Margaret Thatcher's first day as Prime Minister

[jackwilshiresfakeid]

Sue Lawley looks good

[harry10313]

what is SNP stands for?

[Medeasbiggestfan]

@harry10313

Scottish National Party.

[8778yeh]

Great Job Maggie...

[amwalker1987]

Why doesn't he just touch the poll numbers and move them around?

[Cool2BCeltic]

Like the way that it's not all serious.

[Kozzy06]

What a wonderful women, and fine PM

Saved this country from bankruptcy, and years of socialist rule.

From 11th, to 4th, in economic rankings in just over a decade, and huge increases in GDP and wealth.

Socialists hate her, which proves she must have done a damm good job.

[abhudson14]

this bitch should never had pm

[tnakai1971jp]

My goodness the picture quality is actually quite good.

[FRSFreeState]

Margaret Thatcher brought more Economic Freedom and Opportunity to the United Kingdom. And moved them away from Democratic Socialism a bit.

[kisbie]

Britain was a left wing shambles before this. And a right wing shambles after. Now, it's a liberal, middle-ground, can't-decide-which-side-to-tak­e shambles. But would we really have it any other way?

[peppersdog1]

the day the uk died

[RacManRhythm]

@19189073 The Tories policies suit only the southern half of the UK and in Northern England & Scotland they don't, Thatcher caused more destruction in her own country than Labour ever did, although she didn't cause the miners to lose there jobs she did next to nothing to help them the same goes for many other industries she slip conveniently away from Britain.

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm Those industries were all running at a loss, makes sense to get rid of them if the unions won't allow change. Its more the unions fault the UK has no industry as it wouldn't let industry modernise to compete with foriegn competition. Time stood still in industry and the products produced could no longer be sold becuase they were too expensive due to higher labour costs whereas the competition had invested in more automated production allowing a cheaper product.

[RacManRhythm]

@pimpUK1 Yes they may have been making a loss but as a PM she nothing to help these unemployed after the closures or even before the coming cull, she never softened the blow by seeking realistic alternative ways for these men & women to be given a chance in another way or field, a PM's job should be to try and help again people realistically that are about to be thrown on the scrapheap like this current one will do in a matter of months time,

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm What can you do to help people that have lost jobs? The Labour answer to unemployment is create civil service jobs which are a drain on everybody as they are unaffordable. That is why we had a deficit for the last 5 years. Some people have to suffer to benefit the country, I lost the best job I've ever had last December for Corus and now struggle to earn 2/3rds of what I used to which isn't easy which the cost of living going up. If people want a job they will have one.

[RacManRhythm]

@pimpUK1 I'm sorry to hear about your job, but I firmly believe that the vast majority of this mess was caused by the high ranking bankers irresponsible lending rather than the creation of civil service jobs, also you say "if people want a job they will one" you should know that its not easy in the slightest to find work these days, if this was true it'd be a perfect world, the wrong people will suffer thats the problem, not the culprits of the whole mess.

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm The only thing I would say that the banks made worse was when Northern Rock was about to collapse, someone leaked it which caused mass panic and all banks stopped lending to the population and each other which caused chaos. The National debt is solely due to poor budgets year upon year. The deficits were happening way before the banking crisis. As for jobs, there’s always a reason why someone can't get one like they don't come across well in interviews or on CVs

[RacManRhythm]

@pimpUK1 More than coming across well in a interview or having a good CV is "luck", you could go into a interview well presented and a good laid out CV but if 20, 30 or more (50 - 100 more like these days) could be most occasions be in the running for the same vacancy, so the law of averages will be quite against you, this will only to get worse due to the job cuts that are looming, the whole things a complete joke to be honest.

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm Well I've not had any problems getting job offers, 8 this year just through agency work. All were turned down by me though. I've been told quite a few time by employers that I will never have a problem finding work and will always be in work because I am a good worker which is something hard to come by in the UK now. Everyone wants more money and will do anything to avoid working at work, thats why the UK a lagging!

[RacManRhythm]

@pimpUK1 If, as you say you've had 8 offers of jobs this yr your a lucky person, but why did you turn them down? when many people who apply for many jobs can't even get an interview never mind the 8 offers as you say, for you to believe you won't have a problem finding work is delusional when the vast majority of the others out work do, there many "hard workers" out there out of work so don't kid yourself, that being a hard worker entitles you to work as there many are in your position.

