News that Jess Brammar was in the running for the top BBC post raised eyebrows from both Downing Street and within the organisation itself when it emerged. Sir Robbie Gibb, a member of the BBC board, called for her to not be appointed over concerns about bias.
Theresa May’s former director of communications warned the BBC’s director for news and current affairs, Fran Unsworth, that she “cannot make this appointment” because the Government’s “fragile trust in the BBC will be shattered” if she did.
Downing Street also said the news called into question the commitment to impartiality and diversity of opinion made by new director general Tim Davie upon his appointment last year.
Following his appointment, Mr Davie told staff that the broadcaster must “urgently… champion and recommit to impartiality.”
He added: “If you want to be an opinionated columnist or a partisan campaigner on social media, then that is a valid choice, but you should not be working at the BBC.”
In a since-deleted tweet, Ms Brammar suggested that black people would leave the UK if Mr Johnson was re-elected Prime Minister in 2019.
She also described Brexit as being like a popular TV comedy drama but “less funny”.
In another post Ms Brammar recommended buying a book about British imperialism by Sathnam Sanghera “to p*** off all the racists having a go at him”.
She also wrote about “how it’s not even controversial to say there is racism in the British press”.
Many of the tweets were posted while she was working for online publication, The Huffington Post.
The 39-year-old has since deleted 12,000 tweets and made her Instagram account private.
Before working for The Huffington Post, Ms Brammer held a variety of high-profile roles at various broadcasters including ITV and the BBC.
A BBC spokesman said: “We do not give a running commentary on recruitment processes.
“When we are ready to make an announcement about this we’ll make one.”
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