KERA, A Conversation with Margaret Thatcher
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- In 1991, KERA's Lee Cullum talked with Margaret Thatcher as part of the station's "Conversations" series. At the time of the interview, Thatcher had recently resigned as the 49th prime minister of Great Britain. The former leader recounts her years at the pinnacle of her career and reveals unexpected facets of her personality, her love of poetry and her devotion to her father.
What a phenomenal interviewer, she really did her research and knew what questions to ask.
Agree with you 100%.
Agree with her policies or not, nobody can deny that Thatcher was a very smart, confident, and determined woman. Her rise from such modest beginnings to the pinnacle of global leadership was remarkable.
Most hated PM ever in Scotland. She sold out because of her son's interests in South Africa too. She made sure she made her money.
100% agree thing is i think a lot of people who hate here would probably vote for someone similar now
Well said jim
@@jimdeadmail9your a special kind of special to compare thatcher with Stalin and Hitler😂 what a plank 😂😂😂
Got rid of socialism great knowledge of economics.
Conviction politician.
I am a Turkish female. When I was a child, I remember my mom calling me when she is speaking or just seen on tv. We all admired her... RIP Thatcher🧡❤💛💚
Clever mother, I hope you are too
This is possibly the best interview she every gave
She was a nasty bastard
After watching this I think Gillian talked too slow when she portrayed Thatcher in Crown.
Same
They also needed to make her hair softer and her manner. They took the "Iron Lady" image too far. Stereotyped her as a women could not get that far being feminine.
indeed! Gillian spoke way too slow!
I feel like Gillian went too deeply in her throat to get a word out
My thoughts exactly, it was intriguing and I can understand that they needed to give something to the fictioned version of her but it was indeed slower
What an amazing passionate woman .her critics only add to her greatness.
She speaks excellently about the importance of Latin and Greek. And she's right.
May I ask?? What for Latin and Greek I don't get it hehehehe
I don't know why lately I find myself watching Margaret Thatcher speaking. Perhaps because she is such an excellent example of true leadership. A humble and strong woman who loved her country. How refreshing.🇬🇧🇺🇸
United Kingdom United States. Best Mates.
@@PalladiumTV They are Father and Son.
She only cared about her own kind , take off your rose colored glasses.
The interviewer must have felt so privileged to be sat opposite such an insightful and sincere woman. Her answers are so well thought and genuine. What a treat to listen to!
yes yes yes privileged and ever , ever so bursting with prestige. To sit there, spellbound and mesmerised by the towering hair style of powerful supa-hold hairspray deluxe. It spouts forth witb many many powerful displays of towering helmet-hair, displays of wealth and power. All must bow down in awe and might at the tremendous power if the hair.
@@poopsiebooboo3524 Sexist dribble. Shame.
@@rah62 Why sexist? You could say the very same about Donald Trump or David Bowie
i got the idea the interviewer actually was getting rather fed up of thatcher.
@@poopsiebooboo3524Helmet hair? Madonna and Hillary have helmet hair.
What a splendid speech, what an immaculate English! Margaret Thatcher has been my favourite politician since Perestroika times. We( the world) are in real need of such a politician. We lack her integrity and commitment to the principles of democracy. Being a Russian, I do miss you, Margaret Thatcher. RIP.
"That which thy fathers have bequeathed to thee, earn it anew if thou wouldst possess it." (Faust; one of her favorite quotes allegedly)
👍👍👍👍❤️
@@charlesbourgoigne2130 *Favourite
@@adolflenin4973 I do love it when someone corrects somebody else’s grammar 😂 I do exactly the same thing.
Take off your rose colored glasses, she was a bitch
How refreshing. Notice that in the interview,referring to her Father's influence she said "..both those things had a great effect..." I have watched many speeches by Margaret Thatcher,and,not once did I ever hear her utter the "tired,incorrect,lazy IMPACT" word. She was so articulate. Yess,it was refreshing to listen to her. She chose her words carefully. Rest in Peace,wonderful Lady.
Hey! High morallitty LEADER!
"Take responsibility for your own life....be independent of the state...in life you DO have go through tests - you DO have to qualify"
Wow what novel concepts lost to so many today in our country.
