thatcher resigned, right away.i say that during her premiership she made an outstanding contribution to the history of britain and led this country to great achievements in the 80s. the resignation you've just heard about opens the way for an election for the leadership of the conservative party, which will allow others to put forward their candidacies. i welcome it very much, i wouldn't have expected my own name to be there since it had already been put forward. we will find a way to unite the conservative party and win the next general election. she was succeeded by john major, who held the post until tony blair's labor government won the may 1997 election. personally, i will miss her because i value her advice. i appreciate her many years. wisdom that comes from her many years of experience, she was an outstanding prime minister of the united kingdom, and an outstanding friend of the united of the states after 90, lady thatcher, as she became, remained a powerful political figure. she wrote two volumes of best-s

thatcher, go ahead.ret thatcher spent her youth in grantham, which played an important role in shaping her political beliefs. the roberts family ran a grocery business and raised their two daughters in an apartment above the store. margaret roberts attended the local public school and later entered oxford to study chemistry, but... in her plans for the future, chemistry took second place after politics. conservative politics has always been a characteristic feature of her family's life. her father was a member. local council and politics was the subject of discussion at the dinner table. she took her first step into politics in 1946, when she was elected president of the student conservative association in oxford. in 1950 and 1951, at 20 with tails, she stood as the conservative party candidate in the labour-dominated dartford general election, winning national as the youngest female candidate in ukraine. she lost both times, but drastically reduced labour's majority and took great pleasure in campaignin

. �*, , thatcher? that's right, this has alwa s thatcher?ways been a _ thatcher? that's right, this has always been a hotly _ thatcher? that's right, this has always been a hotly contested l thatcher? that's right, this has - always been a hotly contested topic in argentina. previous presidents, including his predecessor, described the falklands is still on land and said the uk's climb to the most disgusting. but his tone could not be more different, he says he wants them to be argentine but he wants a peaceful solution, a negotiation with the uk for so when i asked him what he made of david cameron visiting the islands in february, he said it wasn't a provocation and david cameron had every right to be there as the islands were in the hands of the uk, quite a striking omission given that past presidents have not accepted that the islands are british at the moment. he also praised margaret thatcher, call her brilliant with great economic policies. a controversial thing to say in argentina given she was prime minister during the falklands war

what happened to that margaret thatcher quote about never following the crowd? is there another margaret thatcher quote where she said, "you know what, who gives a shit? just follow the crowd, whatever." [cheers and applause] and it's not the hypocrisy that annoys me here. every loser ends up supporting their party's nominee. but haley made this whole big show about withholding her support, and then she gave it up for nothing. she'd be the worst kidnapper

nothing like the thatcher that governed. and so actually, what keir starmer is doing is typically what these leaders have done to get into power. >> i think there's a lot more enthusiasm for tony blair in 97 than there is for starmer now. >> but i bet you actually, i bet you £10 that there will be a bigger. well, you know, i don't have your kind of private school money, but i bet you that there will be a bigger swing under keir starmer than there was under tony blair in 1990. that's just going to be due to apathy, i think. >> i think that's just going to be no. >> it'll be the biggest swing in modern political history. >> that's what you're going to get those tory voters coming out and backing the because you're always going to get true blue tories that are just not going

you thatcher. she was brilliant. so what is the problem?— thatcher. she was brilliant. positioned yourself as a — is the problem? you have positioned yourself as a close _ is the problem? you have positioned yourself as a close ally _ is the problem? you have positioned yourself as a close ally of— is the problem? you have positioned yourself as a close ally of israel. - yourself as a close ally of israel. do you think that israel has not committed a single access in the conflict? {iii committed a single access in the conflict? . ., , ., , committed a single access in the conflict? _, , ., , ., conflict? of course. there has not been a formal _ conflict? of course. there has not been a formal condemnation. - conflict? of course. there has not i been a formal condemnation. when such things happen, when there is a formal condemnation, a serious one, notjust an ideological condemnation not just an ideological condemnation or one notjust an ideological condemnation or one by a noisy group, the conversation will change then. liz truss recently said that you were her favourit

