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'The Iron Lady' Author John Campbell weighs in on Margaret Thatcher's legacy in Britain.
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Look out for it and did one in homeland Margaret Thatcher she ran over salt the United Kingdom as prime minister for more than a decade.
An end to a reputation love the name the iron lady will explain how.
-- short while but now for prime ministers later how would she handle.
The economy from Downing Street and how would she respond to -- crisis that is -- in Europe.
I said it was good timing to have John Campbell here's the author of the -- and -- -- behind the movie John thank you had and welcome.
We think of that that whole question we -- that our show today with more problems in Europe this huge debt crisis how would Margaret Thatcher Angeles.
She would be trying to keep Britain at a distance from its she she she would.
Won't his prime minister she actually took Britain further in until the single European market.
Than we had been the full but then she spent most of the time but towards the end of our time and off towards becoming more -- -- -- case of anti European trying to preserve Britain's independence from what she thought was increasing integration.
What was our problem what -- her problems with an immigration why did she think it would we -- we it would essentially end up where we are today.
I think she thought it wouldn't it wouldn't work but having people that -- we said that about each stage of the European.
Of European integration of the Europe seem to up until quite recently.
She she was she she was always skeptical she was always a very strong British -- when she wanted to keep Britain's.
Independence she was very -- always all of the Europeans.
The war the second -- will make a huge impact on Leon she was always very pro American.
And and -- European she -- the Europeans were -- a lot she didn't have any respect for them individually -- The nation she was very sort of xenophobia can that -- she was very pro American says she would have liked Britain to be to be part of a North Atlantic.
Arrangement rather of the -- European want to essentially a proof of the way.
UK's -- it right now well it's -- -- would be happy that we're out to its and she would certainly not want to risk.
British taxpayers' money bailing out the European countries that's the question yeah about the bailout she believed in frugality which is something that the Europeans -- not abide by and she was.
-- don't want to say anti labor but she was.
Clearly fought against it was successful in fighting against.
The damage that labor unions did to Britain yes I mean -- -- thing was to be in pay about all of.
Deregulation and the economy.
Free markets as much as possible low taxes as much as possible.
But even she was always quite -- -- some pragmatic she wasn't a rating ideologue by any means she.
She advanced always buying cautious that knowing what she was getting -- It it it's a mistake to see how does.
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Ideological -- You know every time.
There was is an author on to talk about a movie that's been made about his or book you always wonder whether they like the movie should negotiate.
Oh absolutely I think it is a remarkable.
Movie.
Partly for the.
Before and main estimates for the performance of -- street which what you want people walking editing and the vibrant to blow up the books so much better welcome looks different I mean it's not -- -- all of the book.
It's -- in my book was written quite a long and that some years ago and then we've got this of Richmond now.
But I mean it's -- my book was used as the source material.
Fall making.
Making the move but it's not an adaptation all of my.
Book if you -- -- what -- was his factory in my book but they but -- the film is a dramatization.
-- of -- life.
The first and only woman to lead Britain are at a major British party.
To lead Britain.
And we only have now in the western world uncle Markel is that fat to you well I think the film shares -- for an enormous human cost.
It required.
For -- to.
Take the leadership of -- and ruled the country I mean.
Every and every professional woman has this has this balance.
Most mrs.
Thatcher was pretty ruthless.
In subordination -- found me.
To -- Korea John Campbell the iron lady thank you very.
