Rejected petition DITCH THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST AND START A COMMONWEALTH SONG CONTEST

WE WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO FUND A COMMONWEALTH SONG CONTEST, TO START IN THE UK AND HAVE ALL COUNTRIES FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO PARTICIPATE IN IT. THERE ARE LOTS OF COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE EU WOULD JUMP AT THE OPPORTUNITY TOTAKE PART EVERY YEAR

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WE HAVE LEFT THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THINK WE SHOULD ALSO LEAVE THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST AND START OUR OWN COMMONWELTH SONG CONTEST

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government is not responsible for organising song contests.

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.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 23 May 2021
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