margaret thatcher began to feel that there might be an opportunity for her to open a relationship with the soviet union. which would also be a platform on which united states could build. [narrator] thatcher will cross the iron curtain and attend andropov's funeral. her first visit as the leader of the british state. gordievsky's insight into the soviet leadership's mindset is critical. [woman] yes, hello, it's the duty clerk here. we have an amendment to make to the prime minister's travel arrangements for tomorrow. [narrator] gordievsky's briefings advise her to be formal but friendly, and soften her normally tough image. the soviets don't react well to shows of strength. on a human level, i think this briefing was extremely important. it's body language. it's style. it's smiling at the right moments, but not smiling at the wrong moments. it's how you appear. [reporter] [dramatic music playing] [narrator] the funeral provides an opportunity for margaret thatcher to meet the new head of the ussr. [reporter 1] the new leader of the soviet union is 72-year-old konstantin chernenko. [rep

margaret thatcher was uncompromising in her dislike of socialism and of communism. and that is what drove her. i look so young and innocent. my job was really to make sure that 10 downing street worked well for the prime minister. yes, okay, certainly. margot! [narrator] margaret thatcher knows that it's not just politics that dictates the key moves in the cold war. [lord robin] margaret thatcher was fascinated by intelligence. part of it was the glamor. but also, she liked to collect as much information as possible, and intelligence was one of the sources. [indistinct chattering] there was a special box in number 10 in which there would have been regular reports of anything which became known about soviet activity in the u.k. [narrator] mi6 has a very big secret they are keeping from the prime minister. [narrator] but he isn't just a kgb spy pretending to be a soviet diplomat. [narrator] oleg gordievsky is a double agent. [narrator] in the '60s and '70s, gordievsky was based in denmark as a loyal and dependable kgb agent. and it's there that he begins to see things

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he was one of the well— known wets who was seen as not loyal to margaret thatcher.ll, i think- a landslide is unlikely. i think landslides, - on the whole, don't produce successful governments. 1945 was the obvious one, - this massive landslide to labour. i think that was extremely . unfortunate, so i don't think that's likely to happen. well, a marvellous clip from 1983, and it's sad that we don't have politicians who speak in such fabulously clipped tones as that any more. just if you're happening upon us at 11:20 on radio 4, it is laura kuenssberg, paddy o'connell and adam fleming with newscast, which is normally a podcast on bbc sounds, but for the duration of the general election, we are fortunate to be with you on radio 4 every saturday morning. i hope you feel that you are fortunate to be with us, but that of course, is down to you, dear listener. and just let me pick up on francis pym. remember when you say, talking about how he spoke, he won the military cross in the second world war, he was not afraid to speak his mind. but after the 1983 election, what ha

margaret thatcher famously said she wasn't _ margaret thatcher famously said she wasn't for _ margaretusly said she wasn't for turning. you are obviously— wasn't for turning. you are obviously for turning. why the massive — obviously for turning. why the massive u—turn all of a sudden? this_ massive u—turn all of a sudden? this is— massive u—turn all of a sudden? this is the — massive u—turn all of a sudden? this is the old thing about hearts and heads, isn't it? i rationally thought this was too difficult. i have change my mind because i can't let down millions of people who would feel let down by me unless i was at the front and lead this charge over the course of the next five and a half years. a reform uk source says mr farag loves the theatre of it all and says he put himself centre stage at this election, but the worry for the conservatives is that he will divert votes away from them. mr farage, who had been named a chicken for not running, was also named the new reform uk leader. when the election was called, he had said it was too soon and he was also too busy with us politics.

former aide to margaret thatcher, nile gardiner . party?, nile gardiner. he party? former aide to margaret thatcher, nile gardiner . he goes thatcher, nile gardiner. he goes head to head with michael ex adviser, charlie . this is patrick christys gb news. this is patrick christys. tonight with me. ben. leo. only on gb news. coming up in just a tick. after a surge in support for right wing parties. sent shockwaves through europe last night. will the uk buck the trend by electing a left wing labour government? but first, should nigel farage be welcomed into the conservative party? it's time now for the head to head. and as rishi sunak attempts to move on from the backlash to skipping a d—day commemoration event last week, his former home secretary suella braverman has urged the tories to unite the right and embrace nigel farage. speaking to the times, braverman said i would welcome nigel into the conservative party. there's not much difference really, between him and many of the policies that we for . him and many of the policies that we for.

