The Crown: Falklands War & Tribute to Margaret Thatcher
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2020
- This is my little tribute to Margaret Thatcher and her action in the Falklands War. This video was heavily inspired and produced with material from "The Crown".
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This video contains scenes from episodes 4 and 5 of season 4 of "The Crown" by Netflix.
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I worked on night shift at a hotel with a UK veteran of the Falklands and the Troubles, he had some stories that would drop your jaw to the floor. No matter who the audience was, even some 18 year old new hire - he'd start talking and everyone would be silent within 15 seconds listening. Great bloke.
I’ve read and heard interviews there was some savage WW 1 like fighting w/ fixed bayonets and hand to hand , although short it was the last war that encompassed all the traditional elements of warfare, air land and sea , naval battles dogfighting , trench warfare ,land battles
Gillian Anderson's acting is so great as Thatcher. You can really feel her shock and frustration as she gets reports of Argentinia readying to invade and it feels as if no one but her seems to grasp the magnitude of what is happening.
Never thought I would see Agent Scully as a wartime British Premier.
Testament to Gillian Anderson's acting.
Real-life Thatcher acted a US agent, so it was a good casting choice.
Well, it's fairly not that well known but though she was born in the US, she grew up in England. They brought that up in her interview on Top Gear which is how I found out. ua-cam.com/video/y3__7j7b4BM/v-deo.html
Terrific actress. Just brulliant
I met Thatcher several times and I can tell you, she was some girl. Nobody sane would cross her but oh boy she could kick butt. Greatest PM of my lifetime, betrayed by a bunch of cavilling rats.
A testament to Thatchers blank expressionless face.
All Gillian Anderson had to do was get daily injections of botox, and speak through clenched teeth as if she was trying to breath through her bum.
This is the perfect demonstration that wars cannot be won without the will to win.
"How will it be well if we do nothing?" The UK need more Churchillian leaders, not weak sops.
Funny how Britain always does well when we have leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill.
Here here. There aren't many leaders who are known just by their surnames, Churchill, Thatcher. Can there ever be another PM with that kind of impact?
Naturally I'm a Conservative 🇬🇧👌
Agreed.
@@samuel10125
What ?
Thatcher's government was the most unpopular of the 20th century.
@@cragerzz
What ?
Which leaders are known by their first name ?
Blair ?
Reagan ?
Major?
Adolf ?
Are you thinking of Fidel , and Ho ?
She was called the iron lady for a reason
Agreed.
I bet this is spot on. She was bloody fantastic. She was ours!!!
Yeah of course, she closed states companies also related to mining in UK and let people without their work..also she didn't understand the islands were not from Britain and sink the Belgrano.
@@mharg6408 concuerdo
What are you talking about..??
Your country is considered stealing territory, pirate, power to sell slaves in Africa, ... and what happens is that the British tell their citizens the beautiful part.
But the truth is the UK is a factory to make ENEMIES
"How it will be well if we do nothing?" That's this great stateswoman in a nutshell. Unlike others, unlike most really, who want to pass the buck and to avoid taking responsibility, to sweap the problems under the carpet, to kick the can, she was always facing the music. We used to love her in Eastern Europe for that. It is a pitty so many Brits miss this about her.
such a great call back to Season 1 too. "To do nothing is the hardest job of all."
Despite the embarrassment of the Tory scum who’s in power now, i don’t think Britain needs advice on the quality of state leaders from Eastern Europe my friend.
@@sbraypaynt I am not from Eastern Europe my friend. I am British now and I don't care about your personal opinion.
@@morning_glorymonster3473 You cared enough to respond. Well, no matter. Britain is dying country anyway.
@@Piola4830 Only if we don't care to defend it.
2:08 That women had more balls than any man in the room.
Then all the men in the room...I know it's just a film, but I remember admiring her as a kid, even though I was American...President Regan and Margaret Thatcher...tough as iron...
@@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 The Argentinians should have known the Americans would side with the British over them any day.
Of course, though she and Regan did have occasional tiffs... like Grenada...😁 we did cover for one another and even today it's our closest ally...we're still politically cousins...
