Submitted on Sunday 23rd May 2021
Rejected on Friday 28th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Request the BBC stop funding the Eurovision Song Contest.
I would like the government to petition the BBC to stop funding the Eurovision Song Contest. The BBC is funded by the public and as such their money should not be wasted time and time again on a novelty programme that draws in minimum viewers and has a politically motivated scoring system.
The UK would never win or gain any points due to the political climate between the EU and the UK. The Eurovision song contest is a politically motivated show and therefore as an impartial broadcaster the BBC should not be spending the publics money on this. Therefore the government should recommend to the BBC not to fund this any more.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about the UK's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest are a matter for the BBC, not the Government or House of Commons.
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.
This means the Government is not responsible for decisions relating to the Eurovision Song Contest.
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