in the house of commons and in "question time." what i also had was, i was prime minister because i had a majority in the house of commons, so we had a good chance of getting through any legislation we put up, and we had a good chance of getting the budget through, because i wouldn't have been there without a majority. so we don't have the conflict of interest that sometimes arises with your president when he can't get a measure through the house -- a very, very different atmosphere completely. c-span: you refer in the book to "the hyperactive washington media world." is washington more hyperactive in the media than it is in london? >> guest: i think so. i think that automatically everything here is considered as what is the presentation going to be, almost before you consider the other aspect of it. i regarded my job as to get the policies right. when we got the policies right, we would think about the presentation but not the other way around. c-span: do you think we ought to worry about that? >> guest: yes. c-span: why? >> guest:

this is an immensely series issue and i pay tribute to the all party group in the house of commons and house of lords and also pay tribute to anthony steen who has campaigned long and hard on this issue. anyone who thinks that slavery was effectively abolished in 1807 has got another think coming and i would urge members if they haven't seen this exceent exhibition in that chamber, and house of commons, to go and see it and you see all of the different ways that people can be trapped into slavery. and it is notable this is not just people are being trafficked from eastern europe or elsewhere, there are examples of slavery of british citizens in this country being put into place of forced labour. it's an excellent exhibition and the's more for the government to do. >> i wonder if the prime minister would be kind enough to tell the house how much he would benefit personally from the scrapping of the 57 -- spent as i said before i will pay every appropriate tax, but like everybody else, like everybody else, every single taxpayer in this country benefiting from the rise in the personal all

here's part of what she said from the british house of commons when she resigned in 1990. >> do not agree that the age of civil is gone. not look back with pride and satisfaction of all of those years as a well statesman. longthink mr. speaker, as as my honorable friend is a member of this house. yes, in response to his question, do i look backward with some pride and satisfaction of achievement of our country in the last 11.5 years. >> margaret thatcher talking about resigning as prime minster in 1990. her passing today brought tribute to many people in politics and around the world. today is a truly sad day for our country. we lost a great prime minster a great leader a great britain. as ours for woman prime minster, margaret thatcher succeeded against all the odds. she didn't just lead our country, she saved our country. president obama had this to say about the former prime minster. here in america, many of us will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with president reagan reminding the world we are not carried along

this is an immensely series issue and i pay tribute to the all party group in the house of commons and house of lords and also pay tribute to anthony steen who has campaigned long and hard on this issue. anyone who thinks that slavery was effectively abolished in 1807 has got another think coming and i would urge members if they haven't seen this excellent exhibition in that chamber, and house of commons, to go and see it and you see all of the different ways that people can be trapped into slavery. and it is notable this is not just people are being trafficked from eastern europe or elsewhere, there are examples of slavery of british citizens in this country being put into place of forced labour. it's an excellent exhibition and there's more for the government to do. >> i wonder if the prime minister would be kind enough to tell the house how much he would benefit personally from the scrapping of the 57 -- spent as i said before i will pay every appropriate tax, but like everybody else, like everybody else, every single taxpayer in this country benefiting from the rise in the personal

right and perky in the house of commons. the government statement to which, i responded. she was absolutely right on a considerable number of foreign policy issues. trendingimorous nerve on both sides of the house, and attempted international interference. she was utterly determined that the people of the islands who wanted to the british but still should be british today, not be the victims of a fascist dictator. how some labor members of parliament could actually want to water down a response to an aggressive fascist dictator, i could not understand them and i still do not understand today. when saddam hussein seized kuwait, she was pumped at the preparations to oust him by force. some of them were spinous. -- spineless. [laughter] i am here to try to obtain a consensus. i told the house labor policy was based not on supporting the united kingdom government, but on implementing united nations security council resolutions. she knew was up -- she knew what in thep to, dubbed them ribs with her elbow and gave a wry smile. trends in israel and the middle east war. i was told