@@elyriawonk6807 soo true. Honestly, this is a one track mindset.
Individualism is a tool to split and depower masses.
What an absolute PRIVILEGE to listen to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, thank you SOo much for posting this. I will watch this many times, as I do with all my favourite videos of her. There are no words to precisely describe the depths of her talents, character, strengths, foresight and determination. I believe 100% she had nothing but the most purest of intentions for the U.K. whilst being Prime Minister. Whilst some of her actions did draw criticism, we must remember ‘you can’t please all the people all the time’.
While I might have disagreed with some of her social policies she really did stop Britain's economic decline. Many whined about her policies but when the Liberals took control they kept most of them. She was a no nonsense person and didn't suffer fools.
She stopped ENGLAND's economic decline by essentially stripping the economy of Scotland. We are still recovering from the effects of her policies. I'm sure Irish and Welsh people have a similar opinion.
@@elyriawonk6807 Scotland, yes. She and her policies decimated our economy. As for Wales and Ireland, I can't comment.
If the reporter was reporting today, she would have asked Mrs. Thatcher all sorts of personal and irrelevant questions in an effort to say, "Gotcha!!!!". How times have changed!!!!
Its obvious after 30 years what do u expect
And why do you think that is?
Thatcher herself was a genius in whataboutism. Blair took inspiration from Thatcher on this and it worked a charm and all PMs have done stuck with it since.
Thatcher destroyed workers rights at bottom. Only unions for managers and for NHS staff, teachers maintained decent power to fight back. All her arguments are simply a means to make Middle class and up wealthier and to prop up higher working classes at expense of making life much more difficult lower down.
The aggressive gotcha interviews really don't help anyone except the media companies - certainly not the cause of truth and the common good. Sir Robin Day was a bit like that but Thatcher made mincemeat of him every time with direct, accurate factual answers.
@@matthewburns7989
Her policies actually helped the poorest and increased social mobility amongst those at the bottom who wanted to work hard and make sacrifice.
She spoke about stable families with mum and dad. That benefits all children and reduced poverty. She made the poorest in society home owners giving them a stake in their country. Wages increased significantly over her tenure and inflation was controlled stopping prices spiralling out of control, employment levels increased towards the end and productivity also went up. More people from the lowest social economic ladder set up businesses and started to own shares.
I look at my own family. Much of them generated their wealth during this period.
Thatcher was a saviour to not only the Brits but those around the world. They don’t make em like this nomore.
I don't share all of her views, but she was a strong leader... She was always very prepared. Unlike today's politicians.
I concur and no hesitating or struttering unlike todays.......
hear hear!!
She was brilliant u wouldn't find anyone like her cant compare👌🏻🥰
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Maybe but that does not detract from the fact that she was a pure cunt
I love to hear her talk. She was so intelligent, so sincere, so insightful and honest. The youth of today could have learned a lot from this woman. I would have loved to have met her and sat and talked with her,
She gives me hope that not all women are going to hell.
@@shotshotshot Really think shes good model for young girls?
@@JunHector Definitely.
@@JunHector yeah most definitely
I agree I wish I could’ve had the chance to speak to her
The command she had over English language is exquisite!
OMG. PLEASE SLOW IT DOWN TO 0.75 SPEED AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE CROWN YOU'LL UNDERSTAND. OMGGGGGGG
AHAHAHAHAH - brilliant! Thanks for that tipp! x,D
I love this interview,, I’ve watched it many years over the year,,, she was brilliant!!!
We will never see this again
An utterly brilliant woman - and a realist. As she said, democracy is founded on morality - so it's sad that some of the people in the UK just can't live up to her standards.
Bob Armstrong Thatcher is the main reason the Brits are poorer and their middle class is diminishing. Look at the state of Britain today; weak, excluded, waning, and isolated.
H Neilson Labour is willful poverty, state control, and welfare dependency. Without Thatcher the militant trade unions would have ground Britain into dust.
Yep, she was born in the year of the bufalo (chinese year 1925) "LOW ON BRAINS BUT PLENTY OF PULL". Hitler was born on the year of the bufalo 1889, so was Saddam Hussien 1937. Crazy people with little pea sized brains...
