margaret thatcher vs harold wilson

a short clip fro 1975. margaret thatcher as leader of the opposition tackles prime minister harold wilson

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News & Politics

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• margaret thatcher
• harold wilson
• tory
• labour
• politics
• pmqs

[zephyruk]

Both Wilson and Callaghan used to dominate Mrs Thatcher at PMQs. Mrs Thatcher herself admitted that after Jim Callaghan dies; she said he could 'best her at the dispatch box.'

[thatcheritescot]

@zephyruk she was paying tribute to jim. she was hardly going to attack him. yes it is true that at times thatcher was dominated when she was opposition leader... in my view that was more to do with the lack of tory back bench support for thatcher.

[thatcheritescot]

@ToaJoe that is not the point i made and im pretty sure u know it. she voted in the 60s to decriminalise being gay. thats a fact!!!! and for a woman of her age at that time i would say that was pretty progressive. yes she voted against lowering the age of consent and yes she voted to stop it being taught in schools. but lets not get carried away. her views were pretty moderate compared to some. even today. the fact is she gave power to individuals... individuals include gay people

[bjr43]

Where'd you come up with this debate clip?

[MrRobertJameson]

@prben2 Some sources say Wilson sent SAS units in civilian clothes to serve in Vietnam.

[prben2]

@ToaJoe

At least Wilson kept us out of the catastrophic failure of the Vietnam War.

Unlike her he didn't doff his hat so easily to the corporatist, industrialist, military complex.

[Hamilcar275]

60 million people in this country. The only people that suffered under Thatcher were the thousands of people who always blame others for their own deficiencies. Do people talk about Wilsonism? No. He was a slippery slug who wasted the mandate given to him in 1966 by constantly worrying about his position rather than that of the country. Thatcher sacrificed herself on the altar of a noble Euroscepticism. Wilson resigned because he couldn't be arsed anymore.

[dlk1dlk1]

@thatcheritescot I think she is for the death penalty; see her memoirs.

[klayed]

@KungfuCow5

NO NERD I DIDNT SPELLED IT WRONG THAT IS JUST WHAT IT IS WRONG

MOTHERFUCIKER IDIOT NOW GO AWAY BACK 2 YOUR NERD LABOR SIITES CAUSE MOTHERFUCKERS

LIKE U HAVE NOTHING HERE 2 STICK ON

FUCK OFF LEFTY BEFORE I CHASE U OFF THE EARTH

[KungfuCow5]

@klayed You spelt 'Labour' wrong.

[klayed]

@KungfuCow5

LOOK NERD GO PLAY WITH YOUR LABOR FRIENDS IN GITMO I THINK IM READY TO TAKE OVER SOME

MORE FRESH OIL FIELDS HAHAAA GO THROW A ROCK 2 A WALL OR WRITE A LITTLE SONG

ABOUT GOLDMANSACHS  CALIMERO LEFTY

[ToaJoe]

@RichardElden ooooh, aren't you a tough kid, using capital letters when you say a bad word?

[nevv]

Very interesting. I would like to bet that 99% of people commenting don't know the first thing about what is being said in the clip. The fact is that the 26% inflation rate under the labour government of 1975 was caused by the conservatives' 1972 budget which is universally recognised as being massive economic mismanagement. Then the oil prices in 1973 poured on troubled water. So to hear Thatcher hounding Wilson about it says a lot.

Thatcher= destructive + objectionable, Wilson= ineffective

[KungfuCow5]

@klayed Nah, LibDems are insignificant... Now I refer you to my original comment.