there's an old story about a young member of one political party or the other arriving in the house of commons for the first time and being shown around by an older hand. and as you know, the house of commons is wided, there's one -- divided, there's one party on one side, the other party on the other. government in opposition. and he pointed to the other side, and he said this is where we sit. and the young man said, yes, and that's the enemy. and he said, no, that's the enemy. the enemy is sitting behind you. and it's very often the case that, of course, the established differences between the two major parties is well known, and they are the enemy in one sense. but, actually, for all the things that are important to you and your philosophy, all of those arguments are going on within your own party. you can't actually take part in somebody else's party. so it's the people who are competing with you for ideas, for positions, for the candidacy, whatever which makes them so sharp. of course, gerald ford's a very interesting case because, first of all, about the only unelected president in the h

by the time she entered parliament in 1959, she was part of only four percent of women in the house of commonsperienced many rebuffs along the way, often on the short list of candidates, only to be disqualified by prejudice against a woman and worse, a woman with children.

house. soner in on monday evening, the beginning of that week, i was in my study at the house of commons and a can i come and see when he came in and said i have come to tell you i simply cannot stand to be leader of the party. time inad a terrible the last few days and my family and i just can't go through that. i can't put them through it. at i wasoing to stand going to try to persuade him and he said don't try to persuade me. i'm not going to stand. this was a terrible shock. not only was he a remarkable man but a whole political philosophy we had worked on. say if you arelf not going to stand, someone who holds our view of politics has to stand. so i will stand instead. was very relieved. i went home that evening and tod to dennis i'm going stand for the leadership of the party. he said he must be mad. you haven't helped. of course, i didn't think i had no be there. -- i didn't think i had a hope either. i tried to persuade others that our way was right and others would come out and say they would stand and perhaps someone would be chosen, but someone with our views had to stand. sorry f

by the time she entered parliament in 1959, she was part of only four percent of women in the house of commonshe way, often on the short list of candidates, only to be disqualified by prejudice against a woman and worse, a woman with children. she applied herself to her work with formidable energy and passion, and continued to reflect reflect on her faith and politics,

by the time she entered parliament in 1959, she was part of only four percent of women in the house of commons. she had experienced many rebuffs along the way, often on the short list of candidates, only to be disqualified by prejudice against a woman and worse, a woman with children. she applied herself to her work with formidable energy and passion, and continued to reflect on her faith and politics, related to one another. and the jury lecture, she said that christianity offers no easy solutions to political and economic issues. it teaches us that we cannot achieve a compassionate society simply by passing new laws and appointing more staff to administer them. she was very aware that there are positions which are needed -- there are proud dispositions which are needed to make market economics and democratic and institutions function well. the capacity to cooperate. these decisions and dispositions are incubated and given power by our relationships. in her words, the basic ties of the family are at the heart of our society and our the nursery of virtue. such moral and spiritual capital is ac

in the members lobby of the house of commons, there are four principal statues. lloyd george, who give us the beginnings of the welfare state, winston churchill who gave us victory in war, kevin atlee who gave us the nhs, and margaret thatcher who rescued our country from postwar decline. they say, study hour, cometh the man. in 1970 time came the power and the lady. let this be her epitaph that she made our country great again. i commend this motion to the house. >> order. the house has considered matter of tributes to the right honorable baroness thatcher. mr. ed milliband. >> i want to join him in sending my deepest condolences to her children, carol and mark. the whole family and her many close friends. today is an opportunity for us to reflect on margaret thatcher's personal achievements, her style of politics and her political legacy. as the prime minister said, the journey from being the child of a grocer to downing street is an unlikely one. it is particularly remarkable because she was the daughter, not the son of a grocer. at each stage for life she brok