Yes the uk needs her back
She was ahead of Britain.people too busy winging and not aspiring to do better. She would have been better suited to being U.S. President. She would have been on of their greatest and they appreciate strong leadership. CHURCHILL WAS the Same, the Americans loved him.
Hated her when i was young but now realize how great she was
@@elyriawonk6807 I will answer your question, as I also hated her in my teenage years, but now realise that she is exactly what the UK needs right now, in this era of spineless career politicians. Many of us grew up in labour voting households in the 1970s and continually heard from our parents how bad Thatcher and conservatism was and how good Labour and socialism were. As we grew up and became wiser, we realised that socialism had put the UK on the road to ruin with dominant trade unions, 3-day weeks and a fat state. It took a very strong and single minded person like Thatcher to take the radical, but necessary actions to put the country back on course. The UK is a naturally conservative nation and you can see proof of that in the fact that the only way that labour have ever gain power in the past decades has been via Tony Blair, who did not reverse hardly any of Thatcher's conservative policies when he came to power. E.g. he didn't re-nationalise anything. Now however, there seems to be precious little difference between the Conservatives and Labour. A sorry state of affairs.
Though Gillian spoke the dialogues wayy slower...the tone and the expression are exactly the same
She did a good job in portraying Margaret Thatcher
Ew, no, she did terrible.
Thatcher reciting Tennyson....
My day is complete and it's not even lunch time.
The relationship between MT and her father, reminds me of my own relationship with my father. Like M. Alfred Roberts, my father was thirsty for knowledge, hard working, very responsible and the education of his children was primordial. He shaped me, he was my idol, and he taught me to love Margaret Thatcher. That's why when I see this great woman, I can't help thinking of my father.
'He was liberal which is very much closer to being conservative than socialist' .. that really hits in today's climate
Liberalism is freedom, free markets, capitalism, decentralization, individualism... Socialism is all the opposite. It's just Americans use _liberal_ as a synonym of _left-wing..._
@@Octovisuals correct
A true Lady! She will never be forgotten. And here is the proof: I am not British, I am from Poland and although I 've read and followed everything about her triumphs, way of thinking and so on
Wow! she loved poetry :)
@@richardwillford2418 Johnson is no Thatcher but at least he knows his classics better than most. He cherishes and speaks Latin and studies the Greeks just as she encourages. This can’t be said for many of his generation and beneath, a dying breed.
I don't believe in "role models". Purely because people are inherently imperfect. But - Margaret Thatcher - is the only single person I believe truly deserves admiration en masse. If I could have an hour's discussion with her, God could call me home and I would be at earthly peace. God bless her virtuous heart. I'm not British, but MT's example is the ideal of any leader I have in mind today. I pray we'll have one like that in my lifetime.
Thatcher was a crook a facist supporter like Churchill the russian communist red army beat Hitler not churchill
Oh please! Don’t make me laugh!
You should have lived through her tyranny sold most of the social housing off sold every thing, it was not fun living in herpm years for a working man not knowing iff you would lose your job, when interest rates went to 15 percent and her chanccerler said iff it ain't hurting it ain't working, it was okay if you worked in the square mile in London, said she did not want industry and we should be a nation of shopkeepers.
@@cheekyblindersnorthernsoul9746 She warned people from the start that she was going to get rid of everything that makes people dependent on the state. That she wanted to make government smaller, not expand it even further. That she wanted to get RID of all the socialist and unionist policies and focus on policies that would afford people the opportunity to pave the way of their own destinies - like owning their own homes instead of staying in council homes. You sound like you were one of those people who were overly dependent on the state - and it must have been painful to shake that dependence, but it's better for you in the long-term. Believe me. If you have not gotten more independent from social grants, social housing or any other socialist government handouts.... it would be better for you to do so as soon as you can.
@johann.9271 she sure made life better for the boomers and to lesser extent the GenXrs. Heres the rub! The boomers and Xrs enjoyed the fruits of the welfare state, one biggie is social housing and MrsMaggie offered them all the chance to buy them. Today Millenials like me (and I'm poor and autictic by the way) and Z'ds are royally fu[n](c)ked and stuck in obscene rental market unable to access affordable plentiful housing.
