Margaret Thatcher & Ronald Reagan Video Collection
- 24 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher's first visit to President Reagan (26 February 1981) Reagan Visit to Number 10 (June 1982?) Visit to Washington, (23 June 1982) Williamsbury G7 Economic Summit (28 May 1983) Visit to Washington (29 September 1983) Reagan-Tha...
Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons & Lords
- 24 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher Proposing the Vote of No Confidence in James Callaghan's Government (30 March 1979) Opening the Queen's Speech Debate 1981 Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (4 April 1982) Speech on the Falklands (14 April 1...
Margaret Thatcher & the Falklands Video Collection
- 23 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands Documentary Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (3 April 1982) Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (4 April 1982) Newsnight interview (6 April 1982) Speech on the Falkla...
Margaret Thatcher Speeches Video Collection
- 22 Jan 2019
Speech at the declaration at the Finchley count, February 1974 Speech at the Finchley declaration, October 1974 Excerpt from Iron Lady Speech, (Kensington, 1977) Speech at the Finchley Count, Election Night (3 May 1979) Arriving in Downing Street (4...
Margaret Thatcher: The Daily Telegraph Video Collection
- 22 Jan 2019
This series of video films were released as a tribute to Lady Thatcher in 2013 by the Daily Telegraph and given away as DVDs with the newspaper. The Making of Margaret Thatcher The Falklands The World Stage The Age of Dissent Taking on the U...
Margaret Thatcher Film & Drama Collection
- 22 Jan 2019
Margaret Thatcher in the Bond Film, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, played by Janet Brown Thatcher, The Final Days (1991) The Falklands Play (April 2002, BBC4) Long Walk to Finchley (2008) The Iron Lady (Movie Trailer) The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep...
Margaret Thatcher: Humour & Satire Collection
- 22 Jan 2019
Janet Brown as Margaret Thatcher, Election Night (3 mAY 1979) Iron Lady by Janet Brown (45 Single) (1979) Johnny Carson plays a practical joke on Joan Rivers by getting Janet Brown to play Margaret Thatcher (1983) Margaret Thatcher performing a sketch with...
Interviews With Margaret Thatcher 1991-2013
- 21 Jan 2019
Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 1960-79, 1979-90 KERA Interview with Lee Cullum (1991) Breakfast With Frost (17 October 1993) C-Span Interview about the Downing Street Years (1993) CNN - Views on the Internet ...
Interviews with Margaret Thatcher 1960-79
- 21 Jan 2019
Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 1979-90, 1991-2013 Interviewed after her Maiden Speech, (6 February 1960) Any Questions (1960) Clips from Thames TV Interviews with MT (1971-77) Today with Eamonn Andrews (January 197...
Interviews with Margaret Thatcher 1979-90
- 21 Jan 2019
Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 1960-79, 1991-2013 The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (PBS, 20 February 1981) TV Eye with Llew Gardener (ITV, June 1982) Nationwide, June 1983 Behind the Scenes Before a Robin Day In...
Margaret Thatcher Profiles, Documentaries & Tribute Videos
- 21 Jan 2019
As part of the development of this site I'm going to create an extensive Resource Centre section later this year. I started it with a post last week collating together all of Michael Cockerell's documentaries, and this week I'm continuing that with collections of Margaret That...
A Tribute to Nick Pett - Mentor, Teacher & Friend
- 20 Jan 2019
I first met Nick Pett when he was appointed Deputy Head Teacher at my school, Saffron Walden County High (pic above). This was in the mid 1970s. He never actually taught me, but he became a good friend to me and my two sisters and also my parents. He was the kind of aut...
Mail on Sunday Column: The Brexit Wrecking Crew
- 20 Jan 2019
Of all the many colourful scenes and events surrounding the tumultuous defeat of the Prime Minister's Brexit deal last Tuesday, one image stays with me more than any other – and for all the wrong reasons. It is the mental picture of senior hard-Brexiteers including John Red...
Margaret Thatcher Party Conference Speeches
- 19 Jan 2019
1968 (?) 1980 - Margaret Thatcher deals with a heckler 1981 1982 (Six parts) 1983 Conservative Youth Rally, Wembley (June) (4 parts) 1983, Blackpool 1984, Brighton 1987
In Praise of Michael Cockerell & Watch His (Almost) Entire Back Catalogue
- 19 Jan 2019
I am a massive fan of Michael Cockerell. He's been on my TV screens reporting on political events and making superb documentaries for more than forty years. If I had to choose a list of people whose jobs I would like to have had, he would be very high on it. His style of docum...
EDP Column: What Price Loyalty? Does Parliament Reflect the Country on Brexit?
- 19 Jan 2019
Loyalty, loyalty, what price loyalty? Given the events in Parliament this week you might think that our local MPs might have shaken off the shackles of party loyalty and allegiance, but not a bit of it. Political parties are an always have been tribes. You’re elected under a p...
The Duke Should Get Behind a Wheel Today
- 18 Jan 2019
Iain Dale believes getting back behind the wheel right after a devastating car crash helped him regain confidence in driving, and says Prince Philip should do the same. pic.twitter.com/ixUFKiLwCL — Good Morning Britain (@GMB) January 18, 2019 Yesterday, at around 6pm...
EDP Column: Let's 'Renationalise' Highways England
- 13 Jan 2019
‘Fog in Channel – Continent Cut Off’ – that was a headline in The Times during Edwardian times. It signalled the high-handed, rather superior attitude we had (and possibly still have!) to our continental cousins. There is nowadays a modern day equivalent, courtesy of a governm...
I Still Couldn't Support the PM's Deal - Her Challenge is to Come Up With a Better One
- 12 Jan 2019
The headline given to my ConservativeHome diary column this week has caused a lot of comment. The comments have mainly been made by people too lazy to read the actual article and who don't realise that the author of a column doesn't write the accompanying headline. The...
Ten Signs You Have Joined the Establishment
- 12 Jan 2019
10. You get a letter from Number Ten inviting you to accept a KCMG 9. You start reading the Court & Social page of The Times. 8. You get invited to speak at the Reform Club. 7. You eat Welsh Rarebit after dessert. 6. You believe William Rees-Mogg to have been the world...