the british house of commons is back tomorrow as members of parliament are allowed to pay tribute.hey were on break, but the prime minister who was in europe came back yesterday and announced that parliament is being recalled for tributes to lady thatcher. redwood falls, minn., open phones this morning. go ahead, please. caller: i wanted to comment on the gun laws. i do not think that we need to get a bunch of new laws passed in congress that do not work. there is nothing wrong with what we have. what would be wrong with beefing up our school security? could bes coming back the security on the front lines. to me that makes more sense, putting people back to work and protecting children. host: thank you for the call. this point on our twitter page -- host: mcconnell is joining a senate gun filibuster, this story from politico.com. he announced yesterday that he would join a group of republicans threatening a filibuster. "yesterday harry reid promised to move a gunboat to the floor, but it is unclear which one. it depends on if democrats can strike a deal on background checks, otherw

a lot of her best speeches in the house of commons are the speeches where she tore into her opponents in roars of laughter from the assembled mps. this is certainly a very, very harsh environment, the house of commons. she succeeded in winning over not only her own side but of course many on the other side of the political aisle as well who admired her political skill and tenacity and above all her conviction. >> and how much did she keep up with what was going on here in the u.s.? >> she's always maintained a very close interest in u.s. affairs. when i saw had her in december, had been keeping an eye on the u.s. elections. and the united states has no greater supporter than margaret thatcher. >> what did she think? was she happy with how we're doing, concerned? >> i think she certainly had a concern about u.s. decline. in her view, the united states must lead on the world stage. without american leadership, the world is a far more dangerous place, and she was very, very concerned that the united states, because of the economic situation, because of cuts in defense spending, would not

elite an assortment of multi-millionaires he studied at exclusive universities a study by the house of commons library with the one in seven m.p.'s have never held a job outside of politics and that's left many to whether they're really up to the job. i'm not defensive about it i'm there to do a drop i do the job to the best of my billet but somebody the government's best is not good enough. my. they've got no idea what it's like they're making all these attacks and they've you know they've never been a person like unemployed people living on fifty six pounds a week they've no idea what that's like well laden might have been accused of scoring political points by waiting class. they don't escape criticism either ed miliband and his wealthy counterparts the champagne socialists but this is not just the tories and lib dems and some of this labor as well like they're also rich so let's take a look at he's on the political rich list according to a recent estimate the man with his hands on the nation's purse strings chancellor george osborne is used to his pockets weighing him down with an estimate

house of commons is in recess, so prime minister 's questions will not be seen tonight. question time returns on wednesday, april 17, live on c- span two at 7:00 a.m. eastern. -- vicereserve chairman chairman spoke at the spring conference in washington dc. she said the fed's recent monetary policies and purchasing assets and lowering interest rates have contributed to improvements in the economy. she also commented on a report by the government account ability office. -- criticizing the federal reserve and the office of the comptroller of the currency for creating a pre--- bureaucratic maze. this portion of her remarks is about 30 minutes. a report was issued that criticize the fed for fraud review of foreclosure and documents. the sutures and monitoring consulting firms. let me say that the fed undertook an independent foreclosure review in order to borrowers who -- had been financially injured by servicer airburst. we worked jointly with the comptroller of the currency. they took the lead in this effort area and they supervise most of the servicers that were involved.

for decades to come, she will continue to tower over the country's politicians in the house of commons. the years may be at an end. not so the devotion, the debate, the division, which she continues to inspire. news, westminster. >> an extraordinary life and leader. for more on her influence around the world, i will speak to colin powell. he knew her in the reagan and bush administration. thank you for joining me. what was your global legacy? >> the global legacy was one of who havep, a person passion, the drive, who when she was sure she was right she went for it all. she was certainly willing to listen to others. her great legacy was the way in which she transformed the united kingdom out of an economic situation of difficulty into a growing economy. she had to fight a lot of people to do it. her other great legacy was that she was there at the time that the soviet union was starting to come apart. it was coming apart because it was destined to come apart. without leaders such as margaret thatcher and ronald reagan and many others, without them, it would have been a lot harder for go