I only see a harming human being dressed as a woman and going to a war to save herself and her disaster as prime minister.
@@griseldafernandez9824 Mad because the Argentinians lost ?
Say what you will about Thatcher, She truly was Dedicated to her Country.
When she wasn't selling it off and privitising it anyway. She wanted to end school milk being free and to charge for library books. Fuck her, forever.
She was right, obviously. The Argentine Junta were a fascist state. And I don't mean "fascist" as in "unfashionable right-wing viewpoint". I mean "fascist" as in "anti-democratic, totalitarian political system." Real fascists understand one thing and one thing only: force.
Thatcher made the right call.
They were a bunch of muderous SS style thugs. Did the argies a favour giving them a kicking , that foul junta fell soon afterwards.
El Gobierno militar NO FUE FASCISTA PORQUE FUE UN GOBIERNO "BRITANICO" y Estadounidense en lo financiero. La subversion de 1970 a 1980 fue sostenida militarmente por el Reino Unido y pruebas se encuentran judicializadas sin prosperar nunca como es usual. Fuente:"Dossier Secreto" de Martín Andersen o ""La Argentina" Henry Ferns¡ ! Estudiamos!
@@jamjuridico They attacked Islands, on which the population did not want to be part of Argentina, but ruled by the British and forcibly suppresed any opposition to their occupation , sounds pretty facist to me
@@royw-g3120
Thatchers govt was the most unpopular that century.
Half of Britain cursed the I R A for missing her at Brighton.
Her conduct in Ireland had her government indicted at the European Court of Human Rights.
Not long after , they forced 3000 British citizens from islands in the Indian Ocean with ONE box of belongings and £30 - into the slums of Mauritius , several thousand miles away , where the suicide rate among them was EIGHT %
WHY ?
*They were not white*
The island was to be made into a B-52 base , finished just in time for the Desert Storm.
It was vicious hypocrisy.
The Americans asked about the native population , the reply was "SEAGULLS AND GANNETS"
Chile was worse.
Far worse.
And they were allied to Britain during the conflict.
The intelligence war was won by British agents in Chile.
The “Iron Lady” was aptly named.
the empire strikes back
Don't forget the direct strike on that Welsh traitor big rubber nose Weston when the Argentineans melted his face off 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As stated on the cover page of a leading news magazine of the day. TIME or NEWSWEEK ?
The sun never sets on the British Empire.
Yeah
@@craiglarge5925 and in a james bond movie as well
Old Maggie had what most political leaders no longer have
A spine
Incipient lunacy, more like.
@@thundertick5666found the fascist
@@thundertick5666whatever you say
@@thundertick5666 I agree it is truly lunacy to ask anyone to be responsble for their decisions. ... UHuh
That's fucking right
Maggie was the last true PM with spine UK had. Her decision on world wanting to see the retake of Falkland islands and Iranian embassy was truly a leaders act.
So Tony Blair "tagging along the Americans" to Iraq in the early 00's was "spineless" ??
*That* was a *far* greater decision. You see, everybody knew that unlike a military junta which barely had enough support to control their own country (Argentina), invading Iraq and occupying the country wasn't going to stop with just deposing Saddam Hussein.
*Nobody* needs a PM with a "spine". What they *do* need is a PM with a good head on the shoulder. You see, politicians with a "spine" tend to be rather nasty and short-sighted. A certain Adolf Hitler actually gained widespread support among the majority of Germans just for having a spine. The Germans who listened to him did so because he "dared saying what needed to be said". And who understood that the "German people will never live under some other nation's boot." Are you absolutely certain you wouldn't be supporting said dictator had you been living in 1930's Germany?? Beware of politicians with a spine, they might go too far.
Fret not, there are TONS of people in other countries also madly infatuated with leaders with a spine (Putin being just one of them). One day you might realize how it feels like on the receiving end. By then you can worship any local politician with a spine all you want. It'll be too late. You be lucky you won't catch a bullet on the battlefield fighting the other people who were stupid enough to listen to their "leaders with a spine". Fool.
FAR greater cultures have ended their days sacked and pillaged. Most of them truly deserved it.