[narrator] margaret thatcher tells president reagan that gorbachev is someone she can do business withkeen to believe her. [ken] soon after march of '85, we're asked to set up something that might be a summit between the two of them. i was skeptical. [indistinct chatter] the main thing we needed was, what is going to happen? okay? what is gorbachev going to do? [narrator] reagan hopes to build bridges with gorbachev, but he pushes on with his star wars program. my fellow americans, thank you for sharing your time with me tonight. the subject i want to discuss with you, peace and national security, is both timely and important. timely because i've reached a decision which offers a new hope for our children in the 21st century. [narrator] it's the anti-missile defense system that would take the nuclear arms race to space, and it terrifies the soviets. [peter jennings] well, overseas this monday, the soviet union continues to attack the president's proposal for an anti-missile defense system in space. this time, it was the communist party newspaper which said the administration is threate

that must be a consideration for margaret thatcher. [raymond] this telegram was sent to us, actually, to sis. so it was enciphered. "the prime minister has personally approved this operation... and expressed her complete confidence in your ability to carry it out. we all here join in standing 100% behind you, and are confident you will succeed." i mean, there was a lot of adrenaline going on, and an awful lot to plan. i wasn't excited. i was-- i was bloody frightened, actually. [dramatic music playing] we had developed the story that the wife of my assistant had got some gynecological complaint, and this needed urgent attention in helsinki. and i was gonna be accompanying my assistant and his wife, and take my wife with me. the wife of my assistant had to groan for the microphones and keep up her story, and i was complaining what a bore it was to have to go off, and who was gonna look after the baby? so there was a lot of talking up to the ceiling, as it were, for their benefit. [suspenseful music playing] [raymond] we took our baby be

knows that it's not just politics that dictates the key moves in the cold war margaret thatcherby intelligence part of it was the glamour but also she'd liked to collect as much information as possible and intelligence was one of the sources when the government, there was a special box in number ten in which there would have been regular reports of anything which became known about soviets activity in uk mi6 has a very big secret. >> they're keeping from the prime minister in britain. >> i was supposed to be just an official civilian official of the soviet state. >> but zervos, a number of secrets in my life i was a kgb spy, spying against britain but he isn't just a kgb spy pretending to be a soviet diplomat when the telephone call to business intelligence service that's what you hear welcome. orleck, london. we've been waiting for you i'll let go ascii is a double agent i became secret agent for the british intelligence in the 60s and 70s, gordy fc was based in denmark as a loyal and dependable kgb agent and it's there that he begins to see things in a different light. a turni

i don't want people like margaret thatcher slapping my bottom. you don't question.then again, i'm an american. >> we didn't we didn't. we weren't taught to hate her by you people. >> there is that. she was always very well turned out. wasn't she? immaculate hair, wonderful brooches . brooches. >> she also grew up above a shop, and she learned how to treat people like. like our mark. whatever it is. >> she was a chemist and a chemist. yeah, and she invented mr whippy ice cream. well worked in the development of the, like, emulsifier or something like that. emulsifier or something like that . my version emulsifier or something like that. my version is emulsifier or something like that . my version is better. that. my version is better. let's stick with that one. okay, so the time's next, and, we find out the best time for women to take up mma formula one and other challenging tasks like deaung other challenging tasks like dealing with lewis schaffer when is that best time, well, in for some of those never would be my advice, but women's reaction times in prove during

margaret thatcher famously said she wasn't for turning. you are obviously for turning.ve u—turn all of a sudden? this is the old thing about hearts and heads, isn't it? i rationally thought this was too difficult. i have change my mind because i can't let down millions of people who would feel let down by me unless i was at the front and led this charge over the course of the next five and a half years. a reform uk source says mr farag loves the theatre of it all and says he put himself centre stage at this election, but the worry for the conservatives is that he will divert votes away from them. mr farage, who had been called a chicken for not running, was also announced as the new reform uk leader. unlike other parties, without any sort of vote. when the election was called, he had said it was too soon and he was also too busy with us politics. six weeks in such a short period of time to fight a parliamentary constituency and promote the cause around the country. and i think rishi sunak has wrong—footed an awful lot of people, myself included. nigel paul farage. he's

