margaret thatcher foundation. he delivered a speech which i think should be taken as the first full throated public expression of thatcherism. and the title of the speech, interesting, that title is this is not the time to be mealymouthed, intervention is destroying us. the signature of the conservative party at this time was being mealymouthed, an unwillingness to separate say what was true to the electorate. for fear of not wanting to alienate, not wanting to seem too radical, not being able to govern. he just came out and said it. look around you, intervention is destroying us. i believe this is obvious to most americans. i've only been on the ground of the united states for a few days living in turkey but i got off the plane and everyone i'm sticking to it saying something terrible is happening here. and people are not stupid. they are noticing that all this innovation does not seem to be doing any good, but they are not really understand the connection between the intervention and things getting worse rather t

he followed the one that derived as a stray when margaret thatcher was prime minister. then there was another brought down by the former chancellor. she did not settle and left six months later. the prime minister have met the cats and held the cats. they seem to get on. they hope that the cat will be stocking these corridors of power for many years to come. >> briefly, a judge in the italian city of milan has ordered berlusconi to stand trial on charges that he paid a 17-roll prostitute for sex. this lawyer said that the prime minister will appeal. much more of that and the international news at any time on the bbc.com. you can catch what is coming up on the facebook. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. at the top stories are around the globe. go to bbc.com/news to experience the expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide rang

margaret thatcher it is there is no alternative. of course that's absurd. there was an alternative. we have to connect the dots to understand what is going on today. i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. our character is among the worst in the world. the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic probl

he follows -- the number 10 cat who arrived as a stray when margaret thatcher was prime minister. she did not settle up and left six months later. we told the prime minister and has not the cat, held a cat, and they seem to get on. staff hopes that larry will be stocking these corridors of power for years to come. >> this is the biggest night of the year for the british music and history. his brand of urban music is now set to make an impact worldwide. ♪ >> voted best british group tonight. coming from a new venue, more music. much of it from the british urban scene, including the best breakthrough act. a 22-year-old rapper. >> for decades, the americans have dominated urban music with their hip-hop? . the power is shifting. to places like this. the talented young people who lived in intercity britain and are writing about their experiences. ♪ the single one straight to number one last year. five years ago, there will lease seven urban number one. nine were -- and none were british great last year, at u.k. urban music punched out nine the number of lines. what is up? >> the lot of

margaret thatcher called him a prove dential man and i found a lot of people who agreed when i got to the pentagon as secretary of defense. more than anything else, it was the reagan military buildup achieved despite the constant heckering of the left that ensured our victory in the cold war. he left that and much else to his successor. and when iraq invaded kuwait in 1990, president bush had all that we needed to throw back the army of saddam hussein. we deployed half a million troops to the desert. but the air campaign, using the assets that ronald reagan gave us, was so decisive that ground operations took only 100 hours to prevail. and when it was over, there was one person i wanted to talk to. i picked up the telephone and placed a call to bel air and said, thank you, mr. president. [applause] when we think back to ronald reagan, thank you is still a pretty good place to start. we associate idealism with youth. but the oldest man ever elected president was also the most idealistic and he brought out that quality in the american people. he inspired the kind of affection that even

the question is, i mean, was england post-gender with margaret thatcher? indira gandhi, was in the a post-gender when bolivia elected its first working class president, where the post-class? i mean, it is a reflection of the dichotomy. the movement -- you cannot deny the accomplishments of the movement. the human rights movement, which we need to begin talking about more, and malcolm x began to increasingly before he was assassinated, but the thing is, these smokescreens get thrown at us, and we fall over and over again. happen with clarence thomas in a certain way, right, you know? in a more evil way, many of us have gotten comfortable because rock is in the white house, but he cannot be most effective unless we are on his ass, right? we voted, so i will go home now, and see you in four years. the republicans, the tea party, all these folks, they are on his ass, so if you believe that all that there is power in that position, and there are folks that make convincing arguments about a black face on white supremacy, so there is complications, but can progre

host: winston -- ronald reagan had margaret thatcher. guest: and pope john paul ii. you start to think of the figures. helmut kohl in germany. meteran in france. these people did not agree with him philosophically, but they did meet more than their contemporaries do today. gorbachev is a historically looming figure. it was a remarkable time in terms of the cast of players that reagan had to work with. no doubt margaret thatcher that was elected two years ahead of reagan as prime minister of england and represented a sea change in the direction of that country was almost in many ways a dress rehearsal for what reagan wanted to do here. it is understandable they formed a special relationship. host: if reagan were alive today, what would he think of this centennial? guest: i think he would be a little embarrassed. he was a modest man. i think he would be flattered. anyone would. i think he would be proudest of the fact that his ideas or what he saw as his program atic policies contributions are still as relevant and as entrenched as they are, and it wasn't just a questi