Chimps look up to spines.
Thinking humans are defined by reason.
What about the Iranian embassy?
Tony Blair showed spine with the he Middle East whether you agree with his actions or not.
iron lady, broh 👏🏻
Yeah, she probably killed more British people than any of her enemies...
*”We packed are ships with British, beer and bullets”*
We mobilised the Navy and we called up the Marines!
You mum
@@theamazingengineer1901 we sailed two weeks till we reached the Falkland Islands.
"are ships"... true blood Brit... can't speak the language properly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@BerghemDeSura wow now I wish we conquered Argentina after we won back the Falklands be whole lot less of you gits around
@2:20 "We must consider public opinion." Screw that. Right is right and wrong is wrong, allowing a tin pot, despot to invade your territory is wrong.
Fitzsimmons siding with the Brits over invasion of territory... couldn't make it up lol.
@@BerghemDeSura The thing is that, the UK have the island long before Argentina was even a country. Spain used to have a legitimate claim for the island sure, but that ends when the UK threats them, plus when Argentina declare independence from Spain, they lose all the legitimate claim for the island. Otherwise Italy can basically claim all the Europe.
I've always thought that considering public opinion includes sending the message that all citizens would be equally protected, whether they're in (for the UK) London or the Falklands
@@BerghemDeSurayou nutcase.
SHE is soooo POWERFUL.
Well she was the Iron Lady, no wonder why Reagan loved her so much, and was feared by the reds for her sheer might as well as class
Kudos to the production, "We have just won war", ambiguous, and, she did of course go on record later for claiming, "We have become a grandmother"... :D
Ruining people's lives even long after her death. Impressive.
Thatcher is one of those figures, where you either love her or hate her
The last PM with balls...
You are right from Norway 👍👍👍🇳🇴🇬🇧
More balls than old rubber nose Weston had left after the Argentineans melted his face anyway 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@BerghemDeSura You clearly have no education, no class and no dignity. You should refrain from posting such offensive rubbish.
Ironically so
You're terrible 😂
Maggie was a lioness
Iron Lady
Seeing everyone run around London, naked and drunk, yelling "Maggie Maggie Maggie!!! Oy Oy Oy!" To be there at that moment, even if the Queen wasn't proud of them, lol!!!
Her old man had to be drunk before he'd sleep with her lol.
Her and Reagan-
May they Rest In Peace!
🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧!
@@BerghemDeSura Comments like your's would get you the firing squad in Russia if you uttered such garbage and toilet language about leaders such as Putin and the Khomeni . Be respectful of our great lady .
I was 9 years old and remember learning where the Falklands were......proud moment for the Commonwealth . Defending her people .
O'Keefe... so you've sold out then...
Defending them from what ?
@@olliephelan defending the commonwealth people from an aggressive invasion by Argentina, do you seriously not know anything about the Falklands War??
@@td370
Defending a commonwealth people ?
Like Northern Ireland ?
The Argies didnt burn anyone out of their homes.
What about the Chagos islands ?
@@olliephelan the IRA bombed innocent women and children, I don’t know what you’re trying to get at? You wanted Britain to just do nothing about a terrorist organisation bombing populated areas?
How could you possibly defend Argentina when they aggressively invaded a British island, solely populated by ethnically English citizens who are culturally English and wanted to be British. Even the few Argentinians on the Falklands wanted to be British. If the Falklands were Argentinian the island would be poverty stricken and significantly poorer like Argentina. Why would you wish a worser life for people?
Well done Maggie.
She did us proud and we returned the favour.
RIP
That’s Right
For a bunch of islands?
@@itsblitz4437 That you think the campaign in 1982 was about a 'bunch of islands' shows your total lack of understanding about the British mentality and our values let alone why we went down there.
That 'bunch of islands' were British Territory and anyone invades British Territory they get kicked out.
But the REAL reason was that British people had been attacked, subjugated and treated appallingly by a foreign power. For that crime the Argies had to be not only beaten but beaten well and humiliated.
And they were.
I suggest you read more and write less.
