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Bernard Ingham Quotes

1932–2023 England

Sir Bernard Ingham (21 June 1932 – 24 February 2023) was a British journalist known as press secretary to Margaret Thatcher during her period as Prime Minister. Ingham, born in Yorkshire, was originally a member of the Labour Party and stood as a Labour candidate, but then joined the civil service.

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Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.

Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory.

The media, I tell pedants in the Government, is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on earth. Stand back and you get the drift.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard Ingham (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.