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Petition The BBC must be protected from privatisation

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The BBC belongs to the Licence payers, not to the government, so there must be no significant change in ownership or control unless the specific change is endorsed by a referendum.

In 2017 the BBC Charter is due for renewal and the government elected in 2015 may well wish to privatise the country's most valuable asset. A law requiring a prior referendum must be in place before that can happen

This petition closed early because of a General Election

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