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In a series of emails to Mr Gibb, Mr Banks described the story as a “smear campaign” and threatened to make a formal complaint
Afterwards, Banks emailed another Leave EU director saying: “You will have a busy week next week since Robbie will react by giving us massive exposure.”
Afterwards, Banks emailed another Leave EU director saying: “You will have a busy week next week since Robbie will react by giving us massive exposure.”
So, contrary to what @RobBurl says, there is contemporaneous written evidence that Banks (a) was telling the truth about his having put pressure on the BBC and (b) him then believing that the BBC would respond to that pressure.
A senior BBC political journalist says: "I see Rob Burl is talking crap on Twitter. The BBC is the most passive aggressive organisation I know. It combines corruption with self righteousness in a way not seen since the Catholic Church first encountered child abuse allegations."
That journalist is senior, very experienced, told me that in writing, and I have the journalist's permission to quote it.
The BBC's haphazard attitude to the truth starts at the top. Here is what its Director General falsely - the FT printed a correction - told the Financial Times.
It is lazy, displays a causal disregard for good governance and the truth, and consistently evinces a pro-Brexit bias.
It is lazy, displays a causal disregard for good governance and the truth, and consistently evinces a pro-Brexit bias.
