Conservative Party Political Broadcast (1988)

[robpeter1]

the woman who sold off what the british people collectivley owened without permission and got nothing back for in return, people feel pride in a country when they collectively own things, all gone now,

[mrangry1960]

Evil deranged fascist who destroyed the country

[RichardHell1959]

Martin Clunes in audience at 2.00 ?

[mariafreddiebeccamur]

4.04 it's like she predicted the furure!!

[screammac]

the tory have dameged this contry again but laid just to get bk in then staped them voiters in the bk and twisted the nife are service are in crise and then they what to privertise them for ther own gread we need to puilic sise the ones that were sold bk then not prvertising more look at the post office it blogs to the state and it should stay this way r free universaity not just for the rich but for high acvers

[Applemask]

Die you stupid woman die.

[gothhater]

As for the corporate bias, i think it's fairly balanced on the beeb I mean Jeremy Clarkson is no fan of Labour is he? and that ain't a bad thing, better having views from all angles than just one, having just channels like Sky that have their own agenda and nothing else would only be bad for this country. There is a good range of tv for everyone on BBC and no adverts :) The BBC also beats ITV & Sky hands down quality-wise, think back to the world cup for a good example.

[laurence231]

the only care i have for this is the fact "appetite for destruction" was released 1 year before this

[theSPUDereHD]

Margeret Thatcher is the most hated Prime Minister of all time

[pimpUK1]

@theSPUDereHD You mean greatest, the most hated is Brown, the thick twat can't even count ffs, then blames everyone else, I will miss the laughs though like world leaders not wanting to meet him, watching him pick his nose and do that wierd jaw/mouth thing he did.I'mjust glad I don't have to see my money being spend on utterly useless crap that no one needs or wants.

[theSPUDereHD]

@pimpUK1 when thatcher was in power we had 3 million unemployed. only thing she did right was going into falklands - which she fuked up in the first place!

[pimpUK1]

@theSPUDereHD you're missing the point though, most of those jobs were lost because of the privatisation of industries which should never have been nationalised in the first place, the UK was akin to the Soviet Union in the 60s and 70s. The taxpayer couldn't afford the extra cost of subsidising these unnecessary jobs that were only in existence due the fact industries were not allowed to modernise for 20 years.

[theSPUDereHD]

@pimpUK1 what about poll tax - wow that was well popular and clever!

[pimpUK1]

@theSPUDereHD The reason behind it was fair, however the planning and exectution was crap, it was the 1 fuck up Thatcher had. Council tax is no better, I'm paying £1250 a year to get my bin collected every 2 weeks and get some grass cut, great value!!

[theSPUDereHD]

@pimpUK1 the fact was - practically no-one liked the poll tax. she was the most unpopular prime minister - have u seen spitting image? it showed her in a horrible way, but that was what most of Britain thought of her. she also increased working hours - which was also VERY unpopular. there was a sketch by harry Enfield - where he would slate Thatcher.

[pimpUK1]

@theSPUDereHD I know I said that it was crap. Yeah I remember Spitting Image, so you think David Attenborough, Kate Adie, Mick Jagger and Madonna are all unpopular as they were all characters as well! Its comedy, much like Bremner Bird and Fortune takes the piss out of Labour. Harry Enfield has made millions from the BBC which we pay for just by owning a TV regardless if we want to watch BBC. He wouldn't be paid half as much by C4 or ITV,the BBC loves socialism, most of the workers are left wing

[theSPUDereHD]

@pimpUK1 the BBC is impartial - the most impartial of ALL British channels. now Sky News on the other hand - that IS not impartial - its a right wing Murdoch owned company.

what spitting image was, was an exaggeration of what people thought - and Margaret Thatcher was, and still is the most unpopular prime minister ever. she created mass unemployment, and many businesses went bust - because of her and her policies. she was far right wing.

[pimpUK1]

@theSPUDereHD Lol you really think it’s impartial? There’s no such thing, its left wing. It’s basically State television in sheep’s clothing. It’s crazy that in a democracy we have to pay the salaries of those that work for it simply because we own a TV set. Could you imagine the fuss if everybody was made to pay Warner or Sony Records just because they own a radio? Thatcher sorted out the deficient by cutting service, something we now have again after 13 years of Labour, surprise, surprise.

