This petition was submitted during the 2010 to 2015 Parliament
Rejected petition Chris Patten to resign as Chairman of BBC Trustees
Rejected on
As Chairman of Trustees he should take full responsibility for spending £450,000 of tax payers licence fee money unnecessarily, in paying off Entewhistle
Why was this petition rejected?
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