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Source: Nadine Dorries Told Truth About BBC Board Member Robbie Gibb Allegedly Meddling In Ofcom Hire

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EXCLUSIVE: Nadine Dorries was telling the truth when she accused BBC board member Robbie Gibb of meddling in a key appointment at the UK broadcaster’s regulator, Ofcom.

That’s the verdict of a source who worked closely with Dorries during her time as culture secretary in the year to September 2022.

This person told Deadline that Gibb “campaigned” for his preferred candidate to become Ofcom chair. It is the latest twist in a media row that has slowly gathered momentum in the UK after Dorries made allegations about Gibb’s interference in the Ofcom recruitment process in her book The Plot.

Dorries was responsible for hiring the next chair of Ofcom and narrowed the field to Lord Grade, a former BBC and ITV executive, and Lord Gilbert, a Conservative peer who served as an election strategist to former prime minister Theresa May.

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