therefore you must hate thatcher.t he means is to some extent is 40 years ago now she has entered history, right? that's not i mean, the malvinas or whatever is still maybe a flashpoint, but she herself would be that would be like talking about attlee or something, you know, during her reign she would have been a reign she would have been a reign her. >> i didn't realise it was 300 miles away from argentina. it's like i always thought it was 20 miles away. like that was like, oh , kind of fair enough. i'm 300 miles. >> what are you talking about ? >> what are you talking about? >> what are you talking about? >> halfway guardian. now, josh and they seem to know exactly what to read into these figures about mental illness in, new mothers. yeah, this is interesting . interesting. >> black mothers are twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with, perinatal mental illness, which is , can be mental illness, which is, can be very, very, damaging for the mother and obviously for the child who doesn't get to connec

but your former colleague and friend, lady thatcher, was a conservative to her core.ve to her core. was boris really an authentic tory, given his support for draconian lockdowns, his enthusiasm for money printing and his policies on net zero? >> well, those are great points. and i, strongly, opposed boris on the net zero issue and on many other issues as well. but i think overall, if you look at boris's track record, a lot better, frankly, than, than rishi sunak, today , and i do rishi sunak, today, and i do think that if boris was still, prime minister, it would be a very different outlook, for for, the conservatives. so yeah, i absolutely disagree with, with bofis absolutely disagree with, with boris on a number of issues. but in terms of the overall, big picture, he was a firmly thatcherite , politician. he also thatcherite, politician. he also led astray, i think , on led astray, i think, on environmental issues such as, the net zero issue. and i think net zero is absolutely catastrophic for britain. it should be thrown out of the window, and, and i do think that,

i have heard lots of speeches by margaret thatcher. she was brilliant. so, what's a problem?o move on to a different foreign policy topic now. you've positioned yourself as a very close ally to israel. do you agree with some of israel's other close allies, like the united states, that israel should show some restraint in its conflict at the moment in gaza? translation: we defend - and support israel's legitimate right to self—defence. and israel conducts its operations in keeping with international rules. so, if there are a set of international rules to act in the face of such event, and they are abiding by that, why should this be objected to? it's like if you are in a football game, and a player touches the ball with the hand — well, that's a penalty kick. would you say, "no, let's not do the penalty kick" because the team that is being given the penalty kick is very powerful? what matters here is justice. you've said the rules of the game. if someone touches the ball, it's a penalty kick, regardless of the beneficiary and who suffers. i think that, provided you respect int

what happened to that margaret thatcher quote about never following the crowd?other margaret thatcher quote where she said, "you know what, who gives a shit? just follow the crowd, whatever." [cheers and applause] and it's not the hypocrisy that annoys me here. every loser ends up supporting their party's nominee. but haley made this whole big show about withholding her support, and then she gave it up for nothing. she'd be the worst kidnapper ever. "if you want to see your child , send me $1 million in unmarked bills... actually forget it, i'll drop him off at 5:00." anyway, i'm sure it'll be worth it and trump will reward her for it. enjoy being ambassador to the island where those nuclear bombs get tested, nikki! [applause] let's move on from politics to a place that's completely above politics: the supreme court. now usually, we expect this esteemed body to sit above partisan pettiness, while it issues rulings that let corporations sell my organs for profit, but last week an unfortunate issue sullied that image. >> justice samuel alito is facing calls to rec

of margaret thatcher and ronald reagan and others, _ time of margaret thatcher and ronald reagan andrket, the fundamentals. reagan and others, i believe in a| free market, the fundamentals of capitalism. — free market, the fundamentals of capitalism. and _ free market, the fundamentals of capitalism, and individuals' - free market, the fundamentals of capitalism, and individuals' rights to make — capitalism, and individuals' rights to make their— capitalism, and individuals' rights to make their own _ capitalism, and individuals' rights to make their own way _ capitalism, and individuals' rights to make their own way in - capitalism, and individuals' rights to make their own way in life, - capitalism, and individuals' rights| to make their own way in life, and those _ to make their own way in life, and those are — to make their own way in life, and those are the _ to make their own way in life, and those are the fundamental- those are the fundamental conservative _ those are the fundamental conservative values - those are the fundamental conservative values i - those are the fundamen

