Almost all scandals at BBC - Savile, DEC, McAlpine, Cliff Richard - arise from top managers using informal networks/comms to circumvent official line management structures... Gibb allegations = latest in a long line 1/...
2/ What's wrong with Gibb allegedly pressuring Head of News to make a politicised recruitment decision? A lot? First, it circumvent's Davie's authority as DG... 
3/ As a politically appointed senior political player, Gibb should have made a conflict of interest statement, as we all do on appointment to BBC roles. And it has to be public if you're on the board. Where is it?
4/ Here's another rule for BBC Board members. No political activity. How can ordering an executive not to make an appointment for the reason that it will annoy your own political party not breach it?
5/ When I was at BBC, senior managers were politically pressured constantly - but the job of the board is to enable them to resist that pressure - not be a conduit for it!
6/ ... it's a rare glimpse into what we, as journalists, are always up against: the insider networks blocking us, our work, our access... and it's why everyone needs one of these 👇🏽
7 On the day I left BBC someone senior told me: "whenever your name is mentioned at management meetings, the prefix is always 'That Leninist Bastard...'" ... that's the reality of the BBC - and the Gibb allegations just a rare glimpse of it
8/ For clarity, I am not a Leninist, more of a radical social democrat into rhizomes
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