Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes the medicine is harsh but the...

Jim Prior:

There's a perception, Margaret rightly or wrongly, that we are now completely out of touch with the country. Margaret Thatcher:
Really. [Silence] Margaret Thatcher:
How much is a pack of Lurpak? Francis Pym:
Lurpak? Margaret Thatcher:
Butter, Francis. [silence] Margaret Thatcher:
Forty two pence. Anchor butter is forty pence. Flora margarine, still the cheapest, is thirty eight pence. I can assure you I am not out of touch. Ian Gilmour:
[whispers]
Grocer's Daughter Margaret Thatcher:
Sorry. I didn't hear you. What did you say? Ian Gilmour:
Nothing, Prime Minister. Nothing. Margaret Thatcher:
No, No, please. Don't try to hide you opinions. Goodness me, I'd much rather you were honest and straightforward about them - instead of continuously and damagingly leaking them to the press. [silence] Margaret Thatcher:
Well? Francis Pym:
Well, people can't pay their mortgages. Ian Gilmour:
The manufacturing industry is practically on its knees. Francis Pym:
Honest, hard-working, decent people are losing their homes. It's terribly shameful. Ian Gilmour:
The point is, Prime Minister, that we must moderate the pace... Michael Heseltine:
...if we're even to have a hope of winning the next election. Margaret Thatcher:
Ah. Worried about our careers, are we? Ian Gilmour, Jim Prior, Francis Pym:
[All gentlemen turns their back at Margaret]
That's quite absurd. Margaret Thatcher:
Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes the medicine is harsh but the patient requires it in order to live. Shall we withhold the medicine? No! We are not wrong. We did not seek election and win in order to manage the decline of a great nation.The people of this country chose us because they believe we can restore the health of the British economy and we will do just that! Barring a failure of nerve