pocket of the financial terrorists i mean imagine during the days of the ira for example of margaret thatcher came out and was caught in bed with bobby sands i mean that would have been a scandal right here you have the government of ireland in bed with the bankers who committed these troops is these aggrieved his acts of mayhem and wickedness and they're all sitting around smoking a cigarette having had a lot of the law a good time totally destroying the economy it's unbelievable but the other thing is important to connect this to the. at least what's going on there democracy is not an option though the rulers of the world will not allow democracy there if they have their way the same thing in the west where they will not allow capitalism to happen to the elite in the west the same that they will not allowed to mock or see to happen to the oligarchs of the middle east so you see that in john cloud tree shay's statement there that hair cuts on investors isn't part of the plan it is not part of the plan ever for the west we will not allow bankers to suffer from capitalism right capitalism woul

whatever anybody may think it wasn't ronald reagan and margaret thatcher who took down the soviet union. it ended on its own and wonder what your generation believed you would find in 2010 and where you think it is going. you can take communism out of russia. communism was sort of between the old russia and the new russia which were quite similar. i wonder what you think russia will become. what did you think it would be -- teenagers, rebellious. and what you think will happen next. say 15 years from now when we next meet in this room. all right? >> in 1991, to the moscow -- so a great about this. and you see all of these times, two days afterward. i was still in school but it was very important. the fine people and friends, thought it would be something that we were very naive and our parents were very naive. by -- there were signs that was not like we have to do something, something similar for the united states because it is kind of a sign off of freedom and open war. in the late 1990s especially after 1998, i remember very well because i carried financial things. i was a financial j

margaret thatcher called him a providential man. and i found a lot of people who agreed when i got to the pentagon as secretary of defense. more than anything else, it was the reagan military buildup, that assured our victory in the cold war. he left that and much more to his successor. president bush and i had all we needed to trebek the army of saddam hussein. we deployed half a dozen troops, but what was left to us from reagan was so decisive that ground operations to ". when it was over, i called bel- air and said, a "thank you, mr. president." [applause] in thinking of how to some of his accomplishments and all that he was, "thank you" is still a good place to start. he was also quite idealistic and he proud of that quality in the american people he inspired a great affection that even great men cannot claim by right, but goes to the truly good. kindness and decency marked his entire life long before he journeyed here to california and long after he returned here from washington. in remembering his final years, we might also en

maybe nobody said that better than former prime minister, british prime minister margaret thatcher in a prerecorded eulogy that was played at president reagan's funeral at the national cathedral. i'd like to read just a little of that eulogy. it starts "we have lost a great president, a great american, and a great man." and mrs. thatcher said, "i have lost a dear friend. in his lifetime, ronald reagan was such a cheerful and invigorating presence it was easy to forget what daunting task he set for himself. he sought to mend america's wounded spirit, restore the strength of the free world and to free the slaves of communism. these were causes hard to accomplish and heavy with risk." mrs. thatcher went on, "yet they were pursued with almost a lightness of spirit. for ronald reagan also embodied another great cause, what arnold bennett once called -- quoting arnold bennett -- the great cause of cheering us all up. back to mrs. thatcher: he won converts from every class and every nation and ultimately from the very heart of the evil empire. yet his humor often had a purpose beyond humor.

host: winston -- ronald reagan had margaret thatcher. guest: and pope john paul ii. start to think of the figures. helmut kohl in germany. meteran in france. these people did not agree with him philosophically, but they did meet more than their contemporaries do today. gorbachev is a historically looming figure. it was a remarkable time in terms of the cast of players that reagan had to work with. no doubt margaret thatcher that was elected two years ahead of reagan as prime minister of england and represented a sea change in the direction of that country was almost in many ways a dress rehearsal for what reagan wanted to do here. it is understandable they formed a special relationship. host: if reagan were alive today, what would he think of this centennial? guest: i think he would be a little embarrassed. he was a modest man. i think he would be flattered. anyone would. i think he would be proudest of the fact that his ideas or what he saw as his program atic policies contributions are still as relevant and as entrenched as they are, and it wasn't just a question o

