Added: Sep 21, 2007
From: ninthwave
Duration: 9:57
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
Channel: News
Tags: benn eu euro europe euroscepticism nationalism patriotism tebbit thatcher thatcherism tony
Rating: 4.65 (583 ratings) Views: 197598' favoriteCount='639 Comments: 25
Subsnake5500 Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - Isnt funny that evrything she said labor would do they did do ? Britan is in the shit now and will be untill labor is gone...
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - Sadly you are right.
beggo321 Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - What a cunt!
DANxCHORIN Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - Party the day Thatcher dies! I'm there.
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 26, 2008 - A supreme stateswoman..Those who disapprove of her policies deserve the spineless shower in charge today who are wrecking the UK
EvilMuppet1979 Says:
Nov 27, 2008 - Its funny now looking back and realising she was actually better for us than we thought. She may have made the odd mistake, but its better than Labour's blunder after blunder after blunder. Labour have destroyed this country - time to get it back on its feet. Stop supporting the lazy, scale back benefits so that its not cheaper to stay at home anymore, scrap the ridiculous ID card scheme, and punish Labour for denying us our EU referendum. Brown should be investigated for his abuse of power.
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 27, 2008 - Agreed. The queue for benefits used to stop at our borders but it now extends to many corners of the EU. I agree scrap the ID cards and EU membership. There are too many hands out wanting a free ride...
dech20 Says:
Nov 27, 2008 - Fantastic stateswoman skills and political presence will never excuse the sheer scale of her mismanagement of this great nation!Evilmuppet1979 describin Thatchers reign as havin 'the odd mistake' suggests he didnt step outside during the 80's...and i presume he wasnt livin in the North!ID cards r definitive step in fightin 21st century fraud...u sound from the 19th century-they will eliminate the 25 various ID documents already existant in the UK and will b twice as hard 2 forge...convenient????
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 27, 2008 - Given the Govt's ability to lose data I don't think anyone would be confident in letting them have any info. MOD computers left on trains, memory sticks lost, 25 million records lost...Oh no its a shambles..
monkeyapplenerd Says:
Nov 28, 2008 - fuck thatcher!
chris25fr Says:
Nov 28, 2008 - The Pound is in difficulty. Under attack.You will perhaps avoid to have the €,but it will be difficult... The € is currently the second most powerful currency after the $. Almost a reserve currency. Good luck and don't forget that if you are in this situation,it is due to your greed. ps:Your financial sector was too big.Several times your gdp. Very dangerous.Similarities with Iceland( i hope it will be less serious for you)
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - You are right. The Govts poor regulation of the financial system has led the country to the edge of bankruptcy. The pounds weakness is keeping fuel costs at high levels.
RandomizerStewart Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! VOTING FOR LABOUR! They fucked britain up, and thats your fault, whoever voted for them!
p4eugeot Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - what a shower of ignorant people I'm no lover of labour or any of the others,without doubt,but you can't blame the government for the present crisis surely.poor regulation eh,brokenarse,fuck me Idon't believe that coming from you,what are you about? I can't fathom you out,what side of the political spectrum are you at,because you just seem to agree with anyone,
antonjon1 Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - How right she was whan she said Labour has no competance on the economy! look at the shit we're in now because of them
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - P4eugeot. Utter crap. Of course the soft touch FSA and the Govt are responsible. Brown was warned over debt levels, soaring house prices and did nothing. He was even warned over Iceland last April but again did nothing. Brown based our economy on the money from the financial institutons. he allowed them to take stupid risks
brokenbriton Says:
Nov 29, 2008 - So America forced Northern Rock to offer 125% mortgages ???
Irishhero32 Says:
Nov 30, 2008 - such a pity the ira didnt get the conservative bitch
p4eugeot Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - what the fuck has Brown got to do with Iceland?I'm surprised at you complaing about deregulation,I'd have thought it would have been right up your street
xeca09 Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - Actually its Thatchers if anybodies. It is Thatcher who created our reliance on American Markets. Not Labour...
brokenbriton Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - Look, if Brown was aware that Iceland was going pear shaped, he was advised in April, don't you think it would have been prudent to review what Local Govt money was invested there. Let alone all the personal accounts...Its not rocket science..
misterpeaky Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - Single currencies just FXXXing FAILED!
misterpeaky Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - Means she was right about...
Woolies2007 Says:
Dec 1, 2008 - Thatcher destroyed the UKs mining industry, thus destroyed the UK, and fed us to the commercial hyenas of the world.
bobjimjones Says:
Nov 25, 2008 - NWO scum