Margaret Thatcher: The Most Loved And Vilified PM
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Some saw Margaret Thatcher as one of the major figures of the 20th century, who changed Britain's fortunes for the positive. To others she was "an abomination". Either way her policies and personality are still felt. Sky's Joey Jones reports.
Deindustrialisation was the result of the end of the British Empire.
And the end of the UK as a serious country is the result of deindustrialisation.
Deindustrialisation is the result of progress
The "industries" were making huge losses. As in it took more money to mine the coal than the coal was worth. The end was coming no matter what, Margret Thatcher shifted course and though it was rough we are better off because of it.
@@Andy-em8xt What massive expense would result in the mines operating at a loss? wages. When the mines shut down where is the cost of keeping people alive shifted to? welfare systems. Shutting down the mines, even if they operated at a loss, stripped the nation of its industrial independence and made a major portion of the nation's labour force redundant. It caused a gulf in jobs that has still yet to be filled. All for the sake of exporting the labour force to China so that British domestic industries that need the resources can now buy them at a cheaper price because Chinese workers are exploited for little pay.
The brit empire started to crumble shortly after ww1
I think the one thing she isn’t criticized enough for is being a friend and supporter of Augusto Pinochet. She always praised democracy yet supported a cruel dictator.
Ki-Sean Excell Every power does these things, it’s very ignorant to blame anyone for it.
@@JohnSmith-oe5rx As if. That's exactly where power needs to be held accountable. Or at least scrutinized.
@Materazi Islam I believe either spelling is accepted. Though some might believe a hard 'z' to be unnecessarily bellicose. I would likely agree. As the letter itself appears as a kind of ultimatum.
@Materazi Islam I concur with your topographical view of germaniousness.
I mean donald trump was best friends with putin 🤷♂️
At least she had the courage to be disliked unlike so many today who pander for votes.
I loved her, Margaret Thatcher without doubt made this country great again. RIP the iron lady
She hated my city
Thatcher was actually a massive anti semitist and is widely looked over to this day! Once she deported all the Jews from some of the minor cities around London and put them in this small town with terrible living conditions
The most overrated one. She did nothing about Liverpool
yea
Like her or not she was a powerful woman !!
??? So??
She was a sociopath
Yea and hitler was a powerful man too…what a dumb comment
Powerful doesn't mean good.
@@ShrunkedDude thats... why he said "like her or not"...
Scottish, Welsh and Irish people have something to tell
I hated the woman and raised a glass on the day she died. However, there is no doubting she was a hugely significant politician
Sir Bernard Ingham was and is totally correct with what he said.
Totally agree.. she was a great REVOLUTIONIST, moreover, she was greatly RESPECTED and help in high ESTEEM abroad!!
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And what has labour done for the working class, they are all the same underneath, we are just cash cows. I've lived under labour, tory, coalitions, and I've never been noticeably better off under any of them.
Blamed the fans for the Hillsborough disaster and closed down coal mines which were the heart and soul of many communities.
"clearing path for business enterprise and wealth creation" more like destroying democracy by taking away the people's power.
Sounds like someone needs a helicopter ride 🚁 🇨🇱
The only British PM I like
Ireland:The lie Detector has spoken That was a lie Mate
I think it's way too early to judge Thatcher's legacy fully. But I've got my suspicions that as time passes, we will view her less and less favourably.
Looking back, Thatcher's government really opened the doors to a market economy. Of course the nationalised industries were very inefficient and stifled by some of the more militant unions. But they were national assets, for better or for worse.
Her government encouraged the process of selling everything off...to a point where many of our biggest employers nowadays are owned by overseas bilionaires who see the UK as something to be milked dry rather than invested in.
Maybe one day we will look back at things like the NHS or British rail, and wonder why on earth we sold everything. Look at the recent Post Office scandal; once an institution to be proud of, now run for the benefit of shareholders and corporations, not the person who just wants their letter to arrive safely.
I think that will be the long-term legacy of Thatcher's government in the UK. She will be remembered as the PM who opened the door, let faceless corporations take over every aspect of our lives, then scuttle the profits off overseas, rather than reinvest back into the UK.
