{"id":3179,"date":"2022-01-22T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2022-01-25T11:14:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:14:44","slug":"the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Find the full article<\/a> at the Daily Express<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bow Group\u2019s Chairman Ben Harris-Quinney has said the government must do more to demonstrate its commitment to ending the BBC licence fee in order to maintain public trust, because talk alone is \u201cmeaningless\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is meaningless as the conversation has long begun. Saying that they are going to begin a conversation to conclude when there is likely to be a different Government in office is a commitment to nothing,\u201d Mr Harris-Quinney told<\/a> Express.co.uk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cAny commitments not set in stone will likely be discarded as soon as the pressure is off,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Harris-Quinney continued: \u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don’t just want the licence fee gone, we want it broken up, sold off, and we want our money back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bow Group chairman also accused Whitehall of leaving open the question of whether the next licence fee announcement will be the last in order to distract from criticism over \u2018Partygate\u2019, saying: \u201cWhy does it take a crisis for the Conservative Party to do the conservative things people elected them to do?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the full article<\/a> at the Daily Express<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bow Group is not funded by special interest groups and we are beholden to no government or party.  We are grassroots funded, and your donations make a huge difference to our ability to continue our work. Click to <\/em>support us<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or <\/em>join us<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda. We don’t just want the licence fee gone, we want it broken up, sold off, and we want our money back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[21,25],"tags":[37,27,29],"yoast_head":"\nThe Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda."\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bow Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebowgroup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-22T11:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-25T11:14:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bowgroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bowgroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bow Group\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Bow Group\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebowgroup\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheBowGroup\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bowgroup\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TBG_logo_v1-e1605834605399.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TBG_logo_v1-e1605834605399.png\",\"width\":935,\"height\":917,\"caption\":\"The Bow Group\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/\",\"name\":\"The Bow Group\",\"description\":\"Britain & World's Oldest Conservative Think Tank\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/\",\"name\":\"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-22T11:01:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-25T11:14:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda.\\\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/db6ff7bda709a0af5191eb1ab28a876c\"},\"headline\":\"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-22T11:01:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-25T11:14:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Conservatism\",\"Culture\",\"Democracy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Print Media\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/db6ff7bda709a0af5191eb1ab28a876c\",\"name\":\"Bow Group\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/author\/bowgroup\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee","description":"\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda.\"","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee","og_description":"\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda.\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/","og_site_name":"The Bow Group