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MARGARET THATCHER | Infotainment Video | Series: The Greats | 5 Minute Biography |  Video description: This video is part of the TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT series that highlights the greatest people in history from all walks of life. Each 5-minute short biography covers all aspects of the featured person’s life, including rare videos of them. In this video, we feature Margaret-Thatcher. Discover the remarkable journey of this influential figure and their lasting impact on the world. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.  About TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: Welcome to Trendest Infotainment, your ultimate destination for a diverse range of content that educates, entertains, and inspires! From in-depth celebrity biographies and fascinating history videos to the latest in science and technology, we bring you an expansive collection of infotainment videos. Explore the stories of legendary sports personalities, dive into the history of the World Wars, marvel at wildlife documentaries, and enjoy our informative and funny shorts. There’s something for everyone on Trendest Infotainment!  Subscribe now: www.youtube.com/@UCvtG20NOq0X7l7ru-z1yBhw   #Infotainment #Documentaries #HistoryVideos #ScienceAndTech #CelebrityBiographies   Follow Trendest Media:  • YouTube:  1) TRENDEST MOVIES: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_MOVIES_ENGLISH  2) TRENDEST KIDS: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_KIDS  • Instagram:  TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.instagram.com/trendestinfotainment/  • Facebook: TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.facebook.com/TrendestInfotainment/  COPYRIGHT:  We hold the proper licenses for all videos published on YouTube. For any questions, please contact: mail@trendest.in  AYA Media Private Limited & TRENDEST Media Private Limited are companies registered under the laws of India and located in the state of Kerala, India.

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00:30Her political opponents sneered at Margaret Thatcher for being a grocer's daughter.

00:34But as well as owning a grocery shop, Elf Roberts was active in local politics.

00:39His daughter followed her father's example and impressed Conservative Party officials with her articulate and persuasive manner.

00:46She became the party's youngest ever female candidate, unsuccessfully challenging a safe Labour seat in 1950 and 51.

00:54The young research chemist married fellow Conservative Dennis Thatcher in 1951 and qualified as a barrister two years later.

01:02The couple's twins, Carol and Mark, were born the same year.

01:06In 1959 she was elected to the British House of Commons as the member for Finchley, a seat she held for the next 33 years.

01:15Thatcher's exceptional political skills were recognised early in her career and she was quickly promoted to the front bench.

01:22When the Heath government was defeated in 1974, Thatcher became Shadow Environment Secretary, but she had her eyes on a bigger political prize.

01:32The previous year she had told a television audience that she didn't think there would be a woman Prime Minister in her lifetime.

01:39But following Heath's defeat in the second general election of 1974, Thatcher made her move.

01:46She won two leadership ballots to become the first woman to lead a British political party.

01:51To me it's like a dream that the next name in the line Harold Macmillan, Anna Douglas-Hughes and Edward Heath is Margaret Thatcher.

02:01It is important to me that this prize has been won in open electoral contest with four other potential leaders.

02:11Thatcher's victory was a shock to most observers.

02:15At a press conference following the vote she highlighted her conservative credentials and showed the poise and confidence that became her trademark.

02:23I would like to think it was merit, a conservative philosophical quality, a distinctive conservative philosophy.

02:31Thatcher had strong views on the direction in which she wanted to lead her party and was staunchly opposed to socialism.

02:39But let's not mince words. The dividing line between the Labour Party programme and communism is becoming harder and harder to detect.

02:52She saw socialism as overtaxing and wasteful and told Britons that the class struggle is withering away.

03:00Thatcher pledged to reduce state interference and favoured private enterprise as the major economic driver.

03:08In 1976 Thatcher gave a particularly powerful speech warning that the Soviet Union was still bent on world domination and that socialism weakened Britain's defences.

03:19The Soviets dubbed her Iron Lady, a subrogate that stuck much to Thatcher's amusement.

03:261978 and 79 saw Britain enduring a winter of discontent, crippled by strikes and suffering economic problems from the devaluation of the pound.

03:36The Labour government seemed unable to cope with the scale of the catastrophe and events seemed to bear out what Thatcher once declared to her colleagues.

03:44Oppositions did not win elections. Governments lost them.

03:51Can we have a little word about tactics before you go? Mr Callaghan is off today in Scotland starting his campaign.

03:58May we perhaps ask you why you aren't doing the same?

04:02Because we're just taking a little bit longer to plan. This is the longest campaign we've ever had.

04:07In February 74, in October 74, we wouldn't even have had an election announced yet.

04:12And I'm just a little bit fearful that people might get fed up with us before the end of the campaign.

04:17And I think what's important is that you finish strongly.

04:20Support for the government collapsed and the Conservatives surged ahead in the opinion polls.

04:25On the 4th of May 1979, Margaret Thatcher led the Tories to a 44 seat majority in the House of Commons and became Britain's first female Prime Minister.

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