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Yet pity the BBC that, while tiptoeing not always gracefully through these editorial minefields with thousands of hours of content, it has also to deal with enemies from within.

Concerns about an apparent conflict of interest were raised when Johnson appointed Prescott to advise Ofcom over its new chair four years ago. Prescott, whose PR firm Hanover was involved in advising media companies such as Sky, has also been described as a friend of Robbie Gibb, a former Conservative government head of communications who joined the BBC board after helping to launch the rightwing news channel GB News. However, Prescott was allowed to continue in that role, and a government spokesperson said on Prescott’s behalf that the appointment was “fair and open and there are no conflicts of interest”. He was later appointed external adviser to the BBC standards board.""