. >> the british house of commons is in recess so prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. it returns on april 17 on c-span2. next a discussion on the prospects of the house and senate agreingsing on a 2014 budget. this is from "washington journal." it's about 30 minutes. >> and we're back with our budget round table. stan collender writes for roll call and capital gains and games.com. and peter morici from the university of maryland, welcome to you both. >> peter, let me begin with you. there is lots of talk president obama wants to have a grand bargain in this budget process. what does a grand bargain look like to you? guest: that would put us in good shape long term. get the budget deficit down to a level where the growth in the debt essentially levels off and it is at a level where as a percentage of the whole economy is considered to be sustainable. right now we're on track to become an italy and that is to have a debt that is too big and have bond holders lose confidence. host: how do you get to a grand bargain, what do you cut? guest: the only way is to do omething

assortment of multi-millionaires he studied at exclusive universities a recent study by the house of commons library reveal that one in seven m.p.'s have never held a job outside of politics and that's left many wondering whether they're really up to the job. i'm not defensive about it i'm there to do a drop i do the job the best my booty but somebody the government's best is not good enough. they've got no idea what it's like they're making all these attacks and they you know they've never been a person like people living on fifty six lb weeks they've no idea what that's like also no idea what it's like to be a hard working person really want to do your job well you've been given target having a pay cut you're always attacked you know under-staffed all the time they've no idea what it's like to like that well lay the might of been accused of scoring political points by waiting class warfare they don't escape criticism either ed miliband and his wealthy counterparts the champagne socialists but this is not just the tories and lib dems and some of this labor as well like they're also rich so

biggest effect is on the parliament i remember watching her before bollman was televised in the house of commons and obviously this generation of parliamentarians watch what problems brulee watch your videos because they follow her policies the opposition labor party of tony blair of ed miliband let alone the party of david cameron they're much more to the extreme right of his is that your reference is that you're a socialist compared to the present people in the british parliament but she of course he said that huge influence as to whether they can learn anything the tide is completely turned. in the taxpayers' hands and the talk is of nationalisation after the massive failure of the kind of blip some may look upon it thousand years from now of this new liberal idea of a nation of shareholding a shareholding democracy as we all now realise what it is to concentrate wealth in fewer and fewer hands and ultimately cause division that was dangerous to the stability of the nation itself afshin thanks for being with us tonight russian returns here. car bombs exploded in the syrian capital killing at

even so in spite of that last night, there was a debate here at the house of commons about whether parliamentary proceedings should be suspended today which in fact they have been given -- for this funeral. remember, of course, her policies were extremely divisive and even though it's more than 20 years since she left office, people love her or loathe her with a passion. brian. >> a lot of people know that story. annabel roberts, thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "way too early," playing through the tragediment we'll check in on the boston red sox as they reflect on the marathon bombing and actually get back to baseball. >>> also heroism at the scene of the attack. we'll hear from the man in a cowboy hat and how his reaction may have saved a life. that story and the check on weather whether "way too early" comes right back. >>> the invasion was mounted from guatemala. the united states has denied. this castro acknowledges a landing by sea and air. it doesn't matter where a good idea comes from, it only matters that it shows up and makes things better. in that spirit, verizon is proud to an

>> you've been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. question time airs live on c chance 2 this wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern when the house of commons is in session. and again on sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. watch any time on c-span.org to find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. >> in a recent address to the european parliament, irish president michael higgins talks about challenges facing the european unions economy. he mentioned unemployment, credit rating agencies, and the overall credibility of the e.u. ireland currently hold the six month retating presidency of the european union. this is had a half-hour. >> the president of ireland. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i would invite you to please take our seats. >> your headphone on the right. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to welcome the president of the republic of ireland, mr. higgins. a very warm welcome to you, mr. president, and to the european parliament. [applause] 3 >> esteemed co