and some thatcher. is he right? police to the homes of children who are persistently absent, warning their parents may go to prison if their attendance doesn't improve . i attendance doesn't improve. i mean, to the police now have anything else to do? they definitely do, don't they? this show is nothing without you and your views, so let me know your thoughts on all of the stories we'll be discussing today by visiting gbnews.com. forward slash yours and join the conversation there. or message us on our socials where @gbnews. first of all folks, we're going to get your news with sofia. >> darren. thank you. good afternoon. it's 2:01. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom. chancellor jeremy wenzler in the gb newsroom. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims for the infected blood scandal with a £10 billion package. hunt claimed it was part of fulfilling a promise he made to a constituent who died after contracting hepatitis c. the scandal has been the subject of the bigges

we it work under reagan and thatcher. and yet we've seen the domination and of change in economics in recent years bloated size of government, huge in both of our countries on the immigration and rights culture. look at what is going on now on american university campuses is what is not safe anymore to be jewish or the streets of london where a jewish man could not cross the road during yet appalling protest or the fact that we can't seem to deport illegal immigrants either your southern border or the small boats that are crossing the channel or take wukari another bad neo-marxist idea developed from -- and all those crazy postmodernists in the 1960s. the idea biological sex is not a reality. we now have president biden introducing regulation plans around title nine, which mean that girls could see biological in their changing rooms, in their locker rooms, in their school restrooms, and not be able to do anything about it. and if they complain about it, they could be the ones guilty harassment. how on earth can that be ha

it was the thatcher era. and ijust wonder, did you register that when you were in the uk?in's first female prime minister and that she... i mean, even if you didn't like her. she's a very determined lady. erm, i have a lot of admiration for her, despite that i may not be in agreement with all her policies, but as a leader, she's a tough one. one thing that comes across very clearly from spending time with president tsai is that in spite of it looking very much like china, with a similar language, customs and religious beliefs, she sees taiwan as a different, separate place with its own unique history. it was first colonised by the dutch, the spanish and later the japanese and...and chinese. so it's all left a legacy here that makes it very different? yes. so we have very diverse culture here. yeah. people influenced taiwan at different times and moved to taiwan and stayed here at different times, so it's a very interesting place. this is still a very patriarchal society. you, i know, have appointed many women to high positions in government, you appointed the first transge

. >> su origen se remonta a a 1979, el dia en que margaret thatcher tomo posesion como primera ministrarza este de contigo para margaret thatcher. >> bueno, y asi nos despedimos. >> muchisimas gracias por su fiel sintonia. >> los esperamos mas tarde tarde aqui en notias telemu [♪♪♪]

and now, neil, you served under margaret thatcher from 1983. she wasn't always loved.ersial figure . but she controversial figure. but she won three elections with a landslide. what does that tell us? >> well, it tells us that given the circumstances in which those elections were fought at the end of the cold war, she managed to transform the british economy by taming the unions, by cutting taxes, doing all the things that traditionally the tories expected to do. the trouble with this lot is they've not acted like conservatives at all. they completely failed right across the political landscape. >> and neil, just to just to interrupt you, i'm old enough to remember when margaret thatcher was in power and she was willing to be unpopular, and she was unpopular between elections and her ratings often fell very low. >> but it didn't seem to impact the outcome. >> no. well, that's absolutely right. you know , after the 1979 right. you know, after the 1979 election, the government changed course dramatically from the winter of discontent and the utter failure of the 1970s. u

. >> margaret thatcher. >> margaret thatcher. >> margaret thatcher refused to do it because she believedic accountability. >> if anything, that sounds more socialist. >> no, you're accountable to your voters in a capitalist society, in a free democratic society, in a free democratic society that believes in free markets, and the labour party believes in a bureaucracy that knows best, they believe was a labour cabinet minister who said the fact of the matter is, the man in whitehall really does know best that socialism sunak is now walking on to the stage. >> let's have a look . >> let's have a look. >> friends, friends. thank you. it is great to be with you all this evening. great to be with you all the evening. you are the lifeblood of our incredible party. and i can tell by this reception that you are up for this general election . now . the this general election. now. the last. the last few years have been tough . i know that you know been tough. i know that you know that we've been dealing with covid, which so badly upended our way of life. and then the huge spike in our energy bills