And this woman hardly came from a tough background. She's also bright which helps. The problem is that people like her cannot relate to the bottom ends of society. She managed to increase the size of the middle class and she managed to bring up the competent working class and in the process unleashing the now ingrained 'anti scroungers' wars. People at the bottom are ill and need help, not to be demonised and subjected to further alienation from fellow countrymen. I feel sorry for you but I'm sure life is doing quite well so do keep voting blue. Whatever it takes.
So much more energetic here, after her turn as prime minister, than in the BEGINNING of the Netflix series! Glad we have the actual videos!
The Netflix series was a proper odd portrayal of her, it was mostly quirks without the substance. Felt more characature than real
Have no idea what they were thinking with the dissolving parliament part... Completely made up
Ocular Netflix is a left wing company so they wanted to portray her in a terrible light. They did it throughout the season.
Her ideas on schools are great. I wish we had that here in the states. Not everyone is cut out for college, yet are great leaders.
Yes but education is still considered mandatory and not just direct working
Don't you still have vocational studies?
@@sameera3469 Yes.
The left destroyed educational standards in most of the Western society by getting rid of that system. England and the rest of the UK had the best school system in the world before the 60s, where left-wing ideas took hold in education. The old model was a lot better for social progress. The more academic minded students were sent to grammar schools and the more vocational students were sent to trade schools. The left hated this idea, so they closed many grammar schools, merged them into giant comprehensive schools, thus private schooling increased, because grammar schools were managed like private schools with private school standards, and thus, as they were phased out, many towns and cities lost their grammar schools. Although, many are still open thankfully.
If Thatcher took power in the 60s these lefty ideas on education would have been defeated.
She is so quotable. Almost everything she says is like a piece of ancient wisdom.
'we must get venture capital' dates back at least to Plato
A piece of banal commonplace you mean.
@@Alex_BF I do?
@@sibionic The author of the original post.
Vapid platitudes, you mean.
Woow the wisdom she got from decade of leadership experience. 🖤🖤🖤
She was a fiscal Conservative, and socially Liberal really which like her approach and ideas is common sense. RIP Baroness Thatcher ✝️
She was so exceptional. A rare product of a unique education; of an era which has since disappeared. How unfortunate we are, in some ways, to be living at a time like ours, when bombardment with information and distractions can make it so much more difficult for a fierce mind like Maggie's to evolve. (Of course, only at a time like ours can an inspiring video like this be made so widely available to the public via RUclips).
Unfortunate we are indeed.
Take off your rose colored glasses
She was a bitch
I would say the "bombardment" of information is what evolves the strongest minds, "great men are forged in fire."
Imagine having leaders now who are as smart as this amazing lady
Canada needs to watch this...
You have got to respect her whether you agree w all her decisions or not. This is a brilliant person.
I lived by the shores of the Tyne, and she destroyed the North, and abandoned us to rot.
@@eldradulthran6482 you can blame the unions for that
@@jaredt8526 She was the PM so do not blame the unions . She knew what she was doing she was a fucking cunt
an extraordinary human being and an inspiration to every freedom loving individual in the world.
“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.”― Leonardo da Vinci.
A very special lady!! I love her so much!!!❤️❤️❤️
Short memory ?
I'm not a Thatcherite but hearing her quoting one of my favourite poems (albeit imperfectly) impresses me very much.
Gillian WAYYYYY overdid it.
but it were funny though LOL. made us all come here to see how she really spoke
u know that the series is a dramatization right?
@@prxceso7341 So what? Diana’s actress didn’t overdo her accent
@@prxceso7341 I had no idea, Charmie. I had no earthly clue that ACTORS were hired to dramatize a story based on REAL people. Thank you for that.
@@prxceso7341 the crown is meant to be a serious TV show. It actually CAN romanticise the events/people that it chose to portray (the Royal family) because many things are kept away from the general public and are up for speculation. Margaret's appearance, speech and demeanour, on the other hand, are no secret to anyone. It's public domain. So yes, the series can make the Queen fall in love with Yoda if they wanted, it could have happened for all we know. But no, thatcher's portrayal was really overdone and it looked like Gillian was aiming for a parody, rather than a semi faithful representation
Love her! new generations need to know who she was and the importance of hard work to have success in life
Clearly you did not live under her regime
😂 yeah, OK boomer.
