Peter Jukes
@peterjukes.bsky.social
Co founder @Byline.com and @BylineTimes.bsky.social. “Destructive British media” according to the Kremlin. Six nominations for sanctions from their Mofo MFA! An Oscar record
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
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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
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From the archives 🔎
GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
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GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
bylinetimes.com/2021/02/10/g...
GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
bylinetimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
From the archives 🔎
GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
bylinetimes.com/2021/02/10/g...
GB News ‘Founder’ in Business with Two Top Priti Patel Appointees
Sir Robbie Gibb, who helped found the new ‘anti-woke’ media channel, is tied to the Government’s bid to attack Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion
bylinetimes.com/2021/02/10/g...
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As Theresa May’s former Communications Director Robbie Gibb is re-appointed to the BBC board, the new retail edition of Byline Times’ reveals the inside story of how the corporation was cowed by the Conservative party machine. @BylineTimes
#BBC
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#BBC
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The BBC’s Road to Appeasement – Byline Times
As Theresa May's former Communications Director Robbie Gibb is re-appointed to the BBC board, the new retail edition of Byline Times’ reveals the inside story of how the corporation was cowed by the C...
bylinetimes.com
March 16, 2024 at 7:27 PM
As Theresa May’s former Communications Director Robbie Gibb is re-appointed to the BBC board, the new retail edition of Byline Times’ reveals the inside story of how the corporation was cowed by the Conservative party machine. @BylineTimes
#BBC
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#BBC
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Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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BBC is the last bastion of independent news and Gibb has tried everything to push them to the right of politics. Sky will soon own ITV and GB News is an extreme right wing propaganda channel. Get him out and appoint proper journalists to oversee the institution.
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BBC is the last bastion of independent news and Gibb has tried everything to push them to the right of politics. Sky will soon own ITV and GB News is an extreme right wing propaganda channel. Get him out and appoint proper journalists to oversee the institution.
Shamir Shah's letter to the DCMS is another shameful chapter in capitulation to Tufton Street lobbying and foreign influence from MAGA and Trump
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Shamir Shah's letter to the DCMS is another shameful chapter in capitulation to Tufton Street lobbying and foreign influence from MAGA and Trump
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In my piece of June 2024, written as a person of colour, I said: "Because, for minorities like me, hearing one of Farage’s “ordinary folk” call the PM of this country a “f**cking P*ki” is no laughing matter. It is terrifying". No one else raised this at that time
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In my piece of June 2024, written as a person of colour, I said: "Because, for minorities like me, hearing one of Farage’s “ordinary folk” call the PM of this country a “f**cking P*ki” is no laughing matter. It is terrifying". No one else raised this at that time
bylinetimes.com/2024/06/28/t...
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I absolutely do not believe this is simply an "organic" backlash to wokeism & do not think I presented it as that. As Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times for 6.5 years, so much of my work has highlighted all of the things you mention. This is an unfair comment, but I will leave it there.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I absolutely do not believe this is simply an "organic" backlash to wokeism & do not think I presented it as that. As Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times for 6.5 years, so much of my work has highlighted all of the things you mention. This is an unfair comment, but I will leave it there.
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@iandunt.bsky.social sums up the situation well in his substack today substack.com/inbox/post/1... ....
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
Extra edition: The populist assault on the BBC
Johnson, Gibb and the Telegraph are trying to turn the BBC into GB News.
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social sums up the situation well in his substack today substack.com/inbox/post/1... ....
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
"Why do they hate the BBC? It’s not for the reason they give. In fact it is the opposite. They do not hate its bias. They want it to adopt their bias."
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Robbie Gibb again. Why has Nandy not sacked him? He has undermined trust in BBC News whilst giving the far right, Farage & Reform a huge platform with only a minimal amount of balance being allowed, balance that is now being shat on. Labour have a choice & pandering to Trump isn't the right decision
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Robbie Gibb again. Why has Nandy not sacked him? He has undermined trust in BBC News whilst giving the far right, Farage & Reform a huge platform with only a minimal amount of balance being allowed, balance that is now being shat on. Labour have a choice & pandering to Trump isn't the right decision
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not only was Prescott’s former employer Hanover Communications a Tory outfit, it also represented Sky News for many years….
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
not only was Prescott’s former employer Hanover Communications a Tory outfit, it also represented Sky News for many years….
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
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It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It’s easy to see why Trump wants to destroy the world’s number one news source. We can’t let him.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
The BBC belongs to all of us here in the UK.
The Prime Minister and leaders from across the political spectrum should be united in telling Trump to keep his hands off it.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I don't often call for resignations. But Sir Robbie Gibb's role in the BBC boardroom coup makes his continued role there untenable. He must resign or be removed
The rebellion was led by the politically-appointed members of the board. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The rebellion was led by the politically-appointed members of the board. observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
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“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
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‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
“a group of politically-appointed directors has forced the hand of Samir Shah,the chair, and the departure of the two most senior people in the organisation. Their resignations should be called out for what they are: political interference..”1/
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
‘Gibb’s supporters say he is trying to save the BBC from itself; he was also heard last year to say that if he didn’t get his way, he would “blow the place up”.’
If you have a doubt the MAGA attack on the BBC is not co-ordinated, read what GB News owner told the US
“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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‘America Must Save Britain’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
GB News’ new programme broadcast live from Washington DC features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner telling ‘MAGA’ politicians ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
If you have a doubt the MAGA attack on the BBC is not co-ordinated, read what GB News owner told the US
“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/a...
“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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Just heard Farage say that he had spoken to Trump last Friday. I wonder whether this was in his imagination? Trump was furious about the BBC and it's all over social media, so Farage didn't have much to add to the conversation.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Just heard Farage say that he had spoken to Trump last Friday. I wonder whether this was in his imagination? Trump was furious about the BBC and it's all over social media, so Farage didn't have much to add to the conversation.
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."
- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
Elon Musk and his promises
In 2016, Musk said a “meaningful number of people” could reach Mars in 10 years (by 2026)
More specifically he predicated SpaceX would be able to launch people in 2024 with arrival in 2025
Just sayin’
In 2016, Musk said a “meaningful number of people” could reach Mars in 10 years (by 2026)
More specifically he predicated SpaceX would be able to launch people in 2024 with arrival in 2025
Just sayin’
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Elon Musk and his promises
In 2016, Musk said a “meaningful number of people” could reach Mars in 10 years (by 2026)
More specifically he predicated SpaceX would be able to launch people in 2024 with arrival in 2025
Just sayin’
In 2016, Musk said a “meaningful number of people” could reach Mars in 10 years (by 2026)
More specifically he predicated SpaceX would be able to launch people in 2024 with arrival in 2025
Just sayin’