@@1chish attacking, subjugating, and treating other peoples appalingly is a british national pastime lol
@@ivche13 Errr ..... The Falkland Islands were and are British. Always have been. It was Argentina that did the "attacking, subjugating, and treating [British] people appallingly" not the other way round.
D'UH!
I would suggest you read a lot more and write a lot less. Because on THIS you simply do not have a clue.
And stereotyping a nation because of some other events 200 years ago is frankly stupid.
It's sad we don't have someone like her today!
Boris Johnson is one.
@@sturlamoldenno he is a moron, maggie was a chemist who love or hate her, was a smart woman. She believed what she was doing was the right thing, whether it helped in the long term or not I am unsure. But had you not had Thatcher your economy would have fallen to 3rd world level after your empire collapsed.
Through luck, Thatcher’s policy, and Brexit you are by mutual necessity the most important ally of the US and are going to remain one for quite a while. This saves you money on defense. The US&Royal Navy work closer now than ever before, again as a result of necessity. So for the UK, you are in an enviable position long term if the US can manage to turn itself around. Being from the US, I cannot fathom any situation that would part our friendship and I am grateful for that.
You miss the part where Meryl says; SINK IT!!! 😉😛😂😂😂
Antonio Javier Isaza + Because its not Meryl.
@@henryvagincourt4502 Meryl was 1000% better at portraying Lady Thatcher. Gillian played her like she was a stroke victim.
@@rah62 + I met Maggie once when I came back after the Falklands, I was 18, I would go more with Gillian. Is but a personal choice mucker.
What a woman
A leader with conviction that loved the nation and had a certain idea of what should be Britain's interests
the war was unnecessary. Britain people stole those island from us, it was so unfair.
@@catalinaferreyra3948 poor dear it was Britain that discovered the islands and settled in it
Its people are British and voted to stay brits
It was your govenment the Junter led by a bunch of fascists in it that attacked these territories and were repeled thanks to the bravery of the British army
The falklands never were Argentinian. You should pick up a history book
@@guermouchemarouane5116 i think u should pick a history book boludazo. the island became ours when we freed ourselves from Spain in 1810, u should search ab it dear.
then Britain came out of nowhere and took them from us in 1833 wanting to control international routes cause u had none power. u should search that also babe. now y’all r just mad bc u r a little island which controls nothing lmao.
@@catalinaferreyra3948 Argentina never claimed the islands 1st
When the brits came in there were nobody then they colonised it after over 150 years your country, suddently woke up saying these islands are yours poor dear
The little islands called Britain is one of the strongest nation in term of economy ,military, political influence. A country that gave us the greatest writers, Monarchs, technological and architecturel achievements
Fought and repelled Nazism, Fascism Communism THAT IS BRITAIN 🔥🔥
Far better than your nation, which is and was nothing more nothing less than a vulgar Spanish colonie with a chaotic economy
big and useless
@@catalinaferreyra3948 Guess what britain controls to this day.. that's right - the FALKLAND ISLANDS BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY
Like her or not, Margaret Thatcher was never a push over. She’s probably one of the most enduring British Prime Minsters next to Winston Churchill.
So. I'm an American combat veteran who served in the days of Reagan era gunboat diplomacy.
There many wholly justified reasons why many Britons dislikes [or hated] Margaret Thatcher. I understand those reasons, but not being a UK citizen it is not my place to comment or judge. Thatcher's legacy will be judged by the people she served, and that it as it should be.
Thatcher's tenure as PM came as the UK was at a very low ebb, economically and militarily. But Operation Corporate gave the entire UK a lift of spirit when it desperately needed one. And it proved for the 70-thousandth time since mankind organized armies that the best trained army will win out even against extraordinary odds.
Now, my own service was just after the Falklands, entering the US Army in '82. My first duty station was Germany, or 'West Germany' as we called it then. I was lucky enough to do a month of inter-Allied training with 1/QOSDG and several participants told me this.
Now, thanks to the fantastic acting prowess of our illustrious Gillian Anderson, Margaret Thatcher has become highly desirable..
Argentina: invades the falklands.
Britain: does what your supposed to do in war and attack the enemy.
Argentina: surprised pikachu face.
