Elvis Costello on Margaret Thatcher - interview in 1989 plus song
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Malcolm X and Maggie Thatcher - a tenuous link
But not that tenuous! In 1964, the Tories fought one of the most odious elections in British political history. The seat of Smethwick was held by Labour’s Patrick Gordon Walker – tipped to be foreign minister in a Harold Wilson Labour government. Local…
Jim Callaghan heckled during his 1979 election speech
A rather forgotten incident here when Pat Arrowsmith – veteran CND campaigner – heckled a beleaguered Jim Callaghan who had held on to his Cardiff seat in the 1979 general election but just lost the country to Thatcher and the Tories. She was shouting at…
Don’t upset the mourners!
Thatcher’s funeral will pass by my office on Wednesday and already the steel railings are going up along the Strand towards Aldwych where outside St Clement Dane’s church, her coffin will be transferred on to a gun carriage. Ahead of all this, the police…
How Thatcher wanted to arm the police in 1981
In April, 1981, Brixton exploded into a fury of rioting, which then abated. But this would prove to be a lull in the storm. Because when the summer came, city after city across Britain went up in flames. The two most violent disturbances were again in…
Thatcher Death Lie number five: Maggie was a complete Eurosceptic
Who do you think made these very pro-European statements:
Britain does not dream of some cosy, isolated existence on the fringes of the European Community. Our destiny is in Europe, as part of the Community.
The European Community is a practical means by…
Glenda Jackson sticks the boot into Margaret Thatcher
An amazing speech by veteran actor Glenda Jackson against Margaret Thatcher
Glenda Jackson lays into Margaret Thatcher
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General Pinochet has tea with Margaret Thatcher
Watch the video and let your jaw drop as Thatcher tells Pinochet that he brought democracy to Chile!!!
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Thatcher Death Lie number four: All opponents of Thatcher were terrorists, Luddites or defeatists
There is an argument developing among journalists who have known nothing but the Thatcherite consensus that:
- There was no alternative but to embrace the free market path
- Free markets equaled individual empowerment
- Those who opposed Thatcher were Luddites…
