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“Any idea where that might be?”

“So there is a leak somewhere.”

“Did you share that memo with anybody else beyond the BBC board?”

“You have mentioned the memo a few times. You have also told us that you sent it to Ofcom and DCMS, and you had that meeting with the BBC. Two weeks later, The Telegraph had that memo, and it said that it was circulating around Government Departments. Do you have any idea how that memo got to those other Departments or …”

“You said there is some real work to be done at the BBC. Along what lines? Do you think any of that work should be done at the boardroom level?”

“I’m a centrist dad too, but a company that you work for received more than £100,000 from Larry Ellison, a Republican mega-donor. You will be aware that Donald Trump has removed funding from a lot of public service broadcasters. Is it true that you actually want the BBC to be impartial, based on those affiliations?”

“Mr Prescott, you just said that the BBC is not institutionally biased. What is your bias, if you have one?”

“If that is a fair enough question, will you submit the documentation?”

“Mr Prescott, can you understand why somebody might find it suspicious that somebody who is described as a friend might have a role in that individual’s appointment?”

“If that is a fair enough question, will you submit the documentation?”

“Mr Prescott, can you understand why somebody might find it suspicious that somebody who is described as a friend might have a role in that individual’s appointment?”

“It might be if the BBC is at stake.”

“It might be if the BBC is at stake.”

“Would you describe it as biased?”

“Do you agree with Donald Trump’s assertion that his reputation has been damaged by this documentary, considering that he was found to be a central figure in the insurrection, that he has been found by a civil court to be liable for sexual assault and that he has regularly boasted about sexual assault? Do you agree with…”

“But his commitment was broken.”

“But his commitment was broken.”

“What was your role in the establishment of GB News?”

“Can you remember his name?”

“Sir Robbie, you talk about leaving your bias at the door. Shortly after you took over at the Jewish Chronicle, a second-generation columnist, Jonathan Freedland, resigned, stating that too often the Jewish Chronicle “reads like a partisan, ideological instrument, its judgments political rather than journalistic”. How d…”