You can't invade your own territory you absolute fruit.
Actually read up about las Islas Malvinas, the history and legal case, instead of just spouting whatever drivel you actually think you know lol.
@@BerghemDeSura salty Argentina boi
@@BerghemDeSura Wait? Does someone want to talk about a claim about the Falkland? OMG haha. The UK have the island long before Argentina was even a country. Spain used to have a legitimate claim for the island sure, but that ends when the UK threats them, plus when Argentina declare independence from Spain, they lose all the legitimate claim for the island. Otherwise Italy can basically claim all of Europe. And fuckin Britain can claim half of the world.
@@BerghemDeSura The people of the Falkland Islands voted to be British, you absolute fruit. Only three voted to be Argentinian and those three were bought one-way plane tickets to Argentina by the other residents of the island.
@@BerghemDeSura you mean the falklands not Islas Malvinas also the Argentinian army is terrible our four state of the art aircraft stationed there could easily take out your airforce our ships could shoot down all of South America’s airforce
What talent. I thought I was watching a documentary. Awesome acting.
Gillian's acting was weird in this series! She greatly exaggerated Thatcher's voice and mannerisms! It got weird!
Maggie gave Britain an extra 40 years of international prestige. Which have sadly been squandered by the current political class.
My one complaint about how the Crown covered the Falklands is that they relegated it not only to an almost background story but they make it seem like it was a response to her son going missing in Africa.
Agreed, Falklands happened a full two months after Mark went missing and was found. However, she said that experience is what gave her an understanding of what the Falklands mothers went through. and She also wrote a condolence letter to every single family of a fallen soldier, sailor, and marine.
Man…we could really use her today.
And if you didn't want her, we'd give her a warm welcome in Chile
I wonder what actions would she have taken on the Ukraine war...
You have another neoliberal bigot. No difference basically.
If only we have somebody like her during this time.
What an amazing performance by Gillian Anderson
I read in these comments that we need more politicians like Thatcher. I say that we need to go a step further and have bosses like Thatcher.
If your superiors have no willpower the personnel fail. Maggie Thatcher may have saved the Kingdom from irrelevancy. Had a PM with lesser willpower been at her Majesty's helm the Falkland's War would have been a major embarrassment.
Great clip, thank you for posting. I "yomped" with 45 Commando Royal Marines across the Falklands 1982, 40 odd years later, my feet still hurt!
@ThePierre58 Thank you for fighting for your country, I am American, but I have relatives in Wales, who my family still talks to. Question, what do you think of Thatcher as a whole, I know she had some controversial opinions, but she seems like a pretty good leader overall.
@@usauk3605 I liked her, but then, I come from rural Oxfordshire where she enjoyed support. Wales however, especially the mining community, loathed her. As a whole, I think Donald Trump is the best comparable example. If I was American, I would live in Alabama and hunt things that begin with D.
I drove fuel trucks in Iraq for the US Military, outstanding people, it was a honour to know them.
@ThePierre58 Understood, yeah, I live in the rural U.S, and Trump was pretty popular around here. But that was not the case everywhere. Also, I have some family friends who served in Iraq, and they feel the same way about the British military as you do about the American, so thank you for that. Nice to know we still have some friends across the pond.
Last great leader this country ever had!
was she not a big part of why the Argentinians attacked? Cuts to the military. Like Britain scrapped her last two big carriers which carried the f4 phantoms and buckaneers a year or two b4 the war?
You do know "Britain" isn't a country, right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@BerghemDeSura it's a United Kingdom
@@jmcfintona999 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
@@Monty2022 yes. 4 kingdoms United as one.
Brilliant. As a kid I was taught by parents and school alike to hate all things Conservative and all things Thatcher. How wrong they were and how right Thatcher was.
School defo didn’t teach you to hate conservatives, you should hate them anyway
@@lucarhodes3175 Nice tolerant attitude I see. Have a nice day Joseph:)
@@SaigonBrit as if any conservative is tolerant
@@lucarhodes3175 Actually yes conservatives tend to listen to others, have measured debates and can respectfully disagree with others. It tends to be the left who are ultra intolerant, cannot stand or accept differing view points and resort to cancel culture, personal shaming and personal attacks when they don't agree with someone. The left also tend to project the most. They bleat on about anyone who disagrees with them is a terrible person, a sexist, a racist, a xenophobe and so on but it is they who classify people according to their immutable characteristics. Conservatives tend to look at the indvidual.
