The BBC - отдел агитации и пропаганды
Chancellor's close ally may head the BBC | Uk News | News | Telegraph
Sir Michael Lyons emerged last night as the favourite to be the new BBC chairman.
The BBC Trust, the corporation's supervisory and regulatory body which is replacing the Board of Governors, has been without a chairman since Michael Grade's departure to become executive chairman of ITV before Christmas.
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It is believed that another contender is Chris Powell, chairman of the Left-wing think-tank the Institute of Public Policy Research. He is the brother of Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff.
Sir Michael is chairman of the English Cities Fund and the City Of Birmingham Orchestra and works in the Office of the Prime Minister.
He has close ties with the Government and has been referred to as Gordon Brown's Mr Fixit. The former professor of public policy at Birmingham University is best known for his work with local government.
Good to see the BBC picking candidates from across the spectrum of political thought, from Blair to Brown. That is what they mean by being fair and balanced.
Note : отдел агитации и пропаганды = Department for Agitation and Propaganda of Stalin's Russia