The Queen of Common Sense. 👑
🤣🤣🤣
Also the Queen of oppression
Balls of steel ! Love This women !!!
The greatest woman in modern British history!
No prizes for guessing what she’d have thought of Boris.
She’s turning in her grave
She would have fully supported a Government acting on the will of the people and, certainly, removing the unelected gravy train that is the EU commission from domestic politics. Her personal view of the man? Who can say? Only she!
I believe she would have stood with him.
Lee Cullum, the interviewer, did have a lot in common with Margaret Thatcher, as she also was a daughter of a shopkeeper and a Methodist.
We need our Maggie more than ever now!! Our wonderful daughter of Lincolnshire. 💜
Thatcher in the crown talked way too slow 😂
She was good
I am Scottish and I have never understood why Maggie is not loved up here ,, she is an inspiration and one of a kind! I wish I had Met her and wish we had a leader like her now.
The Scottish hate all Tories and it's a socialist utopia.
@@martinjenkins5471 that’s not true
Also her Methodist principles were just the same as those of the Church of Scotland.
what a tremendous woman!
Like or loathe her policies, she was a genius.
Well said
Quite remarkable, isnt she?
NO !!!!!!
Stuart Gallagher yes she is
YES
Nopes. Remarkable Evil woman who had little regard for human life.
@@sohaibshehzad2052 well she was really an expert of foreign affairs
The way she speaks is so sweet
Maggie was a fellow gingerbread just like me...People from grantham will know what i mean...RIP iron lady ..the uk has sunk without you.x
One of the greatest leaders of our time Baroness Thatcher was.
From a time when Politicians could speak well and craft a decent answer on any subject.
To just list all those poets and then quote from Tennyson ....
She didn’t have to do much crafting, as she was just saying what she believed - Rather than making up a fake argument.
Just wonderful my oh my she knew her stuff
She will never be forgotten
She's fantastic. I loved her so much.
What a fantastic interview 👍🏻
Thanks for posting
Unbeatable, the likes of which we will likely not see for a very long while.
What a brilliant mind and lovely person. Not a snobby bone in her. So inspiring. What a great teacher she would have made. I love the way she gave credit to her father for who she was. I too adored my father. He wanted me to be a chemist. I didn’t go to University until I was 39, but it is never too late. She is so right saying we aspire to have our children do better than us. Mine became a doctor and the other a psychologist. We encouraged them in music and we are all self sufficient. How sad her life was Cruel to her at the end, taking away that wonderful mind.
It's so. Beautiful ❤️
😂😂😂😂
Thank God for her.
This brought me to tears
Are you ok now?
She brought a lot of people in Scotland to tears with her policies and blinkered views and opinions... am sure she was a some kind of robot created especially to cause destruction without blinking an eye
Truth is, Thatcher's policies created and encouraged a lot of innovative entrepreneurs, and that can only be a good thing.
A far cry from today’s leadership, especially in America. We need an Iron Lady; instead, we elected little more than a corpse. No offense to Mr. Biden, but the man deserves retirement in his condition. Thatcher was sharp as a whip. Her ending here is so poignant. Admirable, indeed. Privileged to hear her speak!
There will certainly be no other, RIP Baroness
Her example has inspired me and many others. She is not dead. Her legacy will guide us for ages to come. We will not bow to those leftists who oppose a free, fair, hard working world.
@@johann.9271 are you going to study hard sciences like chemistry, get a proper education, and work hard? Or are you going be a grifter like Boris Johnson and Jacob Mogg and study useless things like classics, PPE, etc., and get your way through life by joining clubs of rich, corrupt scumbags and sucking up to the Rupert Murders of this world?
Just when I think I can't love her more, she quotes my favourite Tennyson!
Truth : She promoted police and Judges who fabricated evidence that convicted the birmingham 6. ( The 6 Irish men that were tourcherd and imprisoned for 16 years for crimes that they did not commit .) Lovely woman.
Tennyson..... Also from Lincolnshire
Count the number of politicians today who can recite Tennyson from memory. Fantastic to hear the great lady speak so freely.