margaret thatcher called him a providential man, and i have found a lot of people who agree when i got to the pentagon as secretary of defense. more than anything else, it was the regulatory build up that a short our victory in the cold war. he left that and much else to his successor. when iraq invaded kuwait in 1990, president bush and i had all we needed to throw back the army of saddam hussein. we deployed half a million troops in the desert. but the air campaign, using the assets that ronald reagan gave us, was so decisive that run operations took only 100 hours. when it was over, there was one person i want to talk to. but picked up the telephone and placed a call to belair and said, thank you, mr. president. [applause] when all of us think back to ronald reagan and try to sum up all that he was and all that he accomplished, thank you is still a pretty good place to start. we associate idealism with youth, but the oldest man ever elected president was also the most idealistic, and he brought out that quality in the american people. he inspired the kind of affection that even grea

a lot of champions of freedom like alexander, and margaret thatcher saluted the special gifts of artistd ewely guised mentors and were deeply in depth to roger kimball for editing most of them less than 1,000 words in length and who better as editors than they? linda was hired by bill buckley in 1969 to join the national review editorial department. she served ten years as the magazine's managing editor. roger is co-editor and publisher of the new criteria, surely the most literate journal in america and president and publisher of encounters book. he's a critic on both sides of the atlantic, and author "ten-year radicals: how politics has corrupted our higher education." i prediction their collection of buckley will corrupt many in higher education in the right way. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming linda bridges and roger kimball for a discussion of "standing athwart history." [applause] [applause] >> thank you, lee. i always tell my authors that the one thing they should do is show the book. here it is. and i believe it's available for an attractive price outside this

my first major story over there was a woman named margaret thatcher who talked about trying to be prime minister. >> bonnie gave the impression of graceful, composed, professional reporter, someone who obviously had enormous good taste and then you would come into this story conference with her. she was an absolute pistol. nobody had a sharper news judgment or a tougher, more critical eye for the story of the day. >> what i was involved in was breaking down the barrier where women journalists could not do the same things in washington that a male journalist could. and so as president of the women's national press club i was one of the leaders of that movement, and i also was one of the targets. that is not a pleasant thing, but we did when. i was the first white house correspondent when women were admitted to the dinner, and i was at the head table. >> it was a bitter battle, and she took a lot of flak, but, you know, at all of 5 feet tall she was not going to have anything of it. you know, all of that, much more impressive to know this was a moment he made such a big difference and cha

didn't happen, but my reading is that happened to a significant extent to begin with a and margaret thatcher'scabinet. the second and related point was this concern about the leaks, that if you are looking at military planning, you have to keep the matter is pretty tight. >> understood. do you think that cabinet ministers were aware that for much of 2002, indeed some way into 2003, one of the options that was seriously considered was supporting the united states it came to the military action but without using land forces or a major land component? >> they would have had to be deaf, dumb and blind not to be aware of this. i mean, if i may say so, i filled stephen wall's evidence of this, it was incredulous. this was the issue. i mean, there were 100 people whose land in the early motion in march, 2002, we're reading about the prospect of the military action. if i may just think this point, over the summer of 2002 there was a buildup of concern about iraq. were we going to back the americans? were we going to back them without any united nations security council resolutions? because that was no

my first major story over there was a woman named margaret thatcher who talked about trying to be prime minister. >> bonnie gave the impression of graceful, composed, professional reporter, someone who obviously had enormous good taste and then you would come into this story conference with her. she was an absolute pistol. nobody had a sharper news judgment or a tougher, more critical eye for the story of the day. >> what i was involved in was breaking down the barrier where women journalists could not do the same things in washington that a male journalist could. and so as president of the women's national press club i was one of the leaders of that movement, and i also was one of the targets. that is not a pleasant thing, but we did when. i was the first white house correspondent when women were admitted to the dinner, and i was at the head table. >> it was a bitter battle, and she took a lot of flak, but, you know, at all of 5 feet tall she was not going to have anything of it. you know, all of that, much more impressive to know this was a moment he made such a big difference and cha

my first major story over there was a woman named margaret thatcher who talked about trying to be prime minister. >> bonnie gave the impression of graceful, composed, professional reporter, someone who obviously had enormous good taste and then you would come into this story conference with her. she was an absolute pistol. nobody had a sharper news judgment or a tougher, more critical eye for the story of the day. >> what i was involved in was breaking down the barrier where women journalists could not do the same things in washington that a male journalist could. and so as president of the women's national press club i was one of the leaders of that movement, and i also was one of the targets. that is not a pleasant thing, but we did when. i was the first white house correspondent when women were admitted to the dinner, and i was at the head table. >> it was a bitter battle, and she took a lot of flak, but, you know, at all of 5 feet tall she was not going to have anything of it. you know, all of that, much more impressive to know this was a moment he made such a big difference and cha