t, margaret thatcher. god bless her.'t have let this happen. >> she'd margaret thatcher have stopped the boats. >> she would have stopped the boats. she would have stopped people. in 2001 or whenever it was 2000, 2001, coming through the tunnel like they used to on a daily basis. yeah, it's not going to happen. the i just don't think the politicians in power or any politicians really have the actual power to stop it . if we took the money that we were spending on bed and breakfast and accommodation for these people that were coming across, and i know there's some very real cases of people that need to get across, but not these young men from a safe country like france, like, i mean, genuinely can we have this conversation? >> why are people that are claiming that they are fearing for their lives, leaving mainland europe and risking their lives across the sea to get to britain? >> it's not going to it's not going to happen unless they get really, really tough and then they wouldn't be winning votes. i think that's what a

margaret thatcher would might. margaret thatcher would never have been prime minister.willy whitehall. it's madness to give it madness is to give it to alec douglas—home, would never have been prime minister and he nearly won the election. he nearly won the election. he nearly won the election, but i don't i think my point is you can't change back. so system. no, of course you can't. the magic circle may have been great in no, it wasn't, it was terrible. but, the mps aren't that good a bunch at getting it right. their track record is by no means perfect, and once you've broadened the electorate to narrow it again is very hard. >> but you've got a choice, haven't you? between one lot of mad people and another lot of mad people and another lot of mad people. and this is you. are you? yeah >> well, that's the wrong argument. >> that's. it's the argument that everyone makes about liz truss being selected. they say, look what happens when you give members a choice. they go and they, they, they pick the worst kind of the worst. they did the worst option. but that's not the ca

t, margaret thatcher. god bless her.dn't have let this happen. >> she'd margaret thatcher have stopped the boats. >> she would have stopped the boats. she would have stopped people. in 2001 or whenever it was 2000, 2001, coming through the tunnel like they used to on a daily basis. yeah, it's not going to happen. the i just don't think the politicians in power or any politicians really have the actual power to stop it . if we took the money that we were spending on bed and breakfast and accommodation for these people that were coming across, and i know there's some very real cases of people that need to get across, but not these young men from a safe country like france, like, i mean, genuinely can we have this conversation? >> why are people that are claiming that they are fearing for their lives, leaving mainland europe and risking their lives across the sea to get to britain? >> it's not going to it's not going to happen unless they get really, really tough and then they wouldn't be winning votes. i think that's what

i have heard lots of speeches by margaret thatcher. she was brilliant. so what is the problem? the day's other news now. rescue efforts are continuing in southern brazil where floods and landslides have left at least 78 people dead, and with more than 100,000 people forced from their homes. among the worst hit areas is the state capital, porto alegre, where residents have been forced onto rooftops and whole neighbourhoods have been submerged by the floodwaters. president lula, who visited the state on sunday, has blamed the disaster on climate change. three tourists, found dead in mexico, were shot in the head and their bodies dumped in a well. two australian brothers and their american friend disappeared on the 27th of april while on a surfing trip. officials believe the men were attacked trying to stop the theft of their pickup truck. the australian airline qantas has agreed to pay a $66 million fine for misleading consumers by advertising seats on thousands of tickets for flights that had already been cancelled. the head of the australian competition and consumer commission

i thatcher made history, are we? know , i'm voted yesterday, you know, i'm going to say about this, they're banging on about all her amazing contributions. and yet and yet women is still underrepresented in parliament. why is it still so unequal ? in parliament. why is it still so unequal? and it's something like a third of people . so like a third of people. so there's currently 226 mps. 35 sorry female mps, which is only 35% of the total and far off equal representation for men and women. but the problem is , on women. but the problem is, on average, women probably don't want to be politicians . and i want to be politicians. and i say that as somebody that works with men who are very competitive and all think they know best, and i think i'm an outlier for wanting to do that. so i don't know. i mean, this is just the usual thing, isn't it? everyone's obsessed with representation, and i think we should have equality of opportunity but not engineer the, equality of outcome is my personal view . personal view. >> who a

you will be in des moines saying i'm the margaret thatcher of yellowstone. since we are talking about george h.w. bush we should stipulate this but i was honored to be president bush's biographer and at one point in 2011, 2012 he told me that one of the things he thought about both liz chaney and lynne cheney, your mother is that there was a certain and flexibility on the part of the chaney women. which only jared -- george herbert walker bush could do and he rendered as you know they are iron. i went back to president bush and i said sir you said this and he said i said it. i will say this, i am sure of fewer things than george h.w. bush is watching liz chaney right now. [applause] >> i do have to tell you though after the book came out my mother's birthday was shortly after the book came out and we actually had features me that my mother's picture on one side and on o the either side of said stm iron. i didn't know you were allowed to say that word here. >> i think you can ride money off of that. i really do, i really do. talk about this. your father was p