and we are the party of margaret thatcher and niger a party unlikely with the police in sound money. so today's planrom jeremy and me for permanent reduction in taxation by contlling t unsustainable rise in working age welfare that has taken off since the pandemic. and thi it is morally right that those who can work and that hard work is rewarded with people being able to keep more of their own money so we will ensure that we have lower can deliver lower taxes. [applause] and as conservatives we believe hardor twice. that's unfair. thhy cutting national insurance contribution. our national insurance tax cutsal worker, and we will keep cutting taxes in the coming years meaning by 2027th we wi have haven't national interest to 6% picked up attacks get to my friends friends come worth 1300 pounds to the average worker. [applause]frng more progress towards our long-term ambitions we have abolhed the double taxation work when it is economically responsible to do so. i also tong about the self-employed because they are the risktakers, the people who get our economy growing. they embody the

let's have a look at what margaret thatcher once had to say about such ideas back in 1990. >> but what'sber is saying is that he will rather the poor were poorer, provided the rich were less rich. that way you will never create the wealth for better social services. as we have. and what a policy! yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided the rich were legit . provided the rich were legit. >> margaret thatcher there at her last outing at the despatch box as prime minister, speaking to a rather younger simon hughes . but joining me now is the senior online editor of the new statesman magazine, george eaton, as well as my panel, lord goodman and nigel nelson, george, this is an interesting element of labour's manifesto. not many people have picked it up , but it does perhaps suggest up, but it does perhaps suggest that keir starmer is not exactly tony blair. yes, i've called him a quiet radical. >> and because, labour's campaign strategy has b been to appear impeccably moderate. but by any measure, the manifesto is to the left not just of new labour but of the manifesto. ed miliba

you'll know margaret thatcher, in her time.nd i know we're going back quite a while now , but she said, quite a while now, but she said, that a majority of seats, you know, if the scottish national party got a majority of seats that she would consider that to be the democratic choice of scotland, the snp , have not said scotland, the snp, have not said that in the past. they've obviously had a number of mandates. i think they've had something like five mandates just getting a mandate isn't enough to progress us to independence. that you know, they've been squandering these mandates and we haven't got anywhere . so i represent the anywhere. so i represent the alba party and we are suggesting that the way we get out of this, stalemate or roadblock, if you like, is that we just use the ballot box. so instead of, waiting for the uk to agree to a referendum, which they've said they won't do that, we in fact just use each and every election. so there is an opportunity here. the snp have not accepted it , but i believe not accepted it

margaret thatcher famously said she wasn't for turning. you are obviously for turning.earts and heads, isn't it? you know, i rationally thought this was too difficult. i've changed my mind because i can't let down millions of people who would feel let down by me, unless i was at the front and led this charge over the course of the next five and a half years. a reform uk source says mr farage loves the theatre of it all and he certainly put himself centre stage at this election. the worry for the conservatives is that he will divert votes away from them. mr farage, who'd been called a chicken for not running, was also announced as the new reform uk leader. unlike other parties, without any sort of vote. when the election was called, mr farage had said it was too soon and he was also too busy with us politics. six weeks is such a short period of time to fight a parliamentary constituency and promote the cause around the country. and you know, i think rishi sunak has wrong—footed an awful lot of people, myself included. nigel paul farage. he's tried seven times before to b

george bush in great britain led by prime minister margaret thatcher.r. and regarding detente , did you already have something to do with diplomatic circles by 1982? i actually lived in the same house as sladimovich andropov, i communicated with him. insofar as my father had been friends with him since '57, i will say, i want to say one thing, that yuri vladimirovich once told me that we need working socialism, this was his theses, he deciphered somehow that he doesn’t really work, but i think that in many ways, by the way, what year is this, excuse me, it was approximately the eightieth year, approximately, no, it was the eightieth year. and it is no coincidence, by the way, when he became general secretary, he appointed arkady ivanovich volsky as his assistant, this was precisely what was on purpose, that was andropov’s strength, the first thing was that he knew all the weak points of the soviet system, this is one, two, he knew the external circuit perfectly well, because under him the pgu, the first main directorate, worked superbly and, as they say

