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BBC Board Member Robbie Gibb: ‘Completely Impartial’

Robbie Gibb a senior figure at the BBC has long run a dual role as a Tory activist and influencer and a BBC journalist.

Appearing before MPs on 24^th November he underlined his impartiality. The statement has an echo of the historic ‘joke’ that if you had to ask who the Teamsters (union) were, you were likely asking the wrong question. Likewise someone who protests their impartiality invites the view that perhaps they are not.

Some Really Useful Knowledge on Robbie Gibbe

Thatcherite Tory, former GB News advisor and closely associated with the pro-Israeli Government Jewish Chronicle, Robbie Gibb remains firmly in place. The Guardian has reported on Gibbs role in recent events

https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2025/nov/10/make-no-mistake-this-was-a-coup-the-extraordinary-downfall-of-the-bbcs-top-bosses?CMP=share_btn_url

Robbie Gibb – Wikipedia

Alan Rusbridger on Robbie Gibb

An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC | The Observer

In July 2025, Gibb’s impartiality was again questioned in an open letter from over 400 media figures to the BBC, which stated: “we are concerned that an individual with close ties to the Jewish Chronicle … has a say in the BBC’s editorial decisions in any capacity, including the decision not to broadcast Gaza: Medics Under Fire“.^[25]