My late husband and I we have both always admired Baroness Lady Margaret Thatcher ... ...
for winning The Falkland Islands war and for her bringing the Trade Unions to their senses, so to speak ... ...
This is a woman who really loved her country. I love her. RIP. I wish she was ours.
What a leader...This is what a strong and smart woman should be not Hollywood actress and celebrities
Is this a joke
Ya but she wasnt a celeb she was a politician so she never got that much attention
World loves Mrs Thatcher
(Fact is that for many countries she is a heroine)
what a witch!!!!!
What countries
She’s definitely NOT loved by the world not to speak of in Britain where rightly millions hated her
Again which countries ?
@@ussrwrestling You can't stand the fact the she took a principled stance and decided to boycott the 1980 Olympics when you soviet sods invaded Afghanistan.
She loved her roles she is a captivating speaker, also we need more grit in today’s society
Being from Texas myself, I approve of her Texas big hair. I mean that, in fact, as a loving element. Love your term warrior princess.
Haha yes I concur. She had even bigger hair during her reign.
Grew up 'under' her so to speak. I wish sometimes I could go back to the eighties. The music was brilliant, and mostly gay, something the Conservative party got their knickers in a twist about.
"Your Majesty"
28:14 That will stay with me for a long time
I don't see any faults in her politics. The whiners are just whining because they would rather sit on their ass and not work, than actually get up and do something with their life. We are seeing this problem in Canada right now, and it's disgusting. She reminds me of one of our own-- Pierre Poilievre-- who hopefully becomes our Prime Minister one day.
I remember my Mother talking about this woman, she really admired her and I can’t wait to find out why lol Currently binge watching The Crown. 🙂
Watching The Crown will teach you nothing about the Iron Lady
@@Nosilla808I agree they did not portray Maggie correctly.
Great lady I miss her
WONDERFULL ELEGANT INTELLIGENT ROYAL WOMAN
RIP PRINCESS
Her mind is on point here, with brilliant recall on a range of issues - 15 years later she barely knew who she was. Love her or hate her, it was a sad end.
Both, Thacher and Merkel studied chemistry.
Merkel studied physics as far as I know
She seems to have been a far better politician and leader than she was a family woman. Her expertise, knowledge, and ability to articulate her ideas is simply incredible.
What a silly comparison.
@@shivapejman8155 can't handle the truth? Grow up. You have the problem, not me.
@@travelseatsyellowlab your mother had the problem when you were born.
The Iron Lady
🇺🇸❤️ 🇬🇧
Mrs Thatcher, we need somebody like you to govern in France!
Clearly a brilliant mind , and I can see why she was so determined to do what she deemed right but life and the human nature isn’t always following what’s right and the problem with life is its fickleness that we humans always try to make it to our liking but nature has its own ways and has no regards for our desires .
wish we had a woman like here in The Netherlands...
I am a PBS and BBC fan; I saw her with William F Buckley however I am shocked that I was somehow unaware of a Lee Cullum interview.
I just came from the Crown, because I was really excited to see the real Margaret Thatcher,how she looks like & how she talks .. and once the video started I said OH MY GOD! it's the exact voice and way of talking the great actress in The Crown performs.. !!so Well done
I would have loved to have met her. Could you not listen to her all day? I could.
We need lady thatcher now!!!
Please find another with such confidence and vision.
I find it so strange that Thatcher constantly went on about hard work, earning your place and being rewarded for it but the British have aristocrats, a royal family and a head of state that inherit all of those rewards and did not get to the top through hard work. I wonder why nobody ever questioned her about that.
The party she lead and the university she attended were riddled with aristocrats , and put it this way , she did not like them and they did not like her . I believe she sacked a few from her government .
Hard work doesn't pay otherwise every woman in Africa would be rich
How dense . The Royal family had existed for centuries and you're weak attempt at tying them with the iron lady is laughable
Max DeMouy odd response
@@maxdemouy721 they are just bitter lazy whining lefties
God she was brilliant! One may not conform to all of her ideas, but her genius and brilliancy of mind are clear
Yes, agree
How can anyone disagree with her? She's spot on politically.