would look, i grew up in a verbal family of like died in the will. conservatives who regarded margaret thatcher was assigned to david cameron is a dangerous new wet liberal. what i find interesting looking back is that they voted for previous nodule. firearms. apologize for the kind of dependence party for the breaks it potty without feeling that they compromise their identity as tories. because they saw nodule. firearms as an instrument to direct their own party towards what base towards more authentic, conservative values. in other words, this has always been about moving the main sensor, right, potty and breton to the right for us to vote on the you then on that 0. and now increasingly on integration and russia and katya, do you think then that we will see a bigger role of, of this brand of, of right wing populism in the u. k. have they've been successful in what olivers laying out? i think so. not nice because they have nigel fellows back, you know what, but many people, the problem that many people have with the 2 main stream parties is that they haven't go any personnel really at the top

in the 1980s, um, first—past—the—post benefited margaret thatcher.42 to 43% of the vote. so the left felt sort of disenfranchised by that system in the �*80s. it may well be that we now have a situation where the right feel disenfranchised, and if we do essentially have four parties, then there may be big questions about whether britain's electoral system is providing that sort of stability. a year ago, it seemed perfectly reasonable to say that islamic state, the extremist group, which ten years ago established what it called an islamist caliphate, based in mosul, was finished. the number of attacks, which it carried out, was negligible. it was hunted and harried everywhere. but this year has been entirely different. is staged massive suicide bombings in iran injanuary, shootings in turkey and attacks in russia, including one just the other day. so why are is doing this now? i sought the help of mina al—lami, the bbc�*sjihadi media specialist. if we were discussing this last year, i would have told you about the setbacks they suffered on the ground,

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one think through the 19805 it trade, one think through the 1980s it was then prime minister margaret thatchercoming out of that, important commitment by her and her counterpart at the time, inward investment to the time, inward investment to the uk, establishing a car plant in sunderland and a massive expansion across many different areas. shill massive expansion across many different areas.— different areas. all right. john, different areas. all right. john. thank— different areas. all right. john, thank you - different areas. all right. john, thank you for - different areas. all right. | john, thank you for talking different areas. all right. - john, thank you for talking us through it. it will be fascinating to see the day as it progresses. we will be across this on bbc news. to the us now, where it's been a tough day on the markets for the chip—making giant nvidia, which briefly became the world's most valuable company last week. share values slipped over 6% in monday's trading. but it isn'tjust nvidia taking a hit as a host of other ai linked chip makers declined. so is the ai frenzy coo

13 years of failure, so he will pledge tax cuts tomorrow, he will say that he is the heir to margaret thatcherawson and just to get an idea of that let's see this exchange earlier this evening between the prime minister and nick robinson. endless promises of more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? no, every single one of those promises i that you've just been through, i is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every single one - of those press releases, as indeed, when we set out our manifesto - tomorrow, people will be able to see all the details behind it even further. - and tomorrow you'll promise more tax cuts? we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on i all the things that . you've gone through, announced in this campaign, but yes, it does _ continue to cut people's taxes, because i believe in a country where people's hard work is rewarded. - in the last few minutes what we have heard is what the prime minister will announce tomorrow is that he is going to bring back, to revive, the help to buy scheme to help first—time buyers, and he'

ken hines goes head to head with former aide to margaret thatcher, nile gardiner.that, joe biden sends shockwaves around the world with this alarming performance. >> we have to do with, look , if >> we have to do with, look, if we finally beat medicare, i can't look. >> the telegraph's tim stanley stanley called it not a debate, but a medical emergency. he joins me live next. i'll also get tim's reaction to the reform racism row after rishi sunak hit back. stay tuned good evening. 25 minutes after 9:00. this is patrick christys. tonight with me. nana akua only on gb news. now coming up, should itv news presenter tom bradby be censored by the broadcaster for saying that there aren't many white male anchors left? but over in the us, last night's debate between joe biden and donald trump has plunged the democrat party into crisis after biden's desperate performance. let's have a look at some of his worst moments eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid. >> excuse me , with, dealing with >> excuse me, with, dealing with everything we have to do wi

but as you say, there isn't a kind of margaret thatcher coming in with swinging, swinging reforms of of different kinds, tony blair coming in and promising big changes. it's the ins and outs theory. the outs go in and the ins go out. and what i would like to say about this is that all please elaborate. well, the polling takes the public for granted. don't publish these poll after poll after poll. my vote is a very precious thing. and the way these polls are being wound on about all the time. so we stop that. well, look, i'll tell you what i did. i went to true blue essex, which is where i worked first as a journalist. it's a place i know very well, and it's a sort of battleground. essex man, basildon man. you know, you look at all the famous people who meant well. theresa gorman, don't forget, there have been many, many famous tory mps there who are female and priti patel is one of them. absolutely very popular in her area. no, i was just referring to the fact you'd said that a lot of man i did say that. i met a woman on the street and when we mention individual candidates, all the l