. >> speaking in the house of commons is quite different. it's a unique experience. >> reporter: becoming prime minister in 1979. britain was in crisis. across the atlantic, another staunch conservative was coming to power, and she found a soulmate in ronald reagan. they confronted the soviet union and then reached out to gorbachev and brought the cold war to an end. in britain, thatcher gave her people a strong dose of free market conservativism and her own indomitable will. when her own allies faltered, calling for a u-turn in policy, she scorned them as well. >> you turn if you want to -- [ laughter and applause ] >> -- the lady's not for turning. >> reporter: her popularity soared when she led britain to victory in a war against argentina over the falkland islands. but thatcher's conservative policies were deeply divisive. her own party threw her out of power. against doctor's advice she attended ronald reagan's funeral in 2004. >> we've lost a great president, a great american, and a great man. and i have lost a dear friend. >> reporter

there's a treasonous treasonous of no good nick that's being allowed to sashay around in the house of commons stealing money but it isn't just hey it's everybody we've got the bankers we go the government you got the opposition there are hardly any m.p.'s who told you seem to understand what is going on very very few but he stood up in front of the group of workers with their reflective jackets on you know just ported over from the cross well project and he started talking about why these workers are important he speaks with forked tongue or not only that but the latest thing is the people who discovered his mean adopting estuary english which is all you know was a white van montoya way of talking right like starting disorder is to us it's accent you know a guy original sound like one of the blokes is the i'm not a posh little you know it's the same thing with george already likes it just the accident just so to make it appear doesn't got out george bush used to sound purposely stupid because in america if you sound like george bush stupid it means you're somehow honest so you have george osb

she came here, she was hesitant and bright and perky in the house of commons. e was right on a considerable number of foreign policy issues. against those on both sides of the house and she was utterly determined that the people who still want to be british today should not be the victims of a fascist dictator. how some members should actually want this, i could not understand him and i still do not understand it today. when saddam hussein seized kuwait, she was actually touched by the preparations to oust him by force. some of these were very spineless. and i'm here to try to obtain a consensus. the end the debate, the house was told it was based not on supporting the united kingdom government, but on implementing united nations security council resolutions. she smiled a wry smile. she was much more farsighted than most united kingdom prime ministers about israel and the middle east. she gave him a direct instruction to coach the leaders of the communities and urged them to include the very sizable numbers in israel to labor in the forthcoming election. she gen

and they're going to start taking the house of commons. ng down. >> cenk: they already lost order. the guy was gaveling order order. >> can anyone imagine that those things would happen because of this? that's the arguments. >> cenk: well, later in the show we're going to talk about how mark sandford has had a lot of marriage issues and family issues, but that was weirdly before new zealand passed their law, and that was in south carolina. >> uruguay had passed it. >> cenk: and it's goes to argentina. >> there are protests in france and in other countries people are deeply engaged in arguing about rights. you have massive protests in france against gay marriage and obviously here in the u.s. we have questions about it. this is a reminder of how joyous and exciting it can be in that moment instead of an argument. >> cenk: if i didn't already gavel this issue, i would gavel it now. things will roll backwards from time to time, this fight as shana points out it's nowhere near over. we won on civil rights, women's rights we're going to win on g

they first met face to face at a meeting in the house of commons in april in 1975 and became fast friends 1982 the u.s. was publicly neutral during the falklands war between britain and argentina, but behind the scenes the u.s. provided military and intelligence support. in 1984 thatcher met reagan at camp david, and that's where she briefed him on the new soviet leader, gorbachev, saying he was a man they could, quote, work with. together they helped end the cold war. and in 1988 thatcher was the final foreign visitor to the white house during reagan's administration after being one of the first to visit after he took office. jon: margaret thatcher was known for her imposing personality and often worked her will in britain's political battles. here now, some of the best of margaret thatcher in her own words. >> i stand before you tonight in my red star chiffon evening gown -- [laughter] [applause] my face softly made up and my fair hair gently waved -- [laughter] the iron lady of the western world. where there is discourse, may we bring harmony. where there is error, may we bring truth.