Cannot imagine any prime minister or indeed politician in general, talking so eloquently today, or being allowed to by the interviewer! Love her or hate her, she was a great lady
I love her, she was very clear on her objectives and what she wanted to achieve, that will always divide opinion but 100 per cent better than being wishywashy or lacking in opinion.
I read her memoirs & came to the conclusion that for all her failings & seeming disregard for the effects of her policies on ordinary people etc, she had the best of intentions.
What a remarkable interview. As a uni graduate in 1982 England, it was commonplace to hate the Iron Lady. Now, 42 years later, I have great respect for her.
Same here! I think we were indoctrinated to hate her! Now that I’m older and a wee bit wiser, she was a BEAST💪 She made a difference to the nation! I’m sorry I was used to Spitting Image always taking the mickey of her😂Those shows were great though😅 🇬🇧🇺🇸
What a great interview.Margaret Thatcher was eloquent, attractive and good company,with a great sense of humour. Cannot imagine such an interview like this happening with today's interviwers and politicians!
Despite the negative comments about Lady Thatcher, I thought she was a wonder to listen to. Always thorough, precise, ordered. She always answered questions and was someone to be admired. A real beautiful lady.
Oh my GOD! She did NOT avoid ANY of the questions. And she also ADMITTED she had weaknesses! She came across as human instead of as a Robot (the way politicians do nowadays). And she actually answered with "yes" or "no" - instead of diverting to another subject. God we are in a mess now!!!
I’m not remotely into politics, but Mrs Thatcher had me mesmerised when I was growing up with how beautifully she spoke, how phenomenally intelligent she was and how she could shut down with one sentence any politician who crossed her. She was like a battleship that took no prisoners and is still my favourite politician to this day - we’ll never see the likes of her again. RIP.
oh yeah, just ask Carol Thatcher her long neglected suffered daughter and u'll understand why carol took and sold off all of maggie's suits and handbags and stuffs so THERE WILL NOT BE A MEMORIAL MUSEUM made possible. yes maggie thatcher was THAT A HORRIBLE PERSON !
She may have had policies that people disagreed with (most agreed proven by the 3 significant majority votes) but you felt someone was in control - properly in control.
Not that I liked her or what she did. But you've got to hand it to her she was honest even brutal but honest she said what she meant something today's politions just can't do.
That's what I admire about her. As you said, regardless of wether someone likes or hates her or agrees or disagrees with her, she was always true to herself and what she was going to do. In basic terms...you knew where you stood with her.
Policies she championed were controversial and remain so with hindsight. However she was a highly intelligent and articulate person with a witty sense of humour. She was a politician by vocation rather than the career politicians we see so much of today. Tough enough and ambitious enough to make her way in parliament she was maybe not as thick - skinned as the press made out. She was brought down as PM and party leader by a group who were nowhere near her equal as politicians. No doubt jealousy and ambition was mingled with their frustration. I get the impression that after years of office running on very little sleep she stopped listening to her advisers ? I think it is important to listen if you are going to lead. This interview with Michael Aspel was clever PR , but it did also reveal much about her I think.
I remember this when it went out. It was such a welcome change to the normal interviews, we learnt so much more about her. It had become a sport amongst interviewers to try to get the better of Mrs Thatcher who always knew her brief and as a conviction politician gave no ground and took no prisoners. I felt at the time, like many, many others, we were witnessing a once in a century remarkable woman who would stand out in history like Queen Elizabeth I, and she does. Many wish we had leaders like we used to, but the truth is we didn’t really have anyone else really great other than Churchill, and he was a war leader, no one remembers what he did in the 1950s. We just seem to get mediocre people one after the other who mostly get overwhelmed and make a mess of everything or a lot of it.
A great woman , no way would she have allowed criminals come to Britain in there thousands, she would have had battleships at every port Very much missed. .
It's funny. She said something way back then that's stuck with me my entire life. "The best feeling you have at the end of the day is when you've accomplished something. When you lay on the beach all day you don't have that feeling, do you?" It's so true and I think about it all the time.
fascinating interview. Thatcher had been coming across as very aggressive during the Miners Strike and interviews like this were done to soften her image. She reminds me of a strict teacher who is suddenly charming at parents night.
