TV-am, 5th December 1989

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The first 50 minutes of TV-am on the morning of the day Tory MPs had to vote on Sir Anthony Meyer's leadership challenge to Margaret Thatcher.
Meyer had no expectation of winning. He was a "stalking horse", a front man for people within the Tory Party who wished to remain anonymous and who wanted to test the water to see if there was any appetite for replacing Thatcher as leader. Her increasingly autocratic style, and enthusiasm for the hated Community Charge (aka "poll tax"), were starting to make some Tory MPs nervous about their prospects for re-election.
In the event Thatcher won, as was fully expected, but the number of abstentions made clear that there was enough dissatisfaction to undermine her leadership. Just under a year later she resigned.
Please note that the sound will mute during the item about the classic car auction. This is to remove Drive My Car by the Beatles. I'd originally pitch-shifted it, which worked for a long time, but now the content ID is clever enough to identify quite drastically pitch-shifted music, so the only option is to remove it.

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  • @matgostyles653
    @matgostyles6535 жыл бұрын

    I notice the section of tape featuring Ulrika appears particularly worn.

  • @97channel
    @97channel4 жыл бұрын

    Ah, the infamous December 5th 1989 horoscopes from Russell Grant. As a fellow Cancerian, let me assure you that his legendary advice to us and Taurean's, to prepare for Christmas, damned well saved our festive season that year. Who'd have thought to go Christmas shopping at that time of year?! Thank you Russell. A man truly blessed with the wisdom of the heavens. Thank you so very very much.

  • @abhudson14
    @abhudson146 жыл бұрын

    I don't remember Kathy Rochford on Tvam i remember her on BBC Radio Derby and Eat Midlands and Midlands today

  • @johnking5174

    @johnking5174

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kathy was part of TV-am for a number of years, usually presenting the 6-7am hour or the "After Nine" edition from 9am. She was also seen at weekends. She joined TV-am in 1988. She was originally their midlands correspondent, but became popular with viewers and management who put her on the main programmes. She left during 1990 to return to the BBC.

  • @blueknight07
    @blueknight07 Жыл бұрын

    Anthony Meyer was a very interesting man. He had absolutely zero chance of winning but wanted to kick-start a movement to finally get thatcher out.

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