foundation margaret thatcher center for freedom. so it may not be the court of magic under harry potter that is the un top criminal courts. it is indicative of growing international pressure against israel do you think it matters? >> thank you for having on the show today. i would say the court of justice is a kangaroo coat it's a highly politicized court in fact the united states is not recognize it is not party to it. israel should ignore this ruling. the presiding judge is from lebanon has a long track record of condemnation of israel. he was the lebanese ambassador to the un for about a decade or so. in effect de facto is controlled by hezbollah which is aligned with hamas and firing rockets into israel but i do think it does not have a leg to stand out here. israel is one 100% right to reject its ruling here. the israelis are engaged in a battle between good and evil. they must strike against hamas in order to destroy inside rafah the israelis are one her% right to be standing up to this monstrous of barbarism and evil the unit

british commentator labeled reagan and thatcher as the lone ranger and the iron lady. a columnist in the sunday referred to him as old hopalong and said he needed to do some fast fence mending. they're talking about president of the united states in this incredibly dismissive way, and an awful lot of people at home in the united states thought. reagan was just a mere mouthpiece. frankly, at this point, i have thought that to he also faced a problem of low popularity at home. he began 1982 with less public support than president carter at a similar stage in his presidency. president carter was not very good at molding public support to have less than carter had had. that was not good at poll in april of 1982. found that 52% of the american people were opposed to reagan running for a second term. new york quoted a reagan adviser, a senior adviser who said, there's no question the guys in deep trouble. finally, reagan faced the barrier that the was complicated. reagan was saying that we to build up and in order to cut back our forces. that was a complicated message. he wa

but ted heath messed with margaret thatcher, wasn't he for her dunng thatcher, wasn't he for her duringg her premiership? >> and isn't she obsessed with the people who came after her and before her? and you know, and before her? and you know, and she you get the feeling that there's a great disappointment in her that she's now seen things that she should have done, that she didn't do, and that they had a go at. i rather think that liz truss also she's she , she got it in for liz truss she, she got it in for liz truss when in fact liz truss was dealt a pretty poor hand and she, she was i mean the queen died fairly soon after she was. >> it's all about liz truss. what did liz truss say ? why did what did liz truss say? why did she die? yes. it's why. why did she die? yes. it's why. why did she do it now? >> she has been trained. >> she has been trained. >> she's been framed as crashing the economy, which doesn't quite add up given the fact that interest rates were going to go up anyway and did all over the rest of the world, in america and the eu, can we talk about populism , which has be

i mean, margaret thatcher, i think, hit the nail on the head.as to produce something. we have to produce something. we have to produce wealth. and our defence sector is one of the one of the sole sectors that is still one of our, you know, national champions for want of a better phrase. so if we continue to undermine our micro—enterprises, dare i say, the campaigns to the church of england and so on to disinvest from bae systems, you know, a major international defence company, you know, where are we going to generate our wealth from? >> and it has a real consequence, doesn't it? because if investors are less likely to invest in bae, then for bae to do business becomes more expensive because the people who will invest in it expect a higher return. so there is a real cost that you can identify by limiting the pool of investors. >> absolutely. and you know, these huge multinational firms which, you know, generate most of the, ft—se 100 income margins and the income that goes into our pension funds and pays for our pension funds and pays for our en

thatcher was that when you stick to the plan _ thatcher was that when you stick to the plan we — thatcherthe prime minister tell me why it is government allowing these companies to destroy our waterways and to make obscene levels of profit whilst making people ill? the obscene levels of profit whilst making people ill?— obscene levels of profit whilst making people ill? the level of overflows we _ making people ill? the level of overflows we have _ making people ill? the level of overflows we have seen - making people ill? the level of overflows we have seen is - overflows we have seen is u na cce pta ble overflows we have seen is unacceptable but we have gone further— unacceptable but we have gone further than any other government, monitoring — further than any other government, monitoring 100% of overflows up from only 7%_ monitoring 100% of overflows up from only 7% under labour, investing record _ only 7% under labour, investing record amounts in our water infrastructure, enshrining in law strict _ infrastructure, enshrining in law strict targets and introducing unlimited fines for wa