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm My work is HGV driving by the way to give you an insight. I turned all the jobs down mainly because either/and/or -1.)The pay was no better than the agencies pay as everybody has cut rates in transport. 2.) The work was too easy and boring for me, I have to be challenged at work 3.) The employees didn't seem happy there. 4.) The hours were too anti social. When I asked them how the applications were going it was always the same replies from each company- SEE ABOVE

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm 1.)Foreign applicants with poor English which would struggle with paperwork! 2.) No experience. 3.) Out of work for too long.

I've also left every job on a high note so get good references and have a lot of contacts in transport which so many people don't bother with. Word of mouth jobs are usually the cream of the crop. When you look at CVs people send when applying for jobs, most are shocking, I'm not great at English but I bother to make sure my CV is good.

[RacManRhythm]

@pimpUK1 You say you've many contacts which suggests you should be in constant demand or currently in work, but by the sounds you are out of work at the moment which seems very strange by these statements you've made, you say you would feel bored and the work would have been to easy, get a bloody grip, loads of people would love to be that position in this current climate, do you read the papers or watch the news? 100 of thousands of jobs are on the the line and your talking about being ----

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm You miss understand, I work 5-6 days a week, 40-70 hours as a agency driver. What I don't have is a permanent job buts that because I won't take a job that I will be bored with in a few months. I can be picky because I am in demand doing agency work; I have to turn down jobs daily as I'm always booked. The reason I get work is because I can be trusted with a £100K truck, expensive load and get the goods where they need to be delivered whereas those that struggle for work can't!---

[RacManRhythm]

@pimpUK1 ----- challenged, its wonderful you've this choice when others don't, many currently in steady work should feel fortunate they have a job and thank themselves lucky there not on the dole but for how long will this be?, get your head out the clouds and see whats happening for real, many have to work anti-social hrs, in not great enviroments and and for below par pay just to get by, so why should you be exempt?

[pimpUK1]

@RacManRhythm ------What I'm saying is if you are a good worker witha good attitude you won't be out of work, in times like this its the chaff that goes, not the wheat.

[RacManRhythm]

How Thatcher stayed in power until 1990 is beyond me, this is the person who destroyed Britain not as so many put it Blair & Brown.

[bjr43]

Weirdist intro music ever.

[charlieiscool1000]

LOLLL is that the question time presenter hes been doing this for years

[PadrethePio]

The intro is very trippy...

[mubd1234]

Mmmm...early ASCII art...

[mertonparka]

The nightmare begins!

[gopconservative78]

@mertonparka for Communist scumbags like yourself

[abhudson14]

let hope Cameron dont win the next election we need him like a hole in head. Remeber how Thatcher was the wores Prime Minster this country had. just think on folks vote labour

[mrshellshock]

This was the greatest election of British political history!

Lets hope Big Dave can destroy 13 years of failure, the worst government in British political history.

COME ON CONSERVATIVES!

[Wolverhampton1]

Err - the polls are almost neck-and-neck!

So, no Cameron as MP. Brown as PM!

[sameoldfitup2008]

VOTE BNP

[iky00001]

@sameoldfitup2008 HELL NO !!

[clarence47a]

I've never wanted something so much as for this to happen again on 6th May..please god, get rid of Bottler and get Dave in...or we are in deep shit.

[LARRSON77]

check out (JOHN MCCULLAGH " ILL DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE MRS THATCHER"......on youtube or myspace,well worth a a listen.

[ColonelRoss111]

all the journalists in the world there eh?

[gopconservative78]

This was the election that changed the UK forever

[redstarblackpool3]

Yes, for the worse.

[gopconservative78]

For the better, she rebuilt the economy at the expense of those shitty unions and other communist scum and made the UK so much better, in 2010 it will happen again

[Wolverhampton1]

Unfortunately yes, it did!

[GBHardy]

I watched all of this when BBC Parliament ran a repeat of the whole of Decision 79 on the 30th Anniversary.

The song that summarise the whole night is excellent.

[citroenfanatic]

I remember the Intro it stil is amazing!

[Wolverhampton1]

When Brown wins in 2010, THAT WILL be amazing!

[gopconservative78]

what crack you smoking?

[tucker672]

yay! It only got better ;)

[Wolverhampton1]

Well it allowed Labour to win in 1997, 2001 and 2005, and it will allow Brown to win in 2010.

Yep, I agree, things got better!