Everyone needs to read both of her memoirs. Long, but great reading on her life and struggles as PM. I love her no matter what - a strong leader who never backed down. Thank you Margaret, I am so glad that you existed.
Haha love it when Dennis goes off-message at 2:30 and says he's only be 'reasonably' happy at Downing St for another term..... and the way Maggie frantically tries to claw him back into line.
That was Emma Lawson - the daughter of the chancellor Nigel Lawson. Her grand - daughter lived in America at the time too. She had 2 grandkids, Amanda and Michael ;)
I recently read "The Path to Power" and found that her upbringing was not much different than my own. Her willingness to put Britain back on the map by careful planning and most importantly not wanting to ever give up!! I also enjoyed her dry wit.. she took her life seriously, yes, but with a sense of humor. I also plan on buying "The Downing Street Years." The film "The Iron Lady" was most enjoyable and give me insights on who she was.
Well, I think that Magareth Thatcher had been a very fair and hard Lady! I like her very much because she fought for the rights of England and her own rights!! One day I want to get such a person like Magareth Thatcher
@tnakai1971jp she did. When she first came into power most workers were on strike, and Britain was called the "sick man of Europe". The problem was that people wanted the perks and tax relief of richer countries, but without working hard enough to deserve them. She saw that other governments tried to sugar-coat their policies to try and stop this and it didn't work, so she got tough and tried to force this laziness out of people - You can tell that by listening to her speak.
@123HMatty I have been reading her famous memoir which came out shortly after her resignation. I get a strong impression that she "thought" that the elites in Britain had developed some kind of mixture of guilt for being well off and compassion for the poor obliged as a result of being born into the right class. She appeared to have believed that it was that attitude which had allowed British workers to assume too much and managers and directors to expect less from their workers.
@tnakai1971jp the point you made is the point that people who opposed it said, that its better to pay what you can. But its important to remember that the taxation system in Britain hasn't changed for about 200 years, i think she just wanted to try and modernise it. Also its important to remember that because of her economic policy, people were (on average) earning much more, so people could afford slightly higher taxes.
@tnakai1971jp definitely, the whole idea of the poll tax was to remove the link between your house size and your tax bill. Essentially everyone payed the same ammount of tax. Which I think is fair to be honest, but understandably a lot of people didn't like the idea of paying the same ammount of tax as the queen :P
I am a humble uneducated Japanese with modest means but I have read "The Downing Street Years" page by page. I have not read "The Path to Power". Do you think I should?
@123HMatty Thank you for your reply. Fourth election - that would have been amazing. 16 years or 14 years of Mrs Thatcher, as she hinted in her memoir that she had an idea about stepping down two years after forth term. I don't think anyone went out in streets to take part in riots over Europe, but many did on Poll Tax. I heard that the killing message was this - "that woman is making a OAP pay as much as a duke". Would you agree with that assessment?
@123HMatty I see, so she gave an impression to the nation that she was promoting deliberate damages to the poor in the pretence of "fairness". I know very little about Britain but I think, in a country like Britain, being fair is not about everyone paying the same in absolute terms, but everyone paying the amount reasonable for his or her financial base. Now, Mrs Thatcher is a very smart woman so she knew what sort of fairness could be accepted by the nation. Yet, she tried to force it.
I am a humble, uneducated Japanese so I know nothing about Britain. I would like to ask people who are on top of the history of Britain and on her politics this question - if Mrs Thatcher, now Lady Thatcher, did not behave regally and did not bring up the idea of community charge or poll tax, would she have served till the end of her term?
Possibly. The poll tax was kind of the last straw that broke the camels back. She was beginning to get increasingly unpopular before it and the conservatives were behind in the polls anyway. So there were many in her party that wanted her gone and I think they used the unpopularity of the poll tax to speed up her departure.
@tnakai1971jp i don't think her behaving regally mattered so much, the only people who would only oppose her for that would only vote Labour anyway. But i do think that if she never did the poll tax and maybe relaxed over Europe she could definitely have served the end of her term and perhaps won a fourth election.
@123HMatty The DNA of the race does not change overnight, if ever. Lady Thatcher tried to preserve everything that was good about the British and resurrect everything that was good about the British to make Britain better, stronger and richer. This, I strongly detect from the footage I see on TH-cam and in her memoirs. The cynicism and good old English sense of humour tell us so much about the forte of the British. And Britain has done almost the best she could. But her rivals also improved.
Luvmypets123 it’s not that she never bothered with her children, she did say she wished she spent more time with her children but it was really quite impossible as PM because she was really busy and had a lot of work to do
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Holidaying in Cornwall. What a patriot what a true Brit always promoting Britain first. Please come back Maggie
Everyone needs to read both of her memoirs. Long, but great reading on her life and struggles as PM. I love her no matter what - a strong leader who never backed down. Thank you Margaret, I am so glad that you existed.
We need someone like her today, a no nonsense strong leader
On 3rd PM in 2022 and I am very disappointed 😏
Haha love it when Dennis goes off-message at 2:30 and says he's only be 'reasonably' happy at Downing St for another term..... and the way Maggie frantically tries to claw him back into line.
Margaret and Denis really had a special relationship ♥️
She's too cute!