were actually the wilson— callaghan government in the 1970s and the second margaret thatcher term inhn major years and the first tony blair parliaments as well. so, markets in the long run don't really mind which side of the aisle the government sits. and i'm sure that many now will be wondering about the outlook for the indian economy. it has had an incredible run in terms of growth numbers which were up until very recently showing extremely strong growth but this election has revealed the huge disparity in wealth and prospects for many and yet the numbers of billionaires in india are rising. if you look at the forbes list. it'll be interesting to see what this means going forward for the indian economy?— indian economy? yes, absolutely. _ indian economy? yes, absolutely. i- indian economy? yes, absolutely. i think - indian economy? yes, absolutely. i think the j indian economy? yes, - absolutely. i think the reason we had such a strong reaction in the stock market was the market had focused on the infrastructure spending and the economic reforms that have been the hallmark of the l

and i saw the hopes and the livelihoods of my peers blighted by the industrial devastation of margaret thatcheror. we've got to move on first minister, because i've got a lot to get through. a—b—c, i mentioned that you talked about. we talked about one of them — austerity, brexit and cost of living. we may come to later. i want to go to d, you didn't list d, but i'm going to give you a d. d is for delivery. who runs, just for clarity for viewers, not just in scotland but around the uk, who runs the national health service in scotland? who determines its budget? who makes the decisions about the nhs in scotland? the scottish government that i have the privilege to lead. and last night you were told by a woman at the scottish leaders' debate about her 93—year—old mother who had waited six hours for an ambulance and two hours outside the hospital. and someone shouted at you in that debate at one point, "you always say it's someone else's fault." you're to be held to account, aren't you? you in the snp. it's your government, your health service. you run it. of course. and ifi... if i give my comple

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but as you say, there isn't a kind of margaret thatcher coming in with swinging, swinging reforms ofdifferent kinds, tony blair coming in and promising big changes. it's the ins and outs theory. the outs go in and the ins go out. and what i would like to say about this is that all please elaborate. well, the polling takes the public for granted. don't publish these poll after poll after poll. my vote is a very precious thing. and the way these polls are being wound on about all the time. well, look, i'll tell you what i did. i went to true blue essex, which is where i worked first as a journalist. it's a place i know very well, and it's a sort of battleground. essex man, basildon man. you know, you look at all the famous people who meant well. theresa gorman, don't forget, there have been many, many famous tory mps there who are female and priti patel is one of them. absolutely very popular in her area. i met a woman on the street and when we mention individual candidates, all the lists are on the website. but just to say that i met one voter who is undecided now, she said to me on t

we are cutting taxes for workers, for parents and pensioners, - and we are the party| of margaret thatcher believes in sound money. so today's plans and you would. expect nothing less from jeremy and me are fully funded. we will pay for permanent reductions in taxation by controlling _ the unsustainable rise - in working—age welfare that has taken off since the pandemic. and chris, rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, did a press conference this afternoon where she zoomed in on quite a lot of those measures that the government say they could save from the welfare bill. but there is now a bit of a battle as faisal was laying out there about whether those savings are real and therefore whether they can be used to fund the tax cuts that were promised today. oh, chris is gone. never mind. he's obviously got a better offer. why don't i put the same question to you, nick? yes. it's now a battle. yes, that's right. i mean, it's interesting that in a sense, rachel reeves is sort of handing the battle back to the conservatives. and essentially what she's saying is, "you're making out that we are f

you worked for margaret thatcher? of course . margaret thatcher? of course.margaret thatcher have done had this kind of shenanigans been happening on her watch? >> well, i just don't think this kind of shenanigans would have been happening on her watch . been happening on her watch. >> you know, people were very, very focused. you know, the tone is set from the top and people were very, very focused on the job and they knew that all eyes were on, you know, were on us. everyone who worked at number 10 and around the prime minister, you know , parliamentary private you know, parliamentary private secretaries being one of them. and, i just can't really believe that this has happened. you know , i think it's speaks to the fact that that the tory party has lost its sort of ethical heart . and i think the big issue heart. and i think the big issue for the election and the reason why the tories are finding it hard to shift in the polls, is that people just don't trust them. they don't trust them to tell the truth. they don't trust them to play by the rules that them