The 'Defund the BBC Campaign' speaks to talkRADIO

James Yucel, Director of the Defund the BBC Campaign speaks to talkRADIO’s Dan Wootton about his newly launched campaign. He told Dan the campaign was started out of frustration and “completely on a whim”, saying the sole aim of the campaign is to “ultimately scrap the BBC licence fee”.

He told Dan “I've got many kinds of messages from strangers, telling me to keep up the good work” but he added that he had received a number of nasty messages as well, however “most of which were actually ridiculously amusing.”

Another of his concerns about the occasions where the BBC has reportedly introduced “doctors, teachers and nurses” whilst failing to declare affiliations to groups such as Momentum.

With nearly 50,000 supporters signed up already, the young campaigner who is a university student in Glasgow has already made waves in the media landscape.

[MrXMysteriousX]

"27 Police Officers injured in largely peaceful protest"

The last straw...it truly is.

[rossyboy]

"The Officer knocked Herself off her horse?" That's my licence cancelled.

[johnblack]

The BBC should not be defunded it should be closed down and disbanded. Cut all funding now.

[timwilliams]

Please get rid of the BBC no need for their lies anymore.

[davidgate]

The BBC'S coverage over the weekend was disgusting, the plug needs to be pulled immediately !

[pip.]

The Beeb days are numbered, the sooner the better.

[desperado]

If Laurence Fox has endorsed this petition, and has gotten embroiled in a row with the BBC, then I am DEFINITELY going to sign it.

[billbarnden]

The BBC has shown us exactly what side they're on haven't they once again..and it's not on ours.. the people..

[cytone]

I defunded them many years ago by not paying their licence.

[leeenglandland]

I "defunded" the awful BBC year's ago and I still get over a dozen letter's a year from tv licensing (CRAPita) demanding money with all sort's of threats. They go straight in the shredder !

[sheikhrobbie]

BBC 1945: 20 million people killed in largely peaceful German tour of Europe

[elingles]

The behaviour of the BBC lefty activists outside Cummings home, was the last straw for me. Horrid !!

Now this is a campaign I can get behind

[vo]

“All that matters is the bbc” & all the correspondents & editors, on the salary gravy train!

[martingonzalez]

The out and out racism has been in full swing to the native people of Britain, since the weekend.

[onlyme]

Stop paying for the licence I did years ago F the BBC

[SugarRayTaylor]

Well we couldn't get them defunded for covering up the rape of children by their own stars so my hopes for this aren't too high, unfortunately.

[carolgillett]

The altered photo of the crowd outside Downing Street where the person wielding a weapon was changed by the BBC that was so blatant. Time for them to go.

[mumhustler]

Dont watch, dont listen, dont pay the licence.

[benuk]

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