[theSPUDereHD]

@pimpUK1 the BBC is the most impartial you can get throughout the whole world. i thought that many things that the BBC come out with are right wing - especially its comedy programmes, but in the end it all balances out. the Conservatives HAVE done a deal with Rupert Murdoch - which will help him gain more money by reducing the TV licence fee. this will make the BBC have to bring in adverts - which will (what Murdoch hopes) bring more viewers to watch SKY (right wing and anti-left wing) channels.

[pimpUK1]

@theSPUDereHD Again, you can never be impartial, it’s impossible. There shouldn't be a TV license fee, I wholly disagree with having to pay a corporation money just because I own a TV, I wish I could opt out and save £145.50 of my hard earned money. I can opt out of Sky and Virgin so why the hell in a democratic society am I legally forced to pay for a service I don't want? With regards to Sky, if the BBC wasn't so powerful, maybe other competition would start.

[theSPUDereHD]

@pimpUK1 i disagree, the media can be impartial - all they have to do is post both opposing opinions, or no opinions at all. the bbc news does both of these. i think its great that there is competition to Murdoch and news corperation. i also think that its great that the competition is British. without the BBC, there would be no competition to news international - so people would only be fed right wing and anti-left opinions.

[tdp1909]

@theSPUDereHD I became increasingly convinced during the election that the BBC IS biased against Tories. It's subtler than Murdoch can be, but the likes of John Humphreys & their news teams reek of bias.

For instance - in every single one of the PM's debates, the Worm tester quoted Cameron saying stg bad & the worm going down & then showed Brown or Clegg & the worm going up. Humphreys also never, ever had anything positive to say about the Tories, tho he always went on about Blair & Labour...

[theSPUDereHD]

@tdp1909 if you look at the political satire comedy programmes that the BBC offers - they were well against Gordon Brown - especially 'have i got news for you'. they were also the ones who published the 'bigot-gate' disaster for Brown, now why would the BBC do that if they were a socialist and bias company? the BBC is as impartial as it gets. it either shows both points of view for a political argument, or just the facts.

[tdp1909]

@theSPUDereHD Hmm - the BBC is known for having a 'Liberal Left-Wing Bias' & if you were a nationalised industry, you would to.

HIGNFY is produced by Hattrick, who are always at odds with BBC views & Bigotgate would have been difficult to surpress - I daresay the bias is institutional & not shared by at least some of their reporters.

I spose every news outlet is biased, but it just annoys me that the BBC is & people say it isn't. And they were very biased in the Iraq war...

[theSPUDereHD]

@tdp1909 the BBC is known as left-wing by many jealous media corporations - especially the likes of news corporation. the BBC is the least biased news company, and i think its great that there is competition to the right-wing mass media giant that Murdoch has created.

[tdp1909]

@theSPUDereHD As you put it that way, I do agree with you- there are very few left wing news companies & I certainly can think of few others (expt the Guardian).

I do get irritated by some of their 'Auntie' ways, but it is better than the cruel, ignorant ways of the likes of Fox news.

Btw, what they did in Iraq war was they had a call in where 100's were against & only two were for (invading Iraq). They read the two out then went onto the next article! Maybe they're jst Governmentally biased..

[theSPUDereHD]

@tdp1909 probably, but however theTories have done a deal with Murdoch to try and reduce the TV licensing price (for his help in getting Cameron into power). the government is also being pressured to get rid of OfCom, because it would allow Sky Sports to control the market for sports (OfCom didnt want this to happen). at the moment the government doesn't let a company control a particular market, but the Tory government wants to make exceptions.

[UnitedBritannia]

@theSPUDereHD And what about the BBC's dominance and control of the terrestrial television and local/national radio markets? Are you seriously suggesting that the BBC doesn't actively exploit it's monopoly of these markets on a daily basis? Are you aware that the tax-payer subsidizes the BBC despite it's hugely profitable business operations? (in the last financial year, the BBC made more profits from selling it's TV formats abroad than any other British broadcaster).