@@SaigonBrit wow it’s amazing that every thing you wrote in that paragraph was just a big fat lie like literally everything, first they don’t listen that’s why shit like Grenfell happen aswell as a terrible Brexit shitshow, maybe yes they were better at listening and being more respectful in thatchers era and before that but now they are the worst possible party to be leading our country, and the people the “left” name sexist, xenophobic, or racist are usually called that for a reason so don’t come at me saying we just pass those words around for nothing, the conservatives aren’t out to help anyone but the top 10% of people are the rest of us just get poorer and poorer but people keep voting for them coz our education system doesn’t teach us about politics and world issues coz if they did no one would vote for the right wing conservatives
Very much due an award Gillian. Excellent.
She was playing a good Thatcher. It will never happen
Bravo, Mrs. Thatcher.
I was always proud of the fact that Mrs. Thatcher and my mother were both named Margaret Roberts (maiden names) PLUS, I love Gilian's portrayal of The Iron Lady and love and respect of Mrs. Thatcher herself
What a leader and what a woman!
A filthy warmonger who laid claim to a an Island off the coast of Argentina. In other words, a typical European leader overflowing with contempt for people that are not white enough.
By your comment, your heritage is laid bare.
What a shity woman! She wanted to send a Nuclear bomb to Argentina.
She is in the hell.
❤️ love her
I may have issues with her, but she made the right call on the Falklands
IN ACTUALITY QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS NOT IN LONDON WHEN THE VICTORY PARADE TOOK PLACE WHICH IS WHY THE MILITARY SALUTE WAS GIVEN TO MARGARET THATCHER NOT HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AS CUSTOM
Maybe is was all intended to increase the popularity of the most hated figure since Oliver Cromwell ?
Thats why she stood in for the queen.
@@williambodin5359
Hitler was very popular in Germany.
If anyone hates you with a "seething" then thats not too good.
Not the World ?
The European court condemned her government for torture of her own citizens.
Miners and their families went hungry in England.
Republicans in Ireland starved because of her policies.
If you are popular with fascists and the wealthy , thats not good.
In fact, even those fascists ended up burning effigies of her.
@@williambodin5359
Oh, she was well aware of peoples feelings toward her.
People starved themselves rather than accept her fascism. Bobby Sands was elected to Westminster while her pigheadedness guaranteed his death.
They had to move the British embassy in Tehran because the street was renamed after him.
Usually people who stop arguing is because they cant.
@@williambodin5359
You already did and are now making a strategic withdrawal.
Its often oppressors who refuse to negotiate.
Its often the most powerful military who create "rules" for war.
Its often the Right Wing who ban books and hide information
Its often Right wing who will refuse to debate.
And regularly the ones who will use attempts at insult as a weapon of first and last resort.
Youve already tried to attack the messenger rather than the message.
*You claim to know my views and "who I am" from 15 lines* ?
Thats the obscene level of simplistic outlook typified by a right wing Nationalist or Nazi.
Its similar to religious lunatics who claim to know what god wants.
You claim I "hate them" , and then just based on that assumption claim to know WHY ?
What could you possibly know about Thatchers history in Ireland considering there was a blanket ban in your schools, colleges and media.
Even books published by British journalists were banned.
So, where did you get youre information ? The same places which spread lies about everything from WW1 to WMDs and Sanctions on Iraq ?
Its called Neo-nazi.
You will refuse to engage with anyone who has a different opinion.
The basis of it being that if they dont agree , they must be untermensche.
@@williambodin5359
Just as I predicted.
I think Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher was one of the best performances I have ever seen in my entire life. I never saw a minute of the X-Files, so she was completely unknown to me before I saw her in this, and I was just floored by her acting. She literally stole every scene of every episode she was in, and in this show that is saying something!
Margaret was the leader we needed!
