This morning, Andrew Neil presented a Radio 4 special recalling how voters felt about Margaret Thatcher. Including opinions from her supporters and detractors, it’s a fascinating look into how she was perceived by the electorate throughout key moments in her premiership. Here is what people had to say:
On her public perception:
‘She doesn’t convince me for a start she doesn’t understand the problems of working class people. She talks down to people’
Debating the cost of the Falklands War:
‘Our village school is going to be closed. The cost of keeping it open would be about a hundredth part of £1 million. Wouldn’t our school be a better use for money than wasting £454 million a year 8,000 miles away?’
On the miners’ strike:
‘She’s just bloody laughing at us Maggie Thatcher’
You can listen to the full episode here:
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