[UnitedBritannia]

@theSPUDereHD And why indeed shouldn't the license fee be reduced? Every other public service will be facing cuts over the coming years, so why on earth should an exception be made for the BBC? We know the corporations appalling record of mis-using tax-payer money and we know too that it continues to deviate massively from it's initial remit to "inform, educate and entertain". I'm not entirely anti-BBC, but it simply has to change. A tax on television is hopelessly outdated in the 21st century.

[theSPUDereHD]

@UnitedBritannia it should be reduced, but not to the extent that the Tories want it to be. i think that the BBC will greatly reduce its popularity if it has to show adverts, and Rupert Murdoch knows that. the BBC is the only real competitor to News Corporation, and its British. i don't know a single person who would prefer to have adverts on any channel - which is why Sky has such a low viewership. cuts in the BBC will result in massive job losses, and a decline in viewership.

[gothhater]

@UnitedBritannia I used to feel the same as you do but if we get rid of the licence we will be left with tv stations like america which is absolutely what we don't want. I find the BBC to be a breath of fresh air, it's more centre ground not loony left or raving right. SKY & ITV is like the sun newspaper on tv they focus more on Kerry Katona and trash news than what is really important in the world.

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater I'm not sure why the American television market is always held up as an example of what we want to avoid. It's particularly hypocritical given that our own broadcasters (the BBC included) buy in a very large quantity of drama and comedy programming from the States without even mentioning the numerous television formats that are purchased from the U.S. and then adapted for British audiences.

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater But I'm not in denial about the good qualities of the BBC - my problem is that the management refuse to focus on what Public Service Broadcasting should be about - providing content the commercial sector cannot. Is "Hole in the Wall" a show that could not be produced by ITV? Are "Strictly Come Dancing" - or dare I say it, even "EastEnders" not something that any number of other television channels could produce and broadcast?

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater I think the best solution is a major reduction in the license fee settlement, with the BBC required to sell off much of it's corporate operations (i.e. DVD sales, merchandise) and greatly reduce the scope of it's broadcasting to focus on what the corporation was initially set-up to provide - namely informative and educational content that would be impossible for the private sector to produce because the nature of such programming often makes it unprofitable.

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater The other issue that needs to be addressed, and which currently is not, is why a person who uses the BBC iPlayer every day, but doesn't own a television does not have to paydoes not a license fee, whilst somebody who owns a television still has to pay whether they consume the same BBC content or not. This is an injustice at the heart of the license fee and it's why it is a totally untenable system in the 21st century.

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater As for Sky and ITV, they provide programming that you may like or you may not - but what gives anyone the authority to judge whether or not it's valuable or not. It is up to each individual to decide whether they like what they see and hear or not. Nobody is forced to buy a subscription to Sky or watch ITV - but we are ALL legally required to pay the license fee if we own a radio or television set. That gives the Beeb a monopoly and they exploit it on a daily basis.

[gothhater]

@UnitedBritannia Thanks for replying, in regards to your points, i didn't count how many times bbc reporters repeated labour lines, i think they were asking tories 'why they supported such proposals that could "endanger the recovery"? so the audience could hear those answers and most importantly what the conservative mps views on this were. I'm sure you'll agree it's important to know about the views from people who will be running the country and making decisions that will affect us.

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater As for the corporations political bias - this is a debatable issue. The fact that it is even debated though is pretty damning for a publically funded organization that receives tax-payer money on the basis that it is impenetrably independent and unbiased. Cont...

[UnitedBritannia]

@gothhater How many times during the election did BBC reporters repeat the Labour party's line that stopping the N.I. rise would take money out of "the economy" or asking a Tory why they supported such proposals that could "endanger the recovery"? Viewing a tax cut as detrimental reflects a Left-wing political agenda and repeating such a line in a fashion that makes it appear factual as opposed to debatable IS political bias. Accepting Labour's line on tax as fact = indirectly supporting them.

[Tullett88]

burn the witch!!!!!!!!!!!

[closertofiftythanyew]

yah-yah-yah-yah, piss off and shut up you stupid oil idiot prime minister that pissed it up right up the wall in goinig to war against its own people.

Come and see me thatcher, and let me put my hands around your neck.

