ladies and gentlemen, glenda jackson.pplause you came from a very ordinary background, didn't you? mm, yes. your dad was a bricklayer, wasn't he? that's right, yes. in those early days, what did you want to be? i left school without wanting to do anything in particular and no qualifications for anything. so, i worked in boots cash chemists for two years, and while i was there, ijoined an amateur dramatic company at home and someone said, as someone always does, "you should do this "professionally." so, i wrote off to the only drama school i'd ever heard of which was rada, and i got a scholarship and there i was for two years. what kind of parts did you get when you were at rada? well, we didn't really have parts until our last term, but they told me, you know, "don't expect to work until you're 60, "because you're basically a character actress." how wrong her drama teachers were. she became a major movie star how much do you love me? how much do you think i love you? i don't know. but what's your opinion? very little inde

ladies and gentlemen, glenda jackson.pplause you came from a very ordinary background, didn't you? mm, yes. your dad was a bricklayer, wasn't he? that's right, yes. in those early days, what did you want to be? i left school without wanting to do anything in particular and no qualifications for anything. so i worked in boots cash chemists for two years, and while i was there, ijoined an amateur dramatic company at home and someone said, as someone always does, "you should do this professionally." so i wrote off to the only drama school i'd ever heard of which was rada, and i got a scholarship and there i was for two years. what kind of parts did you get when you were at rada? well, we didn't really have parts until our last term, but they told me, "don't expect to work until you're 60 "because you're basically a character actress." how wrong her drama teachers were. she became a major movie star with women in love in 1969. how much do you love me? how much do you think i love you? i don't know. but what's your opinion? ve

ladies and gentlemen, glenda jackson.pplause you came from a very| ordinary background, didn't you? mm, yes. your dad was a bricklayer, wasn't he? that's right, yes. in those early days, what did you want to be? i left school without wanting to do anything in particular and no qualifications for anything. so i worked in boots cash chemists for two years, and while i was there, ijoined an amateur dramatic company at home and someone said, as someone always does, "you should do this professionally." so i wrote off to the only drama school i'd ever heard of which was rada, and i got a scholarship and there i was for two years. what kind of parts did you get when you were at rada? well, we didn't really have parts until our last term, but they told me, "don't expect to work until you're 60 "because you're basically a character actress." how wrong her drama teachers were. she became a major movie star with women in love in 1969. how much do you love me? how much do you think i love you? i don't know. but what's your opinion? v

glenda jackson was an mp for 23 years.ition of transport minister, she had to travel to europe, where she found the detail of one eu debate rather tedious. during the coffee break, i said, "hey, glenda, are you all right?" and she said, "fine." and i said, "because you keep popping out." "i'm going for a fag," she said. "right you are," i said. "yeah, i understand that." "in any case..." she said, "..it is so bloody boring." "the whole thing is boring." glenda jackson. thank you, mr speaker. it's hardly a surprise that baroness thatcher... that speech that she made... ..after margaret thatcher's death... ..was... ..pure glenda. everything i had been taught to regard as a vice — and i still regard them as vices — under thatcherism, was in fact, a virtue. greed. selfishness. no care for the weaker. sharp elbows. sharp knees. they were the way forward. we heard much... it's an amazing speech and kind of only really an actor could have done that speech in the way that she did it. and then to go back into acting... rumble thy b

glenda jackson very famously she was there for 23 years in the british parliament and so i've been pushingi'm not a fan of boris johnson i think if lying is a tool of politics, then we've lost it as human beings i don't think we're going to make it, and i believe - [ applause ] thank you. i think everyone in the world has the right to a fair chance in life. that's what i'm fighting for and i'll fight for it in britain. i'll fight for it in america i'll fight for it all around the world. and that's the way it's going to be. everyone having a fair chance. not a free life, but a fair chance in life and to do that, we have to be brave and curious. and that's what i think a lot of people are around the world brave, curious, going out, saying, "who are you what do you do can we learn from you? can you learn from us? that's the way forward not fearful and suspicious and i think as you get further and further right wing you go more fearful and suspicious. and we're about being brave and curious. so just try and be brave try and be curious and we'll make the world work. [ cheers and applause >> jim