[Steve]

You’re obviously not going to change your mind about David Icke / the BBC etc, so there is little point in me in answering any of your questions.

Not surprising, but disappointing nonetheless. That isn't a very good explanation for not answering these questions. You shouldn't be proud that you have effectively stopped learning (which isn't uncommon for older people), and I cannot make you see the truth because of it!
As far as I can tell, we don't disagree on the BBC...

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However, may I suggest that you at least read his latest book to seek some of the answers you’re looking for, especially the chapters describing his work at the BBC and other organisations.

Why do you suggest I read Icke's latest rehashed conspiracy tales from worthless other conspiracy liars?!? Why won't you give a short interpretation of the lies David Icke told about his work for the BBC.
You have to admit that my conlusion that David Icke is covertly spreading misinformation for "the cult", is a good explanation for why the BBC recruited him!

As for David Icke talking about the BBC, he claimed to have exposed Jimmy Savile as a vile paedophile (necrophile, child murderer), but obviously he didn't expose Savile until others did.
According to his own account he knew about Savile already in 1998, and covered it up until Savile died...
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David Icke tells that a close friend of Princess Diana told him in 1998 that Savile was a paedophile and necrophiliac.

https://forums.richieallen.co.uk/showthr...8#pid17568

John Lydon (better known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) on a spoke word section on a 1978 PiL album, (almost explicitly) talked about what Jimmy Savile was into.
See the following 25 September 2015 interview with Lydon on Piers Morgan's Life Stories.
John Lydon tells that “all the kids” knew what Jimmy Savile was into (so David Icke must have heard when he worked for the BBC in the 1980s), and that he was banned by the BBC for trying to expose him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKnWAIgpLY

Well, if you’re flatly refusing to read his book as suggested, you run the risk of remaining ignorant about the many important issues raised therein.