That was Emma Lawson - the daughter of the chancellor Nigel Lawson. Her grand - daughter lived in America at the time too. She had 2 grandkids, Amanda and Michael ;)
sooo cute!!
I like how they make it seem she wanders round her garden and plays with the dog in a designer outfit...
Very classy ☺️
How lovely!
I recently read "The Path to Power" and found that her upbringing was not much different than my own. Her willingness to put Britain back on the map by careful planning and most importantly not wanting to ever give up!! I also enjoyed her dry wit.. she took her life seriously, yes, but with a sense of humor. I also plan on buying "The Downing Street Years." The film "The Iron Lady" was most enjoyable and give me insights on who she was.
You have a point, the poll tax made her very unpopular
Without that she may have even lasted till 1997!
Londona729 your right. But when thinking about it, it was Europe that brought her down.
We wouldn't have had Blair
The ENGLISH LADY WITH HER BLACK HANDBAG has only worked for her NATION.... I TOTALLY APPRECIATE AND LOVE THAT.
Well, I think that Magareth Thatcher had been a very fair and hard Lady! I like her very much because she fought for the rights of England and her own rights!! One day I want to get such a person like Magareth Thatcher
@tnakai1971jp she did. When she first came into power most workers were on strike, and Britain was called the "sick man of Europe". The problem was that people wanted the perks and tax relief of richer countries, but without working hard enough to deserve them. She saw that other governments tried to sugar-coat their policies to try and stop this and it didn't work, so she got tough and tried to force this laziness out of people - You can tell that by listening to her speak.
@123HMatty
I have been reading her famous memoir which came out shortly after her resignation. I get a strong impression that she "thought" that the elites in Britain had developed some kind of mixture of guilt for being well off and compassion for the poor obliged as a result of being born into the right class.
She appeared to have believed that it was that attitude which had allowed British workers to assume too much and managers and directors to expect less from their workers.
@tnakai1971jp the point you made is the point that people who opposed it said, that its better to pay what you can. But its important to remember that the taxation system in Britain hasn't changed for about 200 years, i think she just wanted to try and modernise it. Also its important to remember that because of her economic policy, people were (on average) earning much more, so people could afford slightly higher taxes.
@tnakai1971jp definitely, the whole idea of the poll tax was to remove the link between your house size and your tax bill. Essentially everyone payed the same ammount of tax. Which I think is fair to be honest, but understandably a lot of people didn't like the idea of paying the same ammount of tax as the queen :P
I am a humble uneducated Japanese with modest means but I have read "The Downing Street Years" page by page. I have not read "The Path to Power". Do you think I should?
Yes - as it provides context and background for The Downing Street Years.
@123HMatty
Thank you for your reply. Fourth election - that would have been amazing. 16 years or 14 years of Mrs Thatcher, as she hinted in her memoir that she had an idea about stepping down two years after forth term. I don't think anyone went out in streets to take part in riots over Europe, but many did on Poll Tax. I heard that the killing message was this - "that woman is making a OAP pay as much as a duke". Would you agree with that assessment?
and you're not alone!!
@123HMatty
I see, so she gave an impression to the nation that she was promoting deliberate damages to the poor in the pretence of "fairness".
I know very little about Britain but I think, in a country like Britain, being fair is not about everyone paying the same in absolute terms, but everyone paying the amount reasonable for his or her financial base.
Now, Mrs Thatcher is a very smart woman so she knew what sort of fairness could be accepted by the nation. Yet, she tried to force it.
I am a humble, uneducated Japanese so I know nothing about Britain. I would like to ask people who are on top of the history of Britain and on her politics this question - if Mrs Thatcher, now Lady Thatcher, did not behave regally and did not bring up the idea of community charge or poll tax, would she have served till the end of her term?
Possibly. The poll tax was kind of the last straw that broke the camels back. She was beginning to get increasingly unpopular before it and the conservatives were behind in the polls anyway. So there were many in her party that wanted her gone and I think they used the unpopularity of the poll tax to speed up her departure.
@tnakai1971jp i don't think her behaving regally mattered so much, the only people who would only oppose her for that would only vote Labour anyway. But i do think that if she never did the poll tax and maybe relaxed over Europe she could definitely have served the end of her term and perhaps won a fourth election.
One further term after the next. She wanted to fight a fourth election.
@123HMatty
The DNA of the race does not change overnight, if ever. Lady Thatcher tried to preserve everything that was good about the British and resurrect everything that was good about the British to make Britain better, stronger and richer. This, I strongly detect from the footage I see on TH-cam and in her memoirs.
The cynicism and good old English sense of humour tell us so much about the forte of the British. And Britain has done almost the best she could. But her rivals also improved.
Sooo cute? I wonder where JImmy Savile was. I expect Thatcher had hid him in a cupboard.
How many grandchildren did she have? I am guessing the little girl at the beginning was one of them.
She has 2 of her son , her daughter never had any
At home with the beast
Thatcher never bothered with her kids and her husband was an alcoholic.
Luvmypets123 it’s not that she never bothered with her children, she did say she wished she spent more time with her children but it was really quite impossible as PM because she was really busy and had a lot of work to do