Mrs Thatcher Resigns - BBC 9 O'Clock News

November 22nd 1990

Michael Buerk presents the BBC 9 O'Clock News on the day Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation after more than eleven years in power.

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[sportandmovies]

BNP IS THE ONLY WAY

[vespasianlegx11]

as a labour voter i hated her and the torys . then when tory blair came in he and his party have done more damage to this country than that evil bitch ever did . what did labour do in 13 years of government ? nothing except let millions of immigrants come in to this country and swamp it .there is going to be major problems ahead this country has become a dump .

[firefighterno1]

Nation shall speak peace unto Nation

[elrjames777]

@snitch5000 Yes: Radical Tories target vulnerable individuals in a way the old one nation Conservatives may not have approved. Interesting your 30 year span; the irony is that then, as now, spending on welfare increases when Tories are in office (mostly due to high unemployment), whereas armed forces (mostly the Navy) get cut: remember the withdrawal of the big carrier Ark Royal and Survey ship Endurance prior to the "Falklands War": compare that with Cameron's defence review now :-)

[snitch5000]

@elrjames777 Margaret thatcher and the tories are a bad lot. Theyre no better now than they were 30 years ago. The only people they care to help are their own sort of people, generally speaking the wealthy classes. If you are poor, sick or disabled, and a tory government is in power, then god help ya!!!!

[elrjames777]

@JFredUK Can't agree with you there Freddie :-) Major was pretty useful to the EU in kicking the seat out of the trousers covering the "bum" of the pound sterling: remember the ERM and "black Wednesday" :-) Also, he was arguably a more successful seat cover of the cause of radical conservatism than Thatcher, if the predominant political orientation of ministers in his government is anything to go by; especially considering privatisation of the railways and local government services :-)

[elrjames777]

@snitch5000 She "played havoc with the miners" UNION: most of the mines themselves were closed by John Major's government prior to being privatised. The "mixed economy" also received its death blows from Major by railway privatisation and the compulsory contracting out of local authority services :-)

[stanmarsh14]

The many things I am dreaming of, when she's 6 foot under.

Hurry up there, as I have all this brandy etc to pass through via me kidneys :D

[Moontazra]

I grew up under the middle-class tyranny of this power mad harradin-you would understand had you grew up in scotland, just how bad things were....the iron lady?

her heart was certainly cast in metal!

[darkwebonline]

Remember when those graphics were state of the art?!