On #R4today Nick Robinson reveals that GBNews cofounder, now BBC board member, Robbie Gibb was behind a political coup He also says there were zero complaints about the Panorama report which ended Tim Davies career The Board has argued for a week about the Panorama documentary

I've always felt that Johnson and Farage put self-interest over the national interest - hence their dallying with Putin and his oligarchs. But directly colluding with a foreign government to take down the BBC feels like an act of supreme treachery

Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked. We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.

Were you defending impartiality when you put two Conservative cronies on the BBC Board? I take it you’ll back my calls to remove Robbie Gibb now?

As a carry on fan, whose mother had Frank Muir as a boyfriend for a while, this is a joyous thread.

I love the fact the Sun is banned in Liverpool.

I remember this. It had some odd impacts. My parents new central heating (no more coal boiler and frost inside!) had to have aluminium piping, later replaced. And there’s still aluminium pairs in local loop telephony here.

Don McGowan From the guardian Don

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

EXCLUSIVE: Memo that sparked BBC’s worst crisis in a decade wasn’t 'internal'. It was written by lobbyist at firm paid by pro-Trump tech giants - including Oracle, whose billionaire founder joined Trump aides to undermine the 2020 election - Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/bbc…

Wonder why Trump (and his venal acolyte Farage) are so fearful of the BBC

Actually John Simpson shows all that is 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 with the BBC Jake Wallis Simons - having done a wonderful job over decades reporting around the world In stark contrast to the paper you write for the decline of which into a propaganda rag is all that is 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 with UK media

Lmao, we did this.

Robbie Gibb at work in 2020.

'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/bbc…

1. Former Sunday Times journalist Michael Prescott produced a memo on the BBC that rehashes debunked pro-Israeli claims. It is surprising therefore that the BBC is taking it seriously. Four comments on Prescott's memo: 🧵

An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC 🔗 alan rusbridger bit.ly/4qX4kRe

My own purely personal view of the BBC’s Panorama problem is that it should apologise to Pres. Trump frankly and wholeheartedly for a shoddy bit of journalism, but that since it wasn’t shown in the US and had zero effect on his election, the BBC shouldn’t pay him a single penny.

Brilliant piece of detective work by alan rusbridger showing how Robbie Gibb has been playing BBC and is the last person on earth to be judging the impartiality of the Bibi C's coverage of the Middle East & Gaza

Brilliant piece of detective work by alan rusbridger showing how Robbie Gibb has been playing BBC and is the last person on earth to be judging the impartiality of the Bibi C's coverage of the Middle East & Gaza