Margaret Thatcher Addresses Income Inequality
Meryl Streep was interviewed tonight on "60 Minutes" about her new leading role - as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the upcoming movie "The Iron Lady." That reminded me of the classic video clip above of Margaret Thatcher's last House of Commons Speech on November 22, 1990, where she addresses income inequality and expresses her opposition to a single European currency.
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Imagine a slow witted Bush or Obama having to face Parliament the way that a Prime Minister has to.
Well, if we had the parliamentary no confidence vote then we would have had a new President about 8 months ago....
Well, if CSPAN were this lively, it might be quite enjoyable. The Iron lady is greatly missed.
Imagine Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi having to offer anything close to the opposition's repartee. (No it is not possible).
From the same person that helped make more long term & multigenerational unemployed. Ms. Thatcher only achieved a hollow victory when viewed over the long term. What wins were scored in labor relations have been dwarfed by the increases in people that knew no legitimate or steady work.
That, and her administration proved a very good case why privatization is never a good idea. Coal mines closed, the Mercury telecom offshoot failed, amongst other things.
On top of that, the media protected her in ways that our media has protected Democrats. Discouraging words in the press were career limiting moves in the least.
Great clip from the lady who turned Britain around, from a slowly decaying economy facing continuous strikes, to a vibrant economy.
Even though she was followed by the timid Majors, PM Blair implicitly followed a lot of her policies.
A great clip on Thatcher defending her policies. After all she was the person who turned Britain from a slowly decaying economy, falling deeper and deeper into an economic morass with union or government worker strikes continously paralizing the country.
She converted Britain into a vibrant economy that provided greater opportunity to all.
Her opposition to the establishment of the Euro, that is falling appart as we speak, was commendable.
but Margaret Thatcher's country has socialized health care, right?
and she did not get rid of it, right?
;-)
Meryl Streep playing Margaret Thatcher is like George Bernard Shaw playing Hayek.
Daniel Hannan shows that the UK is still ongoing fight against Euro-Socialism...
Juandos,
you might enjoy Nigel Farage as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bypLwI5AQvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypd5kYTh24&feature=related
Maggie was magnificent. I rarely like politicians, but this lady is an exception.
Thanks for giving me another opportunity to enjoy her in full bloom!
Thanks for that link...
The dude delievers a serious spanking to the Belgium EU president...
Hilarious!
Nigel is really something to behold. There are several of clips of him on youtube. Delivered in a British it's all just more biting.
Is the Washington Examiner channeling Carpe Diam?...:-)
Margaret Thatcher previews the 2012 election
She converted Britain into a vibrant economy that provided greater opportunity to all.
As long as you weren't British. If one was, their fate was/would be either the banking sector, unsteady/illegitimate employment or a lifetime on the dole.
"If one was, their fate was/would be either the banking sector, unsteady/illegitimate employment or a lifetime on the dole"...
Utter drivel sethstorm...
Where's your credible source to back up that statement?
juandos said...
The increased amount of people put out of work due to the Butcher's actions.
That's if you forgot about the failure of every entity privatized under that administration, to hold their own.
But don't let truth get in the way of the Thatcher narrative.
From the same person that helped make more long term & multigenerational unemployed. Ms. Thatcher only achieved a hollow victory when viewed over the long term. What wins were scored in labor relations have been dwarfed by the increases in people that knew no legitimate or steady work.
Britain was bankrupt by a succession of lousy Labour governments. Thatcher saved the country by neutering the unions and most other rent seekers.
That, and her administration proved a very good case why privatization is never a good idea. Coal mines closed, the Mercury telecom offshoot failed, amongst other things.
The coal mines should have been closed. They were unsafe and unprofitable. So were most of the other ventures that were privatized.
"The increased amount of people put out of work due to the Butcher's actions"...
sethstorm are you making this stuff up as you go along?
Where's your credible source for these allegations?
"Where's your credible source for these allegations"
Sources?!?! We don't need no stinkin' sources!
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