I'm not heing misty-eyed for industries that were desperately unprofitable or relics of the past. It's easy to be sentimental about stuff that was actually crap and needed a good kick up the backside. But now our social interactions, shopping preferences, politics and even ideas of happiness itself are manipulated by corporations who want us to work 'till the grave to make them more profit. I'm not sure that's a happier society in the long run.
Ding dong the witch is dead
More balls than any modern politician
@@duffelbagdragyes Maggie didn't take any nonsense
The iron lady we wouldn't be in this mess if she had her way
If she had her way half the country would be in third world condition. Oh wait, it already is under her own party.
WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY
PRIVATISED & SOLD OFF UK ASSETS< WATER, GAS, ELECTRICITY OIL ???
WHERE DID ALL THE MONEY GO
My first vote in 1979 was for Margaret Thatcher.
Ken Clarke is just as bad today!!!!
Hello Teresa
Its a shame they didn't get her in BRIGHTON
Most loved?? Are your sure about? lol
My best British Prime Minister ever .God bless her soul
Australia liking the imperial boot till the end, that's dedication
I think she was the best prime minister we've ever had
Say's who that she was the most loved priminister, maybe the rich eh .?. Certainly not the working class and the poor..
Quality of life📈
Economic powerhouse📈
Falkland📈
Hi Good evening, hi how r u,grand ma, And Grand pa,how r. U,how is Queen ma,Am CD.Vazir And Prince Charles
We need Maggie back now
Remember, she had nothing to do with setting the Good Friday agreement.
Jeremy Corbyn helped put that in place.
Why? For her corpse to finish off the north entirely?
@@tomalandavies Thats rubbish. John Major, Tony Blair and Mo Mowlam were all responsible for the Good Friday Agreement far more than Jeremy Corbyn.
The world is a better place without the evil old witch
Margaret Thatcher was NOT the most loved PM LMAOOO
I watched her tears on her final day leaving Downing Street. It was the happiest day of my life. Wretched woman.
Good riddance to the evil old witch
Well provide the proof then or shut up.
Perhaps YOU didn't exist in those days... that's my intuition!!!
She is like Reagan and Trump
So it stands that the Police covered it up.
Seems like the only people that speak fondly of her, all have Posh accents & are sitting in Large houses🤣
IN MEMORY🌿🇻🇦🌿 OF ALL SOLDIERS of ARGENTINA KILLED💐🌼🏵 IN 1982 BY THATCHER in name of queen ❤🌿🇻🇦🍋✝️🍋🇻🇦🌿🌻💐🏵⛑🌻😇🌷💮🙋♂️!!!
Loved? 🤣
Nigel Farage is a leader
MARGARET THATCHER IS DEAD
I am from NI and loved this woman.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD
The uks greatest leader
Was the statue of her shown in this clip the one that was beheaded?!
I would say it is in there because she was our first woman PM and one of our longest serving rather than her being one of our 'best' Prime Ministers!
She is widely considered by people on the right to have been our best ever peace time PM and almost everyone recognises her as one of the giants of the 20th centurary politics. That's why she's in there, not her gender.
A Yes but many people hated her. Attlee was our greatest peace time Prime Minister...which is why his statue is in the Members Lobby.
Well yeah the left generally regards Attlee as our best peace time PM, the right regard it as Thatcher. That's why they're both in Members Lobby. She played a major role in ending apartheid and the cold war, she liberated the Falklands, brought about great economic change etc.
A Major role in ending apartheid...she was one of the few Western leaders who supported the South African governments of the 1980's who supported apartheid!
Ukip (Y)
She reminds me of Hilary Clinton
Commie Clinton? Nah.
Mrs Thatcher was not ruthless. She was not ruthless enough. She should have done a MacMillan. Had a clear out of Tory deadwood and backstabbers.
There was no “she’s okay” or “idk” it was either I HATE THAT WOMAN or I LOVE THAT WOMAN
Rich people telling poor people how to live.
What’s new ?
People with comfortable lives pretending to be poor to take the side of people they've never actually met, what's new?
He who cannot speak for himself cannot speak for others.
