The fall of Thatcher - 1990

We Are History

Angela Barnes and John O'Farrell

History

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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John and Angela examine the rapid chain of events that led to the shock resignation of Margaret Thatcher, in their most balanced and even-handed podcast to date. (Includes John playing The Red Flag on a kazoo). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to We Are History with me Angela Barnes.
0:09.0	And me John O'Farrell.
0:11.0	Now, I think we should make clear before we start that it's very important for historians like us, that's what we are, to remain neutral and above petty party politics.
0:21.5	Just because Mrs Thatcher was the bane of your youth,
0:24.4	it doesn't mean that we're going to approach this episode on her departure
0:28.3	with any sense of glee or Schadenfreude.
0:35.9	John put the kazoo away.
0:40.2	Put the party poppers away, John.
0:45.4	John, it was over 30 years ago.
0:48.9	Maggie, Maggie, Maggie.
0:50.0	Gone, good, gone.
0:52.2	No, we're historians.
0:53.6	We are.
0:54.1	We are serious historians, John.
0:55.4	And we are going to be talking about the,
0:57.4	now, I'll try and say this without you,
1:00.3	shouting with glee, the fall of Margaret Thatcher.
1:04.1	Oh, no.
1:05.2	Oh, no.
1:08.3	So, yes, I'm going to be leading on this one.
1:10.4	I mean, a lot of research for me in this one.
1:12.7	So I've heard of this lady before this, before Angela suggested we did this.
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