Old Newscast: Margaret Thatcher Announces Her Resignation, 1990 (Part 2)
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🗓️ 30 August 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Old Newscast, we look at how the downfall of Margaret Thatcher as prime minister changed British politics.
Jim Naughtie, BBC special correspondent, joins Adam with Caroline Slocock, who was Thatcher’s private secretary.
They talk about how it affected the Conservative government that followed, how she might have influenced Tony Blair, and the toll the episode took on her.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, this is the last in this summer series of old newscast, and if you've been enjoying them, then please do tell your friends about them, because that's what I've done. |
| 0:13.5 | And some people have ended up becoming newscasters as a result. |
| 0:16.4 | Now, in episode one of this mini-series, we were looking at the day that Margaret Thatcher announced |
| 0:21.9 | she was going to resign in 1990. |
| 0:24.5 | And so go back and listen to that if you would like to hear more about the day itself. |
| 0:28.5 | In this second episode, we're going to look at what happened next. |
| 0:33.3 | And the way that Margaret Thatcher was got rid of by her allies turned enemies, changed politics in the UK forever. |
| 0:41.9 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 0:44.2 | I'm enjoying this. I'm enjoying this. |
| 0:47.0 | You've come over as being someone in one of your backbenchers said is slightly off her troll. |
| 0:52.6 | And she got up to leave, she turned to me and she said, |
| 0:54.7 | I never thought he'd do it. For 10 years, we've been fighting to get rid of her. No, no, no. |
| 1:02.8 | Hello, it's Adam in the old newscast studio. And just like in episode one, we're joined by Radio 4 |
| 1:08.2 | legend and friend of newscast, Jim Nocti. Hi, Jim. |
| 1:11.4 | Hello, Adam. |
| 1:15.0 | And former private secretary in Downing Street, Caroline's Locock, is here too. |
| 1:15.5 | Hello. |
| 1:22.0 | So we then get tributes from around the world as this great stateswoman who'd got to know everyone departed the world stage, and we can have a little listen to some of them now. |
| 1:25.7 | She's a woman of principle. |
| 1:27.5 | I think everybody in America would agree that Margaret Thatcher has been an outstanding |
| 1:32.5 | ally for the United States. |
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