Old Newscast: Margaret Thatcher Announces Her Resignation, 1990 (Part 1)

旧闻播报:玛格丽特·撒切尔宣布辞职,1990年(第一部分)

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2025-08-30

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On this episode of Old Newscast, we look at the day that Margaret Thatcher announced she would stand down as prime minister, 22 November 1990. Jim Naughtie, BBC special correspondent joins Adam with Caroline Slocock, who was Thatcher’s private secretary. They go through how the day unfolded publicly and behind the scenes, and what led to the decision. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Get in touch with Newscast by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or send us a whatsapp on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. The presenter was Adam Fleming. It was made by Rufus Gray and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • this is the last in the summer series of Old Newscasts and thank you

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  • because we're taking you back to November the 22nd,

  • 1990, the day the Thatcher era...

  • ended because it's when Mrs Thatcher announced her resignation as Prime Minister.

  • We will go through how that unfolded throughout the day and you'll also hear that it's as much a story about those men she chose to be in her cabinet to serve around her like John Major,

  • Douglas Hurd, David Waddington and Ken Clarke.