A political row has broken out over the move to appoint ex-Huffington Post editor Jess Brammar to the BBC with Labour calling for Theresa May's former communications chief to be sacked from the board for 'trying to block her appointment on political grounds'. Sir Robbie Gibb, who became a non-executive director at the corporation in May, attempted to stop the former deputy editor of BBC Newsnight from being appointed as BBC executive news editor because he felt it would damage the government's trust in the broadcaster, reported the Financial Times. Jo Stevens, Labour's shadow digital, culture, media and sport secretary, has since urged Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden to join calls for Sir Robbie to resign. Ms Stevens said: 'These allegations raise very serious questions about Conservative cronyism at the heart of the BBC. 'If Robbie Gibb is in post to further Tory interests rather than the public interest, then he is in the wrong job.

Source: Daily Mail July 10, 2021 13:32 UTC