I've said it before and I'll say it again:

-All the important facts and figures on every aspect of her remit
-Straight answers across the board
-Sincerity and openness
-Respectful and happy to take criticism on the chin and even rebut without being rude.

What a politician. No matter what side of the fence you're on, you can't deny that this is how all politicians should conduct themselves in any scenario presented to them. It's really quite a simple formula when you see it in practise- Know your stuff, be honest, be professional, respect others, stand by your convictions.

The intelligence of ordinary people in those days is in stark contrast to today.

Maybe I’m just not watching the right interviews, but I’m amazed at how she actually answers questions directly, which I don’t see much today.

It's so fascination how much different she behaves as education minister and prime minister.

The level of her eloquence and precision of her answers never ceaze to amaze me.

So very interesting to see her in the earlier days.

Thank you so much for uploading this. It's great that we can see the whole background to Mrs Thatcher's career and life.

Something so refreshing is seeing a politician who was entirely principled, regardless of the position they held. Here she's in education and absolutely holds her ground and refuses to dance around issues or pander to her audience. "I want you to fix this particular school." "We shall not. There are schools in worse shape and we're dealing with them first." "You should give free lunch to everybody." Certainly not." "We can afford all the things." "No, we can not."

"ohhh for a drink".

A great politician, a great leader. Great video.
She definitely knew her job.
RIP Maggie.

My God she is on top of her brief.  She knows every school, every figure, and all the relevant laws.

Whether you agree or disagree with she was one of a kind!

12:02 - the bloke looks like he’s thinking “Christ alive, here we go again....” 😂

Despite what people may think, I think she was a nice kind woman who had the nations best interests at heart, I was born in 1988 and I stand by what she said. We need more people like her in power today.

Arguing over Milk 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thatcher is such a brilliant, confident and well-mannered woman. You can predict her greatness not only by what she says, but her ways of coping with the pressures of opinions, her confidence in asserting her positions and her consistent calmness and stability.

we miss you maggie

If only that gentleman who spoke so passionately about his concerns for his own secondary school could have shown just an ounce of courtesy towards the other equally passionate questioners who never got to ask their questions and no doubt were afterwards feeling quite resentful towards him for taking up everyone else's time. You could feel the frustration in the room when the questions were brought to a close. The host was extremely frustrated with him. They should have carried on with the remaining questions after the camera's switched off - it would have been useful to the questioners even if it was no aired to get their replies from the education minister surely.

MRS M OF ONGAR - "How would Mrs Thatcher like to go all day without a drink?"

MRS THATCHER - "My hubby Denis certainly couldn't".

My parents were hardly involved with my education at all and I got the best marks out of all the boys in the school. My parents trusted me to get on with my work, and I did it out of a desire to do well myself. All the same, I’m not sure that growing up with no money is such an advantage. It’s astonishing how much inequality there is in this world.