The Party and Country Are Against Margaret | The Crown (Olivia Colman, Gillian Anderson) 

T: “The decision to dissolve parliament is in the gift of the Prime Minister. It is entirely within my power do this if I see it fit”. Q: “You are correct: technically it is within your power to REQUEST this. But…”

The Queen handled this situation so well. You cannot escape the consequences of one’s actions.

A great scene well acted by two fabulous actresses.

can barely recognize Gillian Anderson (re X Files)-she is marvelous!!!

She was just clinging to power. The Queen was right

I think Gillian Anderson nailed MT better than Meryl did

She certainly nailed the voice better than anyone I’ve ever heard…I got so sick of her overbearing,droning preaching when she was Prime Minister and celebrated with a victory dance when they kicked her out…

It was time to go for the PM. She was fighting to hold on to power.

The "wut" heard round the world

two award winning performances...

Margret Tatcher forgot the cardinal rule of politics - that all political carrers end in failure.

i am sorry to say it but she was a better Margaret Thatcher than Meryl Streep (and Meryl is one of my favorites)

My God how I loathed this woman, the Queen had the patience of a saint! 🙏❤

Thanks a lot for uploading this scene

Gillian Anderson was brilliant as Thatcher. Dr

Her Late Majesty would have followed the "Lascelles Principles" in deciding a request from Her desperate Prime Minister to prorogue Parliament. Specifically, the Lascelles Principles are a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom beginning in 1950, under which the sovereign can refuse a request from the prime minister to dissolve Parliament if three conditions are met: if the existing Parliament is still "vital, viable, and capable of doing its job", if a general election would be "detrimental to the national economy", and if the sovereign could "rely on finding another prime minister who could govern for a reasonable period with a working majority in the House of Commons". At the time John Major had held all the major Offices of State (Chancellor of the Exchequer & Foreign Secretary) and was the natural successor and the market in the House was still substantial to pass legislation. Although we'll never know the exact form of the conversation we can guess the Queen would have acted entirely constitutionally but, I think, with some small satisfaction in finally putting Thatcher in her place: out of Downing Street, and on the lecture circuit preaching politics to Republicans.

A person best suited for position of power and influence assumes that position reluctantly in my opinion. And also, people ussually play and experiment in the fields of their passions. Politics should be and sometimes are THE LAST RESORT for good leaders.

I think some of the commenters here, but more importantly the makers of the Crown, should be aware that this didn't happen. Thatcher never requested or even hinted at a dissolution of Parliament to the Queen. It would've caused an enormous constitutional crisis. I do think if you're doing a historical drama with real people as characters then you shouldn't make rubbish up like this.

Part of having power is knowing people around you do not care about your feelings in losing it, especially if your loss is their gain.

Reading the comments below, I think people need to realize "The Crown" wasn't a documentary. 😁I loved this show but I sincerely doubt there was any conversation like this between the Queen and Thatcher. And Thatcher never asked for Parliament to be dissolved.

I think that outro needs to be louder. 🤔 I'm not totally deafened by it.

Give her some water ffs

The name "Margaret" was a stressor in general for Elizabeth.

LOL. If Gorvachov said that he was even more stupid than we thought.

That hairdo! It looks like Attila the Hen is wearing a crown of steel wool!

Uh, that was a NO !

Girl bye

Thatcher was such a wretched woman. But Anderson did a fantastic job portraying her.

Thatcher was so corrupted by the one Ring at this point that her policies werent even that Conservative anymore. This is why Im increasingly convinced that the will to establish a moral society depends on how Conservative you are, how much you wish to preserve tradition, independence, and even law. The more you abandon it, the more subserviance you want for the state, the more you start viewing institutions as weapons, and the more you decide that the best litnuss test for loyalty is by determining how radical someone is rather than by how sensible that someone is.

The arrogance of that evil woman. Basically she is saying I am the state.

There is no dignity in the wilderness

Thatcher of course never made this trip to the Palace to persuade the Queen to dissolve parliament.

Now Rishi Sunak has asked the King to dissolve parliament. The conservatives are finished.

Maggie was always moving GB forward. Despite the feelings hurdles.

I found the real MT a self righteous creep.

grasping myopia, Margaret.

How accurate is this?

Thatcher did so much damage. England was horribly diminished by her and her government. It still hasn’t completely recovered. As bad as Trump and Australia’s Tony Abbott.

Do you guys think Margaret Thatcher had girl power?

other shows glorify and whitewash Margaret Thatcher as a girl boss. This show dared to present the truth.

Poll Tax did for Mrs T.

We must have her back.😁

Gotta love the tears of Conservatives

What 👁️👄👁️?

LOL these comments are ridiculous.

Crocodile tears. Such a nasty woman. Congrats to Gillian: she has renewed my contempt for this poor excuse for a human being.

Margaret was desperate to stay in power, and the Queen was right, everyone was against Thatcher.

I do not believe Thatcher spoke like that in private, I do not think the Queen was that intelligent, and I do not think Thatcher would blubber before Her Majesty. This series is cheap ham.

I don't like Gillian Anderson's exaggerated and over-the-top portrayal of Thatcher. It's an annoying grotesquery if anything.

I know I'm in the minority, and I usually love Gillian Anderson's work, but I just can't get behind her as Thatcher. She comes off as a caricature. Part of an SNL parody or something.

two females fighting for power one entitled and one self made was never going to end well.

We must all atleast understand that the prime minister Margaret thatcher wished well and only wanted to do what will benefit the country and its people.

i love margaret thacher

2:07 "Power without authority is nothing." Very true. All authority is a delusion. We can all rebel. The only being who has true power and authority is Almighty God, yet of all beings, he is the most reluctant to use it. Most of the time, He delegates it, hoping people respect such. Such is the course of history.

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