I can’t say that I agree with everything Margaret Thatcher said and did, and she wasn’t without her faults. But one thing that has to be said is that, whether she was right or wrong, she was a STRONG leader. And I do t think we’ve had anyone as strong since. It’s something we really need now.
Without making any point about MT's politics, it is undeniable that she is engaging and witty & does not need notes...hard to think of many of the current crop that tick those boxes.
People can say whatever they think about this woman, indeed, her policies were divisive, she was known to be quite stubborn and also quite authoritarian but no one can deny that she had a lot of charisma and had a pretty witty, slightly self deprecating sense of humor, a very English trait.
Mrs Thatcher was a great friend of our Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey - she never really got on well with Jack Lynch of Fianna Fáil nor with Garret Fitzgerald of Fine Gael - I was only a teenager growing up in Rural Republic of Ireland when she was in office and I hugely respected her leadership, especially regarding her approach to the IRA and Sinn Fein and her approach to the Falklands - many years later when I first moved to Manchester 23 years ago, I was quite shocked by how much people really hated her, even though she was the best British Prime Minister that the U.K. has ever had - she was a wonderful woman and is still sadly missed 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧😍
They hate some manufactured caricature of her, invented by the left, and unfortunately, now supported by the corporate right. (Fellow Manc, 3rd generation from County Laois)
My grandfather, a magistrate, knew Margaret's husband Dennis socially, and he said that she had a great sense of humour, which is evidenced here. I've read her biography, did you know she actually helped a Jewish girl evade the Nazis in the war, her family took in this girl and kept it quiet to protect her. She also loved her teddy bears and talked to them (I do not do this with toy cats, at all ah ahem 😂). Not just because of my grandfather, but I always had a soft spot for Thatcher, a witty, sharp and emphatic lady who knocks the spots off any UK leader since, I mean Kier Starmer next to her 😂😂 Nb- Why does Michael Aspels hair line look weird, like so utterly immaculate and thick?!
She was before my time, but I liked and respected her. She was a strong woman who was often targeted by her peers due to her gender, working class background and the fact that she went to a good school that had a meritocracy type ethos like all grammar schools still do. No matter the background, a good education should be a right, not a privilege. I bet her peers were absolutely fuming at the time! 😂
This and her legendary appearance on the BBCs kids show Saturday Superstore in 1987 showed an entirely different side to her from her Iron Lady media persona.
I live above the shop, [audience laughs] just as when I grew up I lived above the shop. [Thatcher smiles with the audience] My father was a toolmaker [audience laughs] no he was, it’s important, he was a toolmaker… [Starmer stammers, confused at audience reaction]
She always put Britian first. If you do your bit for your country, your country will do its bit for you. Wish she was out Prime Minister today. Would have kept a great relationship with Trump
I have to say the first PM in my lifetime that I was aware of as a child and the best ! They all seem to have got progressively worse since her but I did think that Tony Blair did a lot of damage around the start of the decline.
Cannot imagine any prime minister or indeed politician in general, talking so eloquently today, or being allowed to by the interviewer! Love her or hate her, she was a great lady
Well said!
I love her, she was very clear on her objectives and what she wanted to achieve, that will always divide opinion but 100 per cent better than being wishywashy or lacking in opinion.
If only we had the lady now.
I read her memoirs & came to the conclusion that for all her failings & seeming disregard for the effects of her policies on ordinary people etc, she had the best of intentions.
@@nickyverra2175you serious ? Google what she did to the Irish
When UK had pride. Not s single recent politician compares.
Like or loathe her, Margaret Thatcher was an amazing woman.
What a remarkable interview. As a uni graduate in 1982 England, it was commonplace to hate the Iron Lady. Now, 42 years later, I have great respect for her.
