Petition · past parliament
Fund the BBC by subscription and permit viewing of other live channels fee-free.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Viewers of live commercial TV channels, both free-to-air and subscription based, are forced to fund a BBC service they don't watch, or be criminalised. This is undemocratic and coercive. It diminishes the BBC's incentive to tailor output to a target audience and allows it a self-serving agenda.
FUND THE BBC, OR BE FINED £1,000 FOR WATCHING ITV?
The BBC is increasingly criticised for its social engineering, political bias, establishment propaganda, selection and publication bias, unbalanced programming, hiring policies, echo-chamber, censorship, tokenism and metro-liberal-elitism. Whether repudiated or substantiated, such criticism demonstrates that viewers should have the right to cease funding BBC services (especially over 75's), without being criminalised for viewing another channel.
The BBC is increasingly criticised for its social engineering, political bias, establishment propaganda, selection and publication bias, unbalanced programming, hiring policies, echo-chamber, censorship, tokenism and metro-liberal-elitism. Whether repudiated or substantiated, such criticism demonstrates that viewers should have the right to cease funding BBC services (especially over 75's), without being criminalised for viewing another channel.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Jun 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Jun 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
13 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.