I liked the piece where the Admiral says "no, Prime Minister, we can't do that" ... explaining how long it'll take the task force to get there.
Bloody marvelous.
Meryl Streep vs Gillian Anderson 😮
She did what she had to do. Was to protect her people.
Her people were never in the slightest danger. Falklands islanders could have been moved in their entirety to mainland Britain with no impact whatsoever. She just wanted a war to win the next election, that's all.
She called the SAS "my boys". After iranian embassy hostage crisis.
Now....our leaders would say...."Too bad. Throw 'em under the bus."
A brilliant woman with such foresight that hasn't been equalled since.
Maggie was the best PM the UK ever had besides Churchill
The official unemployment figures put it at 3.5 million it was probably alot higher.
Whole industries decimated British comunites laid waste. The poll tax .
Thatcher used the Falklands like her counterpart in Argentina to create a diversion from what was going on at home .Thatcher had no intention of negotiating with the possibly of a peaceful outcome. It was a huge gamble which luckily paid off for her .
@@chrisholland7367 Shite. The UK economy was utterly failing under socialist policy and choices were mass unemployment for a short period of time or a national catastrophe. She ripped the plaster off quickly, as was needed.
The UK was the sick note of Europe before Maggie took over, by the time she left we were a G7 country.
@@tomben6180 what utter bollocks. Tell that to the miners ,steel workers ,ship builders and print workers. It wasn't just the direct effect of people loosing their jobs but also the families men who were the main bread winners. The suppliers and communities in which those shop keepers relied on the custom of those effected by the job cuts.
Just before you get to teary eyed about Maggie don't forget the Hillsborough cover up who was prime minister then.
@@chrisholland7367 I know exactly what happened to those people but unfortunately they were working in industries that weren’t making a profit… so what do you want, just keep paying them until the country resembles Zimbabwe under Mugabe? She was ruthless and many people, my people as I’m from Northern England, were put out of work but it needed to be done and thankfully we had a PM who knew that.
Poll tax was a bad idea and she faded towards the end of her tenure and became more bitter towards those around her but she truly was one of the greats of UK politics. The prosperity that came in the 90s and 00s before 2008, were all down to her policies working.
My family personally didn’t do well because of Thatcher’s policies, I really could throw my toys out of the pram but I look at the wider picture.
You kind of look like Churchill... very lardy! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I prefer Streep's portrayal, but Anderson does a good job as well.
God bless Lady Thatcher. ❤️❤️❤️
Maggie "fuck around and find out" Thatcher made an example of that dictator in a really spectecular way.
I love you, Maggie
Bravo Thatcher,well said,planned & executed.....
She was the best PM the UK had.
She was amazing, her like hasnt been seen since. Alas.
Gillian should have used a youthful clear deeper voice to sound like thatcher. The gestures and makeup were fine but the voice made thatcher older than it really was at the time.
If only we could find another Maggie for current times!!!
The Argentine government at the time was a military dictatorship sponsered by the US to keep communism under control , tens of thousands of it's own citizens went missing due to the fact that they oppossed it , the Falklands war at least rid Argentina of that government by making it so unpopular so surely that had to be a good thing for Argentina .
So we suppose to be thanked with you...F*ck you! 😄
Lo de USA es mentira. Y no fueron 30 mil
Hi Martin, as an argentinian I can say you are not correct. It wasnt the outcome of the war what lead the junta to is resignation but their resistance to sell the national companies to foreign companies. A fascist dictatorship that was supported by other foreign Capital suddenly found itself Without money due to is position towards the national companies.
Superb performance of a superb woman; Winston would have been proud.
There are plenty of things to criticise about Thatcher but she did the right thing here
Gillian Andersen: The Iron Maiden
The Iron Maiden was a medieval torture device. Appropriate.
Wow, what a leader the UK had
What a marvelous acting by Gillian Anderson!
Wonderful acting really I cant fault it but I dont remember Baroness Thatcher having a throat infection for 20 odd years
You're absolutely right. As weird as it may be for you, doing that helps non-Brits recognize her and identify with her through what we recognize, and then we can get to know the real her through people like you. I had to go through this same process a few years ago myself.