Same here! I think we were indoctrinated to hate her! Now that I’m older and a wee bit wiser, she was a BEAST💪
She made a difference to the nation! I’m sorry I was used to Spitting Image always taking the mickey of her😂Those shows were great though😅
🇬🇧🇺🇸
@@vanessap7209JEFFFFF-rehh, this is a FRENCH one
Time makes us smarter 😊
Compared to Politicians these days - she was an angel.
What a great interview.Margaret Thatcher was eloquent, attractive and good company,with a great sense of humour.
Cannot imagine such an interview like this happening with today's interviwers and politicians!
She did indeed, contrary to popular opinion, have a good sense of humour. Very quick witted and she was simply charming in this interview.
Yes. Even though her policies were foul she was an extraordinary women
Her sister Dame Chlorine was also a female woman in politics during the 1970s in east Sussex.
@@AGNETHAFALTSK0G who is dame chlorine? Don’t see her online
@@danielkimberley9516her one and only sister was called Muriel (Roberts).
Despite the negative comments about Lady Thatcher, I thought she was a wonder to listen to. Always thorough, precise, ordered. She always answered questions and was someone to be admired. A real beautiful lady.
An icon in world history... well done 👍
Charisma is everything. She EXUDED Charisma
Oh my GOD! She did NOT avoid ANY of the questions. And she also ADMITTED she had weaknesses! She came across as human instead of as a Robot (the way politicians do nowadays). And she actually answered with "yes" or "no" - instead of diverting to another subject. God we are in a mess now!!!
What a rare opportunity to see her at her unusually funny, spontaneous best
I’m not remotely into politics, but Mrs Thatcher had me mesmerised when I was growing up with how beautifully she spoke, how phenomenally intelligent she was and how she could shut down with one sentence any politician who crossed her. She was like a battleship that took no prisoners and is still my favourite politician to this day - we’ll never see the likes of her again. RIP.
Hear! Hear!!👏👏👏
Never seen this one before. My God she was good. Funny and good company too.
Pure class - a truly great leader. RIP ma’m.
None of the current crop of politicians can hold a candle to her..
Very true... I wouldn’t have thought standards would have slipped so much
King Nigel the closest
She will be remembered long after all who followed her have been forgotten.
Remembered as a person who ruined middle class and British industry.
@@HermeneuticarRuined everything. Full stop.
But not until!
oh yeah, just ask Carol Thatcher her long neglected suffered daughter and u'll understand why carol took and sold off all of maggie's suits and handbags and stuffs so THERE WILL NOT BE A MEMORIAL MUSEUM made possible. yes maggie thatcher was THAT A HORRIBLE PERSON !
@@matsudaseiko Grow up
Looking back at Thatcher, in comparison with the current mob, you realise how good she really was.
So spot on. She was honest. And dedicated. And many of those that hate and deride her, then and now, are dull losers.
Best PM ever !
Never appreciated this wonderful woman at the time 😢
But God how i wish she was in office niw 😊
She had her faults…..but god I wish she was our leader now.
Totally agree!
When leadership was exactly that !!!!
Politicians these days don’t come anywhere near her. She was wonderful ❤
She was a great woman because she was a true feminine woman, not a wannabe man -feminist!
What an amazing person she was!
How standards have slipped now.
She embodied true British values and decency - lover her!❤
I agree!
Class.
This is a wonderful snippet. Somehow passed me by.
Cameron, Johnson, Sunak and Starmer have made us realise that Thatcher wasn't nearly as bad as we thought at the time.
What a champion the iron lady!
She’d have the small boats crisis stopped in 24 hours.
She was PM when I was a kid. I thought she was like the Queen back then. I like listening to her.
She was very much like the Queen . Perhaps that's why the Queen clashed
with her.
She may have had policies that people disagreed with (most agreed proven by the 3 significant majority votes) but you felt someone was in control - properly in control.
A true Statesman and Leader..replaced by successive imbeciles and criminal actions.
Not that I liked her or what she did. But you've got to hand it to her she was honest even brutal but honest she said what she meant something today's politions just can't do.
That's what I admire about her. As you said, regardless of wether someone likes or hates her or agrees or disagrees with her, she was always true to herself and what she was going to do. In basic terms...you knew where you stood with her.
One in a century!
