the amount owed has been payed or recouped by cumulative non-payment of further amounts.
Could you imagine current leaders bringing this strong with other countries / organisations that owe 🇬🇧 money today?
But crucially she was *there* in the middle of the EEC. She was one of the architects of the single market. One thing she would *not* have done would be brexit. She *never* reneged on a treaty and she was too pragmatic to self impose sanctions and obstacles on our businesses as they traded with our nearest and biggest market on the continent.
She fought for our concessions and rebate, which we still had till 2019, and it’s all been destroyed by the swivel eyed brexiteers and their stupid brexit.
And the UK owe how much in debt?
I think the general issue of international debt is different from defaulting on payments due? @@stephenmcpadden3770
And she would never have been stupid enough to support Brexit
@@Dbdbe1 That's the thing her contemporary fans overlook: she might not have had much love for the EU, and goodness knows there are reasons for that just as there are many others in the opposite direction as well, but as the daughter of a green grocer, she certainly knew which side her (and the country's) bread was buttered. Her acolytes today are complete zealots who misrepresent what she was all about -- and look at the mess they've made!
Marvellous woman!
Like you knew her 🙄
@@Steve-zs2clyour up and down the comments like you did
She came to power in 1979, winning again the colossally incompetent Labour Party.
Some facts about what she had achieved by 1984:
UK inflation, 1979: 18%; UK inflation, 1984: 4%
Days lost to strikes: 1979: 30,000,000; 1984: 2,000,000
1979: slowest growing Western European economy: UK; 1984: fastest growing Western European economy: UK.
What about unemployment?
@@nicholasboot4241 it was an unfortunate consequence of the absolute necessity of squeezing inflation out of the system and cutting massive government subsidies to inefficient state industries. It was temporary and came down later in the 1980s as British business boomed. But had she not embarked on the course she took, the fiscal and social consequences would have been worse.
Watching this has a calming effect on me. Things were far from perfect but they weren’t as bizarre as now.
❤I just love this lady❤Iconic❤love from Finland❤❤❤
She shows a sense of humour here .
Thatchers natural voice was very sof and feminine, you can hear it in old footage when she first became an MP. However, she realised that a very soft voice is easily overwhelmed by louder, stronger and deeper male voice ranges and coached herself to adjust her speech pattern and deepen her voice, using more strident tones and language for her public addresses.
No apologies for what she did, i am a working class son of an immigrant I voted for her and proud to say I did. she spoke truth to the union pack animals who were systematically destroying this country, until she put a stop to the Russian loving communist union leaders... a woman of real strength and decision making.
She was exactly who the nation needed when she came to power. The nation had been a basket case. The medicine was hard to swallow but she improved the nation’s standing in the world. It wasn’t her fault the demise of the old industries, they were destroyed by becoming over priced in context of salaries.
Bollocks.
Overpriced, yeah. Like Tesco's CEO on 24 million a year...
@@Steve-zs2cl I’m talking about the 1970’s…
Margaret Thatcher was STUNNINGLY intelligent and poised. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
And I always thought extremely well of her as well, both her politics as well as her personality and morality.
No African invasion. No grooming gangs. No knife crime epidemic. No woke police. No destroying of the British culture.....if she was in charge today.
but she was a fascist!
Firstly, loads of Africans and West Indians had moved to the UK by the 80s. The Brixton riots. Southall riots. Toxteth riots. In fact, Thatcher's govt officially blamed the riots on the police's racism and how the police had a bad relationship with local ethnic minority communities. Very woke of Mrs Thatcher. Secondly, yes Britain was more "old fashioned" back then but that wasn't because of Mrs T. Naturally, values change over time. The 1980s were more liberal than the decades before the 80s. The fact Mrs Thatcher was our first ever woman PM was because of progressive social values. The idea of a woman being PM in the 50s or 60s was seen as impossible.
You obviously wasn't around when she was prime minister, riots and violence were common place.
@@martinwebb1681Only because the change she was brought was perceived as radical and destructive. Indeed it certainly was in many ways but I believe it was necessary in helping us enter a new technological age that stopped us slipping further into industrial decline. The unions had far too much power before and during some of her tenure that also needed to be addressed. It was harshly done and I believe not enough planning was put in place for some of the more affected communities. But britain is still a prominent player on the world stage and I believe that was reinforced by Thatchers policies overall at home and abroad.
@@martinwebb1681 I was around. And I lived on a council estate in South London. We didn't have to always lock our doors, and children could freely play anywhere. Very different to today.
She mentioned that she didn't have time for makeup, not really true. Wouldnt the BBC crew or ITV have somebody to do her hair or freshen up her lipstick ? She was dissapointed hearing only ten minutes instead of 25. It's been 40 years who would have thought. She had Alzheimer's in the end what a cruel ending.
There was a mistake in Thatcher's original death certificate and it needed to be reissued - it said "Cardiovascular Accident" when it should have said "Cerebrovascular Accident". "Cardiovascular Accident" sounds like she'd fallen off a treadmill or something.
It also mentioned bladder cancer. I don't think that diagnosis was ever public.
She was a liar.
Wonderful lady and one of the best Prime Ministers we ever had.
In this interview in January 1984 Mrs Thatcher conveyed clear messages to foreign leaders - to the new democratically-elected President of Argentina who had replaced the fallen Junta, to Gaston Thorn the European Commission President about the rebate on the UK's payments to the EEC, and to President Mitterrand. One can imagine MItterrand watching the interview with subtitles added for him, and judging that he had better agree to the rebate in due course - and we did 'get our money back' in 1984. Skilled use of a TV interview as part of foreign policy.
Look, I disliked her, she represented everything I was against, but what I can't do is deny her integrity and intelligence as a politian in the presentation of what she believed in. In a democracy you have to respect that. Her before footage is her genuinely knowing what the media can give her - if presented correctly. The after is what she truly believed was right for the country within the politics she believed in and the values she held. Yes she had political writers but she would never say anything she didn't' believe in. Consequently I knew where I stood with her. Today, I don't know what a politician truly believes in. I don't know whether they are pandering to social media hysteria, or pandering to their outside interests or even believe in what they are saying. I think the the main thing I miss about politicians from the past is their intelligence and ability to express their views in a persuasive way that makes you think or question your own views. Surely that is what politics is about.
For those who wonder about the question about Argentina, this interview was conducted at the time of the Falklands war when Argentina unilaterally invaded and took control of an island under British sovereignty. Mrs. Thatcher was forever grateful to Pres. Reagan who supported Britain during the war. Other Western leaders were much less fulsome in their support.
They weren't that supportive. France supplied weapons to Argentina but then so had we