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Margaret Thatcher talking about sinking the Belgrano

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Margaret Thatcher defends the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands War interviewed by David Frost on TVAM. There was controversy because it was revealed the belgrano was apparently sailing away from the UK imposed 'exclusion zone' around the Falkland Islands when sunk

BBC Panorama Sir Robin Day vs Margaret Thatcher

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Author: alijanlondon

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She was asked if Thatcherism had left the nation devided. She responded with a partly political broadcast. The posting of this video does not imply support for Mrs Thatcher.

Thatcher: "No! No! No!"

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Author: ninthwave

Tags: benn eu euro europe euroscepticism nationalism patriotism tebbit thatcher thatcherism tony

A heavily edited version of Margaret Thatcher's statement of 30 October 1990 to the House of Commons on the European Council meeting at Rome held on 27/28 October. The Council was meant to discuss the Uruguay Round on General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which was due to end in a few months but for which the EC had not developed a policy (alone out of the trading blocs). However the Italian Prime Minister, Giulio Andreotti, decided that the Council would refuse to discuss the GATT and instead push for the final stage in European Economic and Monetary Union in an attempt to get Thatcher to either agree or to force her to say "No" and thereby bring about her downfall by Europhile members of her party. Thatcher's hostility to a federal Europe led to Geoffrey Howe resigning from the Government on 1 November and to his fellow federalist Michael Heseltine's bid for the Tory leadership which brought down Thatcher on 22 November. As Howe later said: "I wanted to change the policies, not the leader. But if that meant the leader had to go, then so it had to be". After the Rome Council a French official was asked whether it had failed. He answered: "On the contrary, the Council had been an outstanding success, since it had re-established an eleven-to-one situation in the Community and destabilised Thatcher at home". Includes Eurosceptic interventions by Norman Tebbit (Con.), David Owen (Ind.), Ron Leighton (Lab.), Tony Favell (Con.), and Tony Benn (Lab.). http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-10-30/Debate-1.html

Margaret Thatcher tells press to 'rejoice' during Falklands

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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Defence Secretary John Nott deliver statement describing successful landing of British troops on South Georgia during Falklands conflict, Thatcher refuses to answer questions from press, telling them to "rejoice", Downing Street; 25 Apr 82

FLASHBACK: Magaret Thatcher owned by a Housewife

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In Britain the sinking remains highly controversial. Critics say the attack escalated the conflict and destroyed hopes of a negotiated settlement under a Peruvian peace plan. But members of the Thatcher government have repeatedly defended the decision. Although it was discussed in Parliament and elsewhere, the most famous intervention was housewife Diana Gould's grilling of the Prime Minister on a BBC discussion show later in May 1982. Quoting compass bearings, Mrs Gould, of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, repeatedly asserted that the cruiser was sailing away from the exclusion zone rather than towards it and accused Mrs Thatcher of sabotaging any hopes of a negotiated settlement. Denying that the ship had been sailing away from the fleet, Mrs Thatcher accepted it was outside the exclusion zone. "But it was in an area which we had warned (about) at the end of April. We had given warnings that all ships in those areas, if they represented a danger to our ships, were vulnerable..." she said. "My duty was to look after our troops, our ships, our navy and my goodness me I lived with many, many anxious days and nights." In a polite but heated exchange, Mrs Gould repeatedly challenged Mrs Thatcher on the question of whether the ship was sailing away from the Falklands. Giving orders to sink the Belgrano when it was actually sailing away from our fleet was in effect sabotaging any possibility of any peace plan succeeding, she claimed. The encounter made Mrs Gould an overnight icon of the peace camp but reviled by others. Now in her 80s and still living in Cirencester, she has declined a series of requests from the media for interviews on the 25th anniversary, saying simply: "I stand by everything I said."

La hora chanante. Margaret Thatcher

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Author: stryker373

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Testimonio de Margaret Thatcher. Uno de mis preferidos.

Margaret Thatcher: Blue Peter interview on Kampuchea

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Tags: 80's Blue Caron Downing Kampuchea Keating Minister Mrs Peter Prime Street Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher is interviewed by Caron Keating for Blue Peter's 'Bring and Buy' appeal for Kampuchea [Cambodia], December 1988.

Tony Benn -- The issue is Thatcher

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Author: themetalicarus

Tags: 1908s Benn Labour Margaret Money Politics Thatcher Thatcherism Tony Tories Tory

Tony Benn talks about Thatcherism and the rotten philosophies of the Tory government in the 1980s. Clip from Benn's 'Speaking up in Parliament' video, available through amazon.co.uk and elsewhere. www.bennites.com/

Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street

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Author: MrFletcher1987

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Margaret Thatcher arriving from Buckingham Palace and her meeting with HR Queen Elizabeth II, into 10 Downing Street, and gives a little talk to the BBC.