@Liam T "he" can be used as gender neural
@Liam T he meant the statement
@@thepoptingz Don't even start with this bullshit with "pronouns"...
we still celebrate 🥳 the death of the witch
The fact people vote for competent person. U don't need to make it about male or female. If they are competent irregardless wether male or female, people will vote. Especially during hard times.
The greats are always known by their surname and Johnson wont be remembered by his surname.
Except for every monarch that has ever existed. Even Alexander the great is known by his first name mate, try again next time.
@@ronan5228British Prime minister's not Royalty.
But trump will lol
@@archyjnr Oh most definitely😂
He won’t be remembered full stop
The most loved is Sir Winston Churchill to think otherwise is absurdity.
jamesmed4 Winston’s in a league of his own. Mrs T is the best of the rest.
ask bengali people
@@KonkeyVG no we won't.
Clement Atlee would be up there
@J D Churchill did not start WW2...he was not even the Prime Minister in 1939. And how exactly is Churchill a war criminal?
“In my lifetime all of our problems have come from Mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from english speaking nations across the world.”
Thatcher in a nutchell
Very narrow minded worldview
@@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247 it's harsh but true
@@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247 but not fully wrong.
@@hsdjsdshdhsdnsmsd6247 be quiet Liberal
And I agree with that.
Well none of this lot we have today will be getting a state funeral
They'll be a party when WMD Blair goes.
Hell has now been privatised.
Another win for the brits
Was it preferable when hell was run by the state?
Why does everyone hate thatcher I’m American so I don’t know
@@Jemoto-wn3nw They don't. She was popular enough to become the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, winning three consecutive elections.
The people who dislike her basically just tend to be very vocal about it. She was not a centrist prime minister, she was very economically libertarian and quite socially right-wing too, and therefore she was inherently more divisive than someone who mostly sticks to the centre ground.
Anyone who believes in higher taxation and more social services (welfare/benefits, nationalised healthcare and infrastructure, etc.) would dislike her libertarian beliefs and policies.
She also upset a lot of people by effectively ending the mining industry in the North of England. It was the source of income for many families, but had been plagued with problems for several years (workers' strikes, unsafe conditions and accidents, and poor return on investment for the country).
Evil incarnate. Absolutely hated the women
Ding dong the witch is dead 😃
and your grandma and grandpa will too
John Paul II and Bobby Sands are dead.
@@David1991. so is hitler
Stupid puerile childish remark!!
3:37 I love this man 🤣
Maggie's in the mud, in the mud.
Maggie's in the mud.
What I like about her is that she is never emotional and sensational. She is always professional and compose
ah yes i too want my politicians to be cold, unfeeling robots
@@DDRWakaLakait means that her decisions are not built on whim, unlike many politicians today.
Ayo the title funny af
i wont remeber the time i sed hi to her
3:32 this is what america is now
An excellent summary of Thatcher’s legacy
i mean she did nothing to increase the employment rate or anything to help with the aids crisis
aids was not a crisis
@@blu3_enjoy tell that to the people who died
She brought the England from downfall. And yes, there was a temporary rose in unemployment but it was inavoidable result of cutting government interventions in market. If she wasn't elected, the England would be second Venezuela now.
Not true. It was her government that put out the hard-hitting ads in the 1980s warning of the dangers of Aids. Including the infamous Aids tombstone. Ronald Reagan, on the other hand, completely buried his head in the sand would not even say the word for years.
@@blu3_enjoy ah and the holocaust was just a footnote in history, gotcha
Love or hate her she was one of the best prime minister this country as ever seen I was a lost unemployed young man she gave me hope I bought my first home I paid for it though my own hard work nobody gave it to me she got many things wrong but she still has to be the most inspirational prime minister ever . Nobody will ever come near her.
Aye, but us Scots in the north paid the price for some of yous. so did the northern english.
The world is a better place without her
@@thescrout9831 I'm from the North go figure that.
Most humans are scared of opposing views and normally will bend to meet demands. Thatcher believed in her policies and saw them through with conviction.
She seemed to have very little care for the poor. She could have done more for them.