[closertofiftythanyew]

Cameron is a prick

[markfacthunt]

Is she dead yet?

[fraser149]

if any of you say you want thatcher back in scotland or wales, you will be punched in the face.

if you say this in Glasgow, you will be stabbed and left for dead.

you have been warned

[babybubbly]

Fuck off, old bat.

[cameron2575]

Seek more truth.

10 reasons not to vote for Cameron

I was nearly taken in by conservative values speach...

[hertssoulgirl]

Yep you lead us into the 1990s and look what she did, ruined the miners, ruined the print, ruined unions, so no employee has a say when they are used and abused, that towns up north are like ghost towns with no jobs, no hope, made some richer and many poorer, but the police loved you with all the overtime! Well done for letting everyone buy buy buy and then cant pay back and putting in debt, losing houses, jobs, families. Day they got rid of you was the best day but too many days too late!

[S34N0]

She should never have got into power. She brought the UK to it's knees and Gordon Brown is paying for it eg. The Recession. Plain and Simple.

[max31198]

@S34N0 Get real? The best pm ever. Maybe the best the world has seen! Shame she not about now, we could do with her

[S34N0]

@max31198 I hope you are being ironic? Thatcher didn't have a clue and is 100% evil. Her mistakes are still being "dealt" with today

[max31198]

@S34N0 What like sorting out the unions. Paying off the national debt built up over the pervious lab govenment. she tripled the nhs budget. Of course she have to deal with the key problem , debt (just like today) and that meant cuts. Also she had to re-aline the economy from the old industries, where we could not compete with oversea's developing countries - Taiwan, China , pakistan.

She was proud to be british and loved her country.

[max31198]

@max31198 Look back at the country before she came in, Why do you think the british people at the time kept voting her in. - Get real anyway it was not maggies fault - i blame sue

[S34N0]

@max31198 She tried to privatised the NHS. She introduced the Poll Tax which she trailed on the Scottish first. She closed down the Mines, costing thousands of people jobs and their livelihood. She stopped the "Milk for Kids" programme in schools. She handled the Falklands War terribly, costing men their lives when it could have gone without a hitch. Want me to tell you some more? And I'm sure she loved this country, but so do I, so does that make me good enough to be in power?

[max31198]

@S34N0 Plus not enough people would vote for you , but maggie didi not have that problem. Cuts - which bit of the country was nearly bankrupt in 1979 did you not understand - no wonder there was no milk. Poll tax - what was really wrong with us all paying tax socialists love to put up taxes. Mines - were not economical £16,000 per miner per year and as I said we already had massive debt thanks to the prevoius Lab /lib govenment.

[S34N0]

@max31198 haha course they would!! I'm sure the majority of the Great British public, would rather vote me in than her. She brought this country to it's knees and you are trying (and failing) to defend her? You obviously must be a posh southerner

[max31198]

@S34N0 No but they did not want the alterative, the people voted for her. fact .

I am from Manchester. not been called posh before. How do you explain that just like before we are now spending £4 for every £3 the govenment collects in tax.

I help you with the answer - because socialism does not work.

[S34N0]

@max31198 Well obviously, because she wouldn't have been in power otherwise... So why are you sticking up for her?! Tories hate the North. Fact.

I'm at university, so I don't pay tax, I'm just looking to the future and the Conservative's will make it worse. Trust me. I'd rather have the Lib Dem's in power to be honest

[max31198]

@S34N0 At uni I hope you are studying something useful and not wasteing my hard earned taxes. You are not old enough to remember what happen 35 years ago, and had you have been you would know why the tories were in power for so long. you may not know that when labour came in the uks finances were in great shape, Only John Major still holds the record for the highest number of votes

[ozzymandi]

What a nasty menace, this arogant little grocers daughter (Thatcher) caused and we are suffering repercussions even now.

She ruined the steel industry and the mining industry in Britain I hope she gets her just deserts.

[ladybard1968]

I must admit I did not like Maggie when she was in power. However looking back the eighties where the best years of my life. Now I am older and wiser I understand why she did what she did. I still do not agree with all the policys she indroduced. Still I wish we had her back.