didn't happen, but my reading is that happened to a significant extent to begin with a and margaret thatcher's cabinet. the second and related point was this concern about the leaks, that if you are looking at military planning, you have to keep the matter is pretty tight. >> understood. do you think that cabinet ministers were aware that for much of 2002, indeed some way into 2003, one of the options that as seriously considered was supporting the united states it came to the military action but without using land forces or a major land cponent? >> they would have had to be deaf, dumb and blind not to be aware of this. i mean, if i may say so, i filled stephen wall's evidence of this, it was incredulous. this was th issue. i mean, there were 100 people whose land in the early motion in march, 2002, we're reading about the prospect of the military action. if i may just think this point, over the summer of 2002 there was a buildup of concern about iraq. were we going to back the americans? were we going to back them without any united nations security council resolutions? because that was not r

didn't happen, but my reading is that happened to a significant extent to begin with a and margaret thatcher'scabinet. the second and related point was this concern about the leaks, that if you are looking at military planning, you have to keep the matter is pretty tight. >> understood. do you think that cabinet ministers were aware that for much of 2002, indeed some way into 2003, one of the options that was seriously considered was supporting the united states it came to the military action but without using land forces or a major land component? >> they would have had to be deaf, dumb and blind not to be aware of this. i mean, if i may say so, i filled stephen wall's evidence of this, it was incredulous. this was the issue. i mean, there were 100 people whose land in the early motion in march, 2002, we're reading about the prospect of the military action. if i may just think this point, over the summer of 2002 there was a buildup of concern about iraq. were we going to back the americans? were we going to back them without any united nations security council resolutions? because that was no

maybe nobody said that better than former prime minister, british prime minister margaret thatcher in a prerecorded eulogy that was played at president reagan's funeral at the national cathedral. i'd like to read just a little of that eulogy. it starts "we have lost a great president, a great american, and a great man." and mrs. thatcher said, "i have lost a dear friend. in his lifetime, ronald reagan was such a cheerful and invigorating presence it was easy to forget what daunting task he set for himself. he sought to mend america's wounded spirit, restore the strength of the free world and to free the slaves of communism. these were causes hard to accomplish and heavy with risk." mrs. thatcher went on, "yet they were pursued with almost a lightness of spirit. for ronald reagan also embodied another great cause, what arnold bennett once called -- quoting arnold bennett -- the great cause of cheering us all up. back to mrs. thatcher: he won converts from every class and every nation and ultimately from the very heart of the evil empire. yet his humor often had a purpose beyond humor.

maybe nobody said that better than former prime minister, british prime minister margaret thatcher in a prerecorded eulogy that was played at president reagan's funeral at the national cathedral. i'd like to read just a little of that eulogy. it starts "we have lost a great president, a great american, and a great man." and mrs. thatcher said, "i have lost a dear friend. in his lifetime, ronald reagan was such a cheerful and invigorating presence it was easy to forget what daunting task he set for himself. he sought to mend america's wounded spirit, restore the strength of the free world and to free the slaves of communism. these were causes hard to accomplish and heavy with risk." mrs. thatcher went on, "yet they were pursued with almost a lightness of spirit. for ronald reagan also embodied another great cause, what arnold bennett once called -- quoting arnold bennett -- the great cause of cheering us all up. back to mrs. thatcher: he won converts from every class and every nation and ultimately from the very heart of the evil empire. yet his humor often had a purpose beyond humor.

my reading it happened to a significant extent with margaret thatcher's cap net. -- cabinet.the related point about military leaks. if you were looking at a related plan, you have to keep matters pretty tight. >> understood. do you think the cabinet members were aware in much of 2002 and 2003 was one the options that was seriously considered was supporting the united states if it came to military action, without using major forces and components? >> they would have been to be deaf, dumb, and blind not to be aware of this. i found even more evidence on this. this was the issue. there were 00 -- were 100 people that signed the early day issue in march of 2002. warning against military action. just to make this point, over the summer of 2002, there was a build up of concern about iraq. where are we going to battle the americans without any united nations security council resolution. because not resolved until president bush made his statement to the general assembly on the 12th of september. and the consequences of that was that the prime minister decided to recall parliament an