Sir Robbie Gibb has been appointed to the BBC’s board (PA)Sir Robbie Gibb, a former communications director at No 10 under Theresa May, has been appointed to the BBC’s board. It is understood that Sir Robbie, who had a 25-year career at the BBC before spending two years in Downing Street under the Conservative prime minister, was appointed by the Government. Since leaving frontline politics, Sir Robbie has written articles criticising the broadcaster, particularly about its supposedly “woke” staff. Expand Close Sir Robbie Gibb was a communications director at No 10 under Theresa May (PA) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Sir Robbie Gibb was a communications director at No 10 under Theresa May (PA)“There is a default Left-leaning attitude from a metropolitan workforce mostly drawn from a similar social and economic background.”Sir Robbie was knighted in Mrs May’s resignations honours list in 2019. Before entering frontline politics, Sir Robbie was deputy editor of BBC Newsnight and editor of The Daily Politics and This Week.

Source: Irish Independent April 29, 2021 14:02 UTC