Bernard Ingham

Sir Bernard Ingham (21 ga Yuni 1932 – 24 ga Fabrairu 2023) ɗan jarida ne kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati na Birtaniya. Shi ne babbar sakatariyar watsa labarai ta Margaret Thatcher a tsawon lokacin da ta kasance Firayim Minista a Burtaniya daga 1979 zuwa 1990.

Bayani

A shekarar 1967, Ingham ya shiga aikin gwamnati, yana aiki a matsayin jami'in watsa labarai da hulda da jama'a kuma darektan bayanai a sassa daban-daban na gwamnati, ciki har da Hukumar Kula da Farashi da Kuɗi ta Ƙasa (1967) da kuma Ma'aikatar Makamashi, 1974–77, inda ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Sakatare a Sashen Kula da Makamashi, 1978–79.

Mahaifin Ingham kansila ne na Jam'iyyar Labour a Majalisar Garin Hebden Royd, kuma shi kansa memba ne na Jam'iyyar Labour har sai da ya shiga aikin farar hula. Ingham ya tsaya takarar gundumar Conservative Moortown ta Majalisar Birnin Leeds a zaben kansila na 1965 don Jam'iyyar Labour, bayan da ƙungiyar Fabian Society ta zaɓe shi.

Sakatariyar Yaɗa Labarai ta Margaret Thatcher

Ingham ya shafe shekaru 11 a matsayin babbar sakatariyar watsa labarai ta Margaret Thatcher a Downing Street mai lamba 10 a lokacin da take Firayim Minista. A tsakanin 1979 zuwa 1990 shi ma shugaban Ofishin Yaɗa Labarai na Gwamnati ne. A lokacin aikinsa na hidimar gwamnati, ya kuma kasance sakataren watsa labarai na Barbara Castle, Robert Carr, Maurice Macmillan, Lord Carrington, Eric Varley da Tony Benn .

Duk da cewa Ingham ma'aikacin gwamnati ne, ya sami suna a matsayin mai yada farfaganda mai tasiri ga manufar Thatcherite . Kalmar spin doctor ba ta shiga cikin harshen gama gari ba sai bayan ritayarsa, amma duk da haka an ɗauke shi a matsayin mai baiwa a cikin abin da aka sani da "baƙar fata" na spin.

A wancan lokacin, bayanan da aka bayar a Downing Street ba su da tushe, ma'ana bayanan da Ingham ya bayar za a iya danganta su ne kawai da "manyan kafofin gwamnati". A wasu lokutan yana amfani da wannan musantawa don yin bayani kan ministocin gwamnati, kamar lokacin da ya bayyana shugaban Majalisar Wakilai John Biffen a matsayin "mai rabewa" na gwamnati. An yi watsi da Biffen a wani sauye-sauye na gaba. Wannan rashin daidaito tsakanin rawar da ya taka a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati da kuma rawar da ya fi nuna goyon baya ga manufofin Margaret Thatcher ya sa Christopher Hitchens ya kwatanta Ingham a matsayin "mutum mai rabewa" da kuma sukar abin da ya gani a matsayin mummunan sakamakon lokacin Ingham a matsayin sakataren yada labarai na Thatcher: "A lokacin da yake kan mulki, Fleet Street ya dauki matakai da dama zuwa ga tsarin Amurka na kula da harkokin shugabanci da kuma girmama mutane, ba tare da samun wani kariyar kundin tsarin mulkin Amurka ba."