I understand. When I worked, I loved doing my own housework! It was relaxing and good exercise!
Policies she championed were controversial and remain so with hindsight. However she was a highly intelligent and articulate person with a witty sense of humour.
She was a politician by vocation rather than the career politicians we see so much of today. Tough enough and ambitious enough to make her way in parliament she was maybe not as thick - skinned as the press made out.
She was brought down as PM and party leader by a group who were nowhere near her equal as politicians. No doubt jealousy and ambition was mingled with their frustration. I get the impression that after years of office running on very little sleep she stopped listening to her advisers ? I think it is important to listen if you are going to lead.
This interview with Michael Aspel was clever PR , but it did also reveal much about her I think.
Magnificent lady and the last good world respected leader that the UK had.
I remember this when it went out. It was such a welcome change to the normal interviews, we learnt so much more about her. It had become a sport amongst interviewers to try to get the better of Mrs Thatcher who always knew her brief and as a conviction politician gave no ground and took no prisoners. I felt at the time, like many, many others, we were witnessing a once in a century remarkable woman who would stand out in history like Queen Elizabeth I, and she does. Many wish we had leaders like we used to, but the truth is we didn’t really have anyone else really great other than Churchill, and he was a war leader, no one remembers what he did in the 1950s. We just seem to get mediocre people one after the other who mostly get overwhelmed and make a mess of everything or a lot of it.
A great woman , no way would she have allowed criminals come to Britain in there thousands, she would have had battleships at every port
Very much missed.
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A marvellous lady
It's funny. She said something way back then that's stuck with me my entire life. "The best feeling you have at the end of the day is when you've accomplished something. When you lay on the beach all day you don't have that feeling, do you?"
It's so true and I think about it all the time.
Just imagine trying to get a new passport in less than 90 minutes today???? Oh when times were simpler.
Well, being a cabinet minister / Prime minister would have helped...
Now we have Lisa Nandy and David Lammy 😂😂😂
And Angela Raynuh
And Lizzy Truss ;)
@@moiome not in government last time I checked
A time when Britain was still Great. You don’t what you have until it’s gone.
It’s still a great country, despite its issues. And every country has them these days, so we’re hardly unique in this matter.
Michael's hair was a thing of beauty.
Lol I agree
He gave it warm milk and biscuits at night
fascinating interview. Thatcher had been coming across as very aggressive during the Miners Strike and interviews like this were done to soften her image. She reminds me of a strict teacher who is suddenly charming at parents night.
That's inreresting.
She seems to have pulled it off very very well.
Brilliant interview - thank you for sharing. Is there any more of it available?
I can’t say that I agree with everything Margaret Thatcher said and did, and she wasn’t without her faults. But one thing that has to be said is that, whether she was right or wrong, she was a STRONG leader. And I do t think we’ve had anyone as strong since. It’s something we really need now.
Without making any point about MT's politics, it is undeniable that she is engaging and witty & does not need notes...hard to think of many of the current crop that tick those boxes.
Wonderful human!
Looking at this you realise just how lacking starmer is
to be honest every PM after her has been lacking … left or right
You only have to look at Starmer himself to realise how lacking Starmer is.
Lacking? That's been generous 😂
People can say whatever they think about this woman, indeed, her policies were divisive, she was known to be quite stubborn and also quite authoritarian but no one can deny that she had a lot of charisma and had a pretty witty, slightly self deprecating sense of humor, a very English trait.
To coin a phrase: she was simply the best.
She converted me from Liberal to Conservative. I was loyal, unlike her duplicitous, parliamentary party.
Mrs Thatcher was a great friend of our Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey - she never really got on well with Jack Lynch of Fianna Fáil nor with Garret Fitzgerald of Fine Gael - I was only a teenager growing up in Rural Republic of Ireland when she was in office and I hugely respected her leadership, especially regarding her approach to the IRA and Sinn Fein and her approach to the Falklands - many years later when I first moved to Manchester 23 years ago, I was quite shocked by how much people really hated her, even though she was the best British Prime Minister that the U.K. has ever had - she was a wonderful woman and is still sadly missed 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧😍
They hate some manufactured caricature of her, invented by the left, and unfortunately, now supported by the corporate right. (Fellow Manc, 3rd generation from County Laois)
One of my two all time favourites along with William Pitt The Younger
"Mrs Thatcher was a great friend of our Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey."
