Margaret Thatcher’s poignant final word to Bernard Ingham – The Yorkshire Post says

MARGARET THATCHER was fortunate that she didn’t govern in the age of the Twitter – the personal abuse would have been unimaginable.
By YP Comment
Published 3rd Mar 2020, 13:12 BST
Maragret Thatcher with Sir Bernard Ingham, her longstanding Press Secretary.Maragret Thatcher with Sir Bernard Ingham, her longstanding Press Secretary.
Maragret Thatcher with Sir Bernard Ingham, her longstanding Press Secretary.

Yet, as her latest official documents reveal, the pressure facing the Prime Minister’s staff was immense 30 years ago long before social media’s advent.

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And this is reflected in the last letter that she penned as PM – an affectionate note to Sir Bernard Ingham, her loyal press secretary and now a longstanding columnist in The Yorkshire Post.

Sir Bernard Ingham, The Yorkshire Post columnist, with Lady Thatcher.Sir Bernard Ingham, The Yorkshire Post columnist, with Lady Thatcher.
Sir Bernard Ingham, The Yorkshire Post columnist, with Lady Thatcher.
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“I fear the strain on you and your family must have been very great: but you never complained and were always there when needed,” she wrote. “So it is with great admiration and heart-felt thanks that Denis and I say goodbye to you and to No. 10 - for the two are almost inseparable in our minds...”

Poignant words, they’re a reminder that all criticism and commentary should be courteous and constructive – not least for the sake of those public servants, and their relatives, on the receiving end.

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