Petition · past parliament
Remove Tony Hall from the positon of Director General of the BBC
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
The BBC was the world premier broadcaster. Today it is out of touch with its owners, the British public and license fee payers.
The BBC does NOT consult with its stake-holders and in fact is just a political football for all parties to complain about.
Therefore, it need a new structure!
The BBC does NOT consult with its stake-holders and in fact is just a political football for all parties to complain about.
Therefore, it need a new structure!
The BBC needs to be controlled and managed by professional broadcaster.
1. Replace the entire BBC trust with those who have broadcast experience.
2. From this date FIRE the Director General
3. Cut the top heavy management and paper pushing assistants
4. Decrease or remove budgets from Awards ceremonies, External minority book, film, music events.
5. Decrease the budget of and decrease the drama dept by 80% (this does not include Soaps)
6. Take guidedance from ratings
7. The FCO to re-fund WS
1. Replace the entire BBC trust with those who have broadcast experience.
2. From this date FIRE the Director General
3. Cut the top heavy management and paper pushing assistants
4. Decrease or remove budgets from Awards ceremonies, External minority book, film, music events.
5. Decrease the budget of and decrease the drama dept by 80% (this does not include Soaps)
6. Take guidedance from ratings
7. The FCO to re-fund WS
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The Director-General of the BBC is not appointed by the Government or Parliament. He or she is appointed by the BBC Trust.
The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.
We could accept a petition specifically about Foreign Office funding of the World Service.
The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.
We could accept a petition specifically about Foreign Office funding of the World Service.
Timeline
| 22 Nov 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Nov 2015 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
25 Nov 2015
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.