Really? I didn't know that.
I never knew that. I always thought she hated Haughey and liked Fitzgerald.
Really nice interview
My grandfather, a magistrate, knew Margaret's husband Dennis socially, and he said that she had a great sense of humour, which is evidenced here. I've read her biography, did you know she actually helped a Jewish girl evade the Nazis in the war, her family took in this girl and kept it quiet to protect her. She also loved her teddy bears and talked to them (I do not do this with toy cats, at all ah ahem 😂).
Not just because of my grandfather, but I always had a soft spot for Thatcher, a witty, sharp and emphatic lady who knocks the spots off any UK leader since, I mean Kier Starmer next to her 😂😂
Nb- Why does Michael Aspels hair line look weird, like so utterly immaculate and thick?!
She was an intelligent and respectful lady, but also had a sense of humour that isn't acknowledged.
Delightful, brilliant woman.
You only have to watch this to fully despair at what politics has become today! On both sides of the Atlantic. :(:(:(
This was a masterstroke of PR at the time .
Wasn't perfect but how much do we miss her now
A very human superstar politician.
Passport renewal within an hour? How times have changed!
Not if you are PM😂
If only we had her now!!
She was before my time, but I liked and respected her. She was a strong woman who was often targeted by her peers due to her gender, working class background and the fact that she went to a good school that had a meritocracy type ethos like all grammar schools still do. No matter the background, a good education should be a right, not a privilege.
I bet her peers were absolutely fuming at the time! 😂
What a totally charming, lovely person she was.
Greatest prime minister the world ever had..not just uk
Ooh, that was cutting at 7'55. But as usual she was spot on. The Welsh Windbag never stood a chance against our Maggie.
She's of such a higher standard than the current bunch.
A truly wonderful lady.
RIP Lady Thatcher.
Wow she’s gorgeous- so engaging
For all her faults, she took no nonsense and would not of stood for some of the stuff we are going through now
She made Britain great again but Great Britain died with her.
Before spin really took a stranglehold over our politics! Refreshingly honest and genuine. People really warm to that !
This and her legendary appearance on the BBCs kids show Saturday Superstore in 1987 showed an entirely different side to her from her Iron Lady media persona.
No negative comments here - she was great and how the Country needs someone like her in charge today...
If only she were here today.....a giant of the 20th century.
Unlike women politicians here in the U.S.A, Margaret Thatcher had poise and dignity.
She was a true patriot- agree with her view’s or not - and her policies kept me out of work for a few year’s - history will judge them :
Surprised how likeable and how charming she is. Not so popular for us Irish but seems like an intelligent woman of great substance…
She was ahead of her time.!
A wonderful woman
She was wonderful
I live above the shop, [audience laughs] just as when I grew up I lived above the shop. [Thatcher smiles with the audience]
My father was a toolmaker [audience laughs] no he was, it’s important, he was a toolmaker… [Starmer stammers, confused at audience reaction]
Got love her 🎉❤
Loathed her then. Love her now. Time and experience are great teachers.
Compare the Iron Lady to the rabble in charge today. No contest.
I miss her - ❤
I didn't get the 'red hot figure' comment either until I thought about it. Shows what women went through in those days.
I wonder what she would think of the so called politicians we have today one swipe of her handbag and they'd be gone.
Class
She could still trust the civil service in those days. How mind blowing.
The greatest prime minister in the UK.
She always put Britian first. If you do your bit for your country, your country will do its bit for you.
Wish she was out Prime Minister today. Would have kept a great relationship with Trump
She'd have no trouble being elected to President in today's America...
A time when politications cared about England and not themselves and Europe.
I have to say the first PM in my lifetime that I was aware of as a child and the best ! They all seem to have got progressively worse since her but I did think that Tony Blair did a lot of damage around the start of the decline.