Why is the Conservative Government hiding the results of its consultation on the future of the BBC?
Will Chris Davies MP pay any attention to VP’s request for action over the BBC consultation? Will your MP? Have you asked them?
This Writer just sent an email to Brecon and Radnorshire’s Conservative MP, Chris Davies:
“When will Parliament publish the results of the consultation on the future of the BBC?
“I was one of the huge number of people who responded to the consultation.
“Is the government withholding the results in order to hide the true extent of public support for the BBC? There seems to be no other reason for the delay.
“The government needs to be reminded that the BBC is a hugely important part of the UK’s culture. Its contribution to the arts is unparalleled anywhere in the world, and this is largely because, thanks to the licence fee, it is not constrained by commercial concerns.
“The only area in which the BBC lets the public down is its newsgathering and reporting, which is unreasonably biased towards the Conservative Party. This is because the BBC news operation is packed with either Conservative supporters or members of the Conservative Party. That must stop.
“There is, of course, absolutely no reason for the government to cut the BBC any further – unless it is to advance the ambitions of the Conservative Party’s friends in the commercial media? You will be aware that the Conservative Government’s unreasonable demand that the BBC should fund free TV licences for pensioners has already placed a huge, politically-motivated financial burden on our public service broadcaster, and that is why I say the Conservative Government must impose no FURTHER cuts on BBC funding.
“Please ask John Whittingdale to publish the results of the consultation immediately. No government should hide the results of a public consultation from the public.
“I look forward to hearing from you. I will want to know that you have taken action on this matter.”
It will be interesting to see if Mr Davies pays this matter any attention at all.
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Just e-mailed my MP too, even though he is rather a waste of space.
All conservatives are a waste of space
yes of course it is.everything this government does is sneaky and underhand.
so much for CaMoron’s transparency.
errrr. So they can sell it? like they are selling off bits of our National Parks and SSIs for Shale gas profiteering so big international firms can profit. We will the have to buy back what we already own at an inflated price
This is one battle I can’t understand. I can’t join in the fight to defend what has become a right wing voice. It seems to be the media department of the Tories yet people want to continue that? I honestly can’t get my head round it.
We don’t “own it”, we are forced to pay for a biased broadcasting service with fear of criminal prosecution all the while tories spread the myth that it’s a bastion of Marxism. If it was to go the only thing I’d miss are the Attenborough documentaries.
And I’d miss Doctor Who.
But the newsgathering can be brought back under control – it just needs a firm hand to do so.
In my response to the consultation – and in my email to my MP – I made it clear that I consider BBC news reporting to be far too Conservative and that this must change. I dare say I’m not the only one who said that! It’s probably one of the reasons they don’t want to publish the results.
As far as most of Scotland’s concerned they can shut it down.
How do you know?
Doesn’t Murdoch own most of the news we consume already, wouldn’t it just be easier to hand the BBC straight to news international? We can then really have 100% right wing propaganda rammed down our throats by an organisation that isn’t British deciding what the British people need to know!