Hitler did too
Yah I can think of a lot of leaders like that and they're mostly monsters
@@joseph1845 she is the reason lower classes could afford housing, the grandparents coukd never had biugh a council house if it wasnr for her policies, true that the council dif not holf up their end of the bargain but that was to down to margaret
@@liliamayes3176 I would agree that she did some necessary things and good things which benefitted people, but again, she could have done much more for the poor.
PURE EVIL ON EARTH.
Should have been up north during the day... Grim.
As a retired professional 78 year old, who has always voted Conservative, I can now say without hesitation, that the Thatcher years were the worst political disaster that this country has ever endured with damage inflicted that we will never recover from. She was a dreadful, narcissistic tyrant and I now realise was probably totally deranged. Whilst I don’t support labour, particularly Kier Starmer, I have to say moving her portrait from his sight is probably the only successful thing he will ever achieve.
She was a revolutionist and saved the UK from oblivion and gain us respect and admiration from abroad.. you probably no know nothing about politics...
Thatcher was a cruel fascist.
100% Correct, we were billions in debt from Labour bankrupting Britain, Our national industries were ruined and we were the 2nd poorest nation in Europe.
When she left office, we now had influence on the world stage and when she left office, our economy had been saved, we were only behind Germany in wealth and America danced to our tunes on the world stage and the standard of live had been transformed in this country.
@@wondashozen not many people saw that but!
@@EugVR6 Tell that to the 3 million made unemployed by Thatcher or to the thousands of miners and sick and destitute abandoned by her Government, or to the educators and public servants who saw their funding cut ferociously out of ideological neglect. Many communities still bear unnecessary scars from her eventual failure of an economic experiment.
@@dominicchallis2928keeping the mines would have been very economically bad
Never mind Mrs Margaret Thatcher it was Princess Diana who captured their harts
But Diana loved the bud bud ding 🫣
Arguably the most competent too.
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I wish that we had politicians in Canada who created such passion in both love and hate.
We have Trudeau now. So... I am still wishing your vision to one day become a reality.
@ There is a possibility. The Cons might pull through, bit it will be close.
We did. Trudeau Sr was just like Thatcher, only he was a liberal. Loved and hated equally, still the most influential Canadian of all time.
@ b4 the 2021 election people from both the left and right hated on him yet he somehow still get re elected
@@TKinfinity01 Poilievre!
I wish we could have her back as Prime Minister. She’s exactly what we need right now! She would sort this mess out.
Too bad she's in the mud pal 😎
@Boston Mead 🙄💭
And make a bigger mess remember the POLL TAX there.
nd what make the north even more worse
@Boston Mead actually the textiles industry was still profitable
Comments is as polarized
3:31 so true, especially today
I don’t see any success happening with my government 😭
Our country was in an awful mess when Thatcher took over a very good Prime minister.
She is rotting in hell
@@olive7831 very mature.
It was even worse after she’d finished with it
@@andyrogers1986 no actually it wasn't.
Hello Christine
Neil Kinnock is a horses arse.
Betrayal is the word and these old selfish men didn't want a woman telling them what to do!
She ruined people life's dumbass
@@joshuapeters567 So have many Prime Ministers before and after so that ain't nothing new.
@@artofthepossible7329 true
@@artofthepossible7329 yes but she meant it😏
That's disgusting the most loved
nice
The world needs her type of leadership today. God Bless and RIP.
boooooo
@@benwalsh773 Booo urself
More balls than all current European leaders combined.
@@duffelbagdrag Let's settle at Western Politicians combined.
Our last great politician.
Past is often romanticized. Parts of England celebrated her death dont forget.
Margaret Thatcher is THE BEST PM since Winston Churchill. After her... Great Britain went down the tubes.
ok tory
Thatcher sorted this country out.
the working class would not agree
an horrible way to solve problems.
Courageous and unflinchingly steadfast, the world needs her type of leadership today.
maggots 1, maggie 0 hallelujah!
Most loved?? Your joking right?
Was fan of her BUT NOT VOTING AGAIN
A woman who stand her own. Ruled a long time. Thatcher is my idol.❤💯💯
Shes a murderer but k
Fys
This country’s biggest loss
she was poison,glad she,s dead
David Clarke countries best loss, still celebrating her death
❤
Tony Blair?