I think Thatcher made the right call. Not only was the argentine government of that time clearly the bad guys in the matter, but it was still cold war. When the British, one of the mayor western forces, are under attack, you can be sure that the Soviets were watching how the British react to a challenge of a clearly weaker opponent. If London had backed down before Argentine, I’m sure Moscow would have seem this as an opportunity to start some conflicts against Britain as well. They would have been like “If they are afraid of the argentine army, they will absolutely back off when faced by the red army. Not going to war on the Falklands might have caused another crisis in the cold war.
What a badass lady!!!
I remember the hoo-ha when Thatcher rather than the Queen was on the platform at the victory parade 🤣
No surrender, never surrender we won and the fascist military dictatorship lost. One person who should never be forgotten his American guy called Casper Weinberger, secretary of defense who offered us all the possible help he could including a carrier group if necessary.🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
As an American growing up I remember my initial reaction was "Why didn't they invite us to the party?" Then I blinked and the war was over so...ok, carry on.
You would have supported UK or Argentina ? ..
@@gonzalogauna46 President Ronald Regan publicly said at the time "We're with Britain" however help from the US wasn't required, but thanks anyway Ron. 👌
This is what England needs now a strong leader, and not the clowns 🤡 we’ve got
🎵🎶Maggie Thatcher was awakened in the middle of the night
She heard the Argentinians was spoiling for a fight
She summoned up her cabinet and met with the MPs
And sent the pride of Britain to those stormy southern seas🎶🎵.
Tras su manto de neblinas
No las hemos de olvidar
Las Malvinas Argentinas
Clama El viento y ruge el mar
🎶🎶🎶
Reagan and thatcher were close. Reagan sent a supply ship to meet up with a British Supply ship in the North Atlantic.
Keep in mind that the Russian president Gorbachev said he was more worried about dealing with Tatcher than he was Reagan. Strange times.
It was those testosterone shots
I love her. Is my hero.
Get help.
@@thundertick5666 after you
Sad.
If only we had Mrs Thatcher in 2022
Considering how the writters viewed Thatcher from previous episodes, its a surprise to see this
Perhaps they see this as her best moment.
Margaret Thatcher had more courage than her entire miserable gutless cabinet of chinless wonders. Britain leaving the EU is a testament to Margaret Thatchers view that Britain should not rely on a Europe full of Britain’s enemies and their collaborators, and other countries that needed Britain and her allies to liberate them.
Yet she was pro europe
Blimey, I was just 18 on a frigate fresh from a NATO exercise, Maggie had balls, more than the shits we have now.
And now you have to sell paper poppies just so you can have beer money for Christmas such is the esteem your state holds you in... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
which episode contains these details?
Margaret Thatcher: Your royal highness, Argentina is atacking us !!
Elizabeth II: Argentina ?
Margaret Thatcher: Yes, we need respond now !
Elizabeth II: I love Messi
She had more balls than any other men in the parliment today...
Can you imagine Boris Johnson in a similar situation?
Hell yes!
Chief of defence staff was in Nz at the time, by the time he'd left our Prime Minister Muldoon who was in London at the time,was considering and later sent two frigates to support that war. The ONLY ally to give significant support for Britain, when they later deployed Hmnzs Canterbury and later Hmnzs Waikato to relieve Atlantic patrols freeing up British warships for that taskforce .
France had supplied the Argentians with their exocets , dassault that built fighters too gave tech support. USA met with Britain to try and talk them out of fighting Argentina, though later supplied missiles to Britain. It was a 74 day war by the way, not 14 as some here made out.
Dassault ceased technical support with the argentine navy upon outbreak of the war.
Love her or hate her, but she at least had balls, unlike our current shower!
🇬🇧👏
Reminds me of another conflict 'and the last little Corporal who tried, came a cropper!'.....
There’s a reason why she was called the Iron Lady.
I just wish that Margaret Thatcher was a President of the United States. Preferably right after Reagan!!!
Both were the same!!!
Two bastards in a row.
A great woman! We need her now!
What is the name of the tune playing towards the end?
Love Lady Thatcher