[jaynies1]

i remember thatcher the bitch years

[LabourHaveFailedUK]

even though she caused the miners strike which caused and affected my family a lot she was a true honest leader unlike blair and brown

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Two years later the old hatchet got the sack!

[MrAstrobean]

Another thought about socialism, I agree with what Maggie said to the Liberals regarding the subject, it is not what this country needs or even wants - why would people vote for it? The media drums up support for the notion that it is political disillusionment that encourages people to vote for the BNP, I personally believe that it is mindless stupidity that causes people to vote this way. Do they want to undo history and ruin this country? Don't be drawn it by claims of Britishness people :)

[TheDustpile]

Labour's 12-year record on street crime and politically correct loopy laws catches them out.

Johnathan Leftwinger MP is only satire. But the comments underneath my recent video show that there are many loopy-Liberal, rubbish-spouting Johnathans in real life, keen to defend criminals and lambaste victims.

Title: NEW LABOUR EQUALS TREACHERY: CRIME

[UnitedBritannia]

Quite agree with you.

For all of Blair's rhetoric ("touch on crime, tough on the causes of crime"), the fact of the matter is that New Labour's rule has been disastrous for the silent majority of hard working and law abiding people of this country.

Somewhere along the way New Labour managed to hijack the political agenda and it became perceived wisdom that it was they who now represented the majority. Well, they don't and they never have.

[linktrivium]

Thatcher was the greatest leader we've ever had!

However Cameron has steered conservatives in the wrong direction, and now theyre not much better than labour. I honestly think the closest we're gonna get to thatcher is through the BNP (excluding economics). We are rapidly losing sovereign to the EU, and immigration has spiralled out of control. Its just a shame that part of the BNP's electorate are racists, and mindless idiots.

[UnitedBritannia]

I understand you're frustrations with the modern Conservative party. I do. But Cameron has only ever done what was necessary to bring the Tory party back to the centre ground and become electable again.

The base won't like it, but it's better than spending another decade in opposition! The same was said of Thatcher before '79.

The BNP are not an option; aside from their disgraceful racism - they are dangerous because they are socialists too! They are not what this country defeated Hitler for.

[MrAstrobean]

@linktrivium I do agree with your view on Thatcher with regards to the ploitical stance by Cameron in recent years. I think, however, that your comments about the BNP are not properly considered, except that bit about racism (for which I totally agree), they are not the party of the people and will only spell disaster for this nation if elected, providing they can spell DISASTER of course lol.

[youfatstinkypoo]

@linktrivium UKIP are the closest party to traditional Conservatism.

[ShutThatDoor]

Time to kick the rabid Labour Party and its cancerous and anti-Brtish ways out for good

[ErikNikolai]

The most admirable head of government which Europe has ever seen.

[Shnufkin]

@ErikNikolai LOL. She's a mad bitch. You can tell by the eyes.

[trip3newton]

Bloody Legend!! We so need her back! We are once again the sick man of Europe

[gregorioallegri]

That wasn't Thatcher herself though, was it?

[Supermercado]

"Our children, who will be the adults of the next generation"

Really? I would never have guessed.

[lelvish1]

Typical Tory rhetoric - totally out of touch, old-fashioned, dogmatic.

I can't believe Britain would be foolish enough to let this lot back in at the next election.

[gregorioallegri]

I said the same about Labour.

[southsieed]

vote BNP then

[lelvish1]

The BNP stands for NOTHING that is British- they are racist, xenophobic, intolerant, homophobic thugs.

What is great is that they have absolutely no chance of getting in, as educated civilsed people will never vote for them.

[UnitedBritannia]

Quite right.

There is NOTHING British about the BNP.

[tdp1909]

@lelvish1 Hear, Hear.

[SturmUndDrang13]

@lelvish1. Don't be so politically correct. I see more of Thatcher now in the BNP than in the Conservative Party.

[hostroute]

They will, which is why the SNP are having an independence referendum just after the election!

[core1976scotland]

Thatcher = corrupt & the queen of slease.

[UnitedBritannia]

An interesting claim. If you can give me one, just one, example of how Thatcher herself was corrupt I would be truly astonished.

And please - just factual evidence. None of this ridiculous stereotyping. Let's get to the meat of your argument (if there is any to be had, that is).

