BBC editor ‘told colleague not to investigate’ Boris’ £350m Brexit bus claim

BBC board member Sir Robbie Gibb says infamous £350m claim ‘was not a lie at all – it’s just campaigning’

Senior BBC figure Sir Robbie Gibb told a news editor not to investigate the Vote Leave campaign’s infamous claim that Brexit would mean £350m a week going to the NHS, according to a new book.

Sir Robbie, editor of live politics programmes at the time of the referendum, was reportedly “horrified” at the idea of scrutinising the claim after the vote and urged colleagues to “move on”.

Rob Burley, who edited The Andrew Marr Show at the time, made the claim in a new book about his time at the BBC called Why Is This Lying Bastard Lying To Me?