[Durbs75]

Can't spell "sleaze" fuckwit.

[core1976scotland]

Thatcher was so great she got kicked out by her own party,She should be charged with war crimes also.

[gregorioallegri]

Why?

[core1976scotland]

F**K THATCHER.

[Reazzurro90]

Nope, she FUCKED you.

LONG LIVE THATCHER

[hugoegbert79]

What kind of bigoted lunatic would have voted Tory after seeing this? And they want a "strong economy" in the '90s? (ahem, Black Wednesday, '92 recession), "will do whatever it takes to conquer inflation" ("unemployment is a price worth paying"). Tory scum. They gave us the highest child poverty rate in the developed world in '97, and crippled the NHS, closing 246 hospitals. And all their talk of deregulation and privatisation? "Freedom for bankers"? Hmm, that worked out well didn't it?

[theredraven]

Tory Scum?

What does that make Labour? Twats who have pissed the money away and let the inmates run the asylum?

[hugoegbert79]

Labour gave us the minimum wage, the highest employment rates on record, dragged a million children out of poverty, a million pensioners out of poverty, the best exam results on record and 100 new hospitals. Even if you want to claim that Labour are incompetent, they aren't evil, unlike the selfish, greedy, money-grabbing, hospital-closing, Pinochet-funding, poverty-causing Tories.

[Sixxstring90]

Whereas the Labour government have used PFI to fund their public spending, and that has to be paid back, which means higher taxes and slashed public spending. Governments are no different from people. They should only spend what they can afford.

[Sixxstring90]

The minimum wage has priced unskilled workers out of the market, which is why 5,000,000 are still languishing on benefits. Pensioners are out of normal poverty, but have been put into extreme poverty. Gordon Brown, by abolishing ACT dividends, has stolen £100 billion from pension funds, which had been built up by the Tories and was the best in Europe.

[Sixxstring90]

And your remark on education is risible. A third of all school leavers cannot read and write. Also, universities have had to introduce remedial grammar classes because so many students are ill equipped. I have just taken myself out of 6form because teachers don't teach their subject, merely how to pass the exam. Results are up because exams are dumbed down.

[YouCanBumAnyone]

1) The minimum wage impairs small businesses from starting up, thus losing job-creating opportunities.

2) This 'achievement' of dragging people out of poverty has put us 2.2 trillion pounds in debt.

3) Ask any school teacher: exams are much easier than ever before.

[Sixxstring90]

Black Wednesday was caused by the unification of Germany! I accept that it wouldn't have been as bad if we had decided not to shadow the DM when joining the ERM. But you forget the state of the economy in 1997. Unemployment stood at 1,600,00. Inflation stood at 2.6, and interest rates were at 6.5%. There was a budget surlpus, and national debt had been reduced. Derek Scott, Tony Blair's economic advisor, said that no Chancellor had inherited such a strong economy

[Sixxstring90]

Also, you still believe the myth of child poverty in this country. We don't have child poverty. If you want to witness poverty, go and visit an Africa or Asian country. That is poverty. Laziness is the reason for people's lack of wealth in this country.  Disabled people have no choice, but able bodied people who choose not to work should not be given benefits from the state.

[Sixxstring90]

The Tories never deregulated the banks you fool. The abolished price controls and trade restrictions. They also reduced corporate and income tax, thus allowing free trade. The Tories also brought inflation under control through strict control of the money supply. They never spent what they couldn't afford

[lelvish1]

Oh yes. The Tories. How could we forget? The bit with Kenneth Baker made me laugh. They totally wrecked the eduaction system (and the health system) in this country. They couldn't care less about poverty. The greedy, selfish philosophy only hightened social divisions in this country. Labour have done some good things but have done more bad things- they are more authoritarian than the Tories now. The only party in Britain now who represent real change and enterprise are the Liberal Democrats.

[Sixxstring90]

The education system wasn't wrecked. But why should we be equal? Human beings are not equal, we are all differnet and every government should preserve those natural inequalities. Equality of opportunity is fine, but no government should enforce equality of outcome. The only thing represented by the Lib Dems in contradiction.

[YouCanBumAnyone]

They wrecked the education system? That's why University was free under the Tories and was no longer free under Labour?

[lelvish1]

Yes... but now the Liberal Democrats are the only ones who would restore freedom in education. The Conservatives under Cameron have mentioned nothing about scrapping tuition fees. Funny that ....

[YouCanBumAnyone]

Well, the Lib Dems are definitely to be commended for that. However, the current mess we're in with our public debt, I doubt that ANY government in the future would be able to restore free universities again.

[radiofoos]

Actually, Labour made University free, Thatcher introduced tuition fees..... and New Labour introduced the loan services.

[Sixxstring90]

80% of new jobs created by Labour have gone to immigrants! And most of the jobs have been created in the public sector, and many are non jobs, such as ''Lesbian Outreach Officer.'' Under the last 10 years, 150 stealth taxes have been created, and the average family pays £4000 more a year in taxes, yet Labour still, despite 16 years of growth, have still managed to rack up the largest budget deficit in the world, and debt at 130% of GDP when PFI, bank bailouts and pensions are included.

[teatree80]

Hahaha "Lesbian outreach officer" --what a fantastic job!

[AlexeiDemitrious]

Does anybody understand what is meant by 'Madam President'?

[chuckmonkey7337]

alexeiDemitritious: when she said madame president she was adressing the president of the conservative party parties in england have a president and a leader when the party is elected the leader becomes prime minister and the president really keeps the party together while the PM keeps goverment together

[623058]

Do you have any clips of the BBC show ""Tory, Tory, Tory". FYI: on the 1st jan there was A Scottish only programmes: thatcher and the scot.

I don;t agree with her, but im Scottish it still a good reason. plus she left to many behide!

[antidisenstable]

The conservatives are the best party in this country.

[MMRLoonie7]

Who´s feelin 85%???

[burnley5960]

THE REAL PM!!!!

[LS8492]

Thank you very, very much for posting these videos, UnitedBritannia!! I love Maggie & Barbara Castle! :)

[SamArmstrong1977]

Your views have made me feel better, thanks...

'The return to Keynesian economics' was Newsnight's take on the situation yesterday. Newsnight to me does seem a bit biased towards the Brown government.

[UnitedBritannia]

Well - that's 'Newsnight' for you. There is an often observed Liberal bias at the BBC. I personally think it's overstated by some, but there are times when the way that the BBC reports it's news can be of dubious neautrality.

[SamArmstrong1977]

Hi United Britannia,

Thanks so much for a great collection of videos.

What do you make of the recent "return to Keynesian economics" - ie. the nationalisation of banks?

Do you think the next Conservative government will return them to the private sector? If 1970's nationalisation is anything to go by, the government will lose billions on these banks.

Is Mrs T's legacy in grave danger?

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Hi SamArmstrong1977,

The banking sector bail-outs we've seen over the past few weeks have indeed been remarkable. But I would argue that, unfortunatley, governments all over the world have precious few alternatives. Without these banks (and they were indeed industry leaders) the whole economy would have crashed entirely.

"The return to Keynesian economics" as you put it will be, in my view, temporary. At least I sincerely hope so.

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I do also believe that the next Conservative government will seek to return these institutions entirely to the private sector when circumstances allow. As Osbourne and Cameron have shown through thier refusal to offer outright tax-cuts which the country probably won't be able to afford - they value prudence very highly. That, of course, is the essence of Conservative economics and indeed a sound economy.

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Prudence is exactly what the British economy needs just now! We've seen the damage that ridiculously easy credit, unbridled public spending and weak banking regulation has lead to under this Labour government.

No, it is not capitalism and free trade - or the great property-owning democracy that Mrs. Thatcher did so much to create that has been discredited and is in danger - it is the policies of THIS Labour government that have lead this country to the position it is now in.

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And it will be THESE policies and THIS Labour government that the British people will disregard when Mr. Brown finally gets around to calling that election.

We need a return to a sound money - not a retreat from the free market that has brought so much freedom and prosperity all over the world. No, Mrs. Thatcher's legacy is not in danger - the only legacy that will be righly rubbished is that of Gordon Brown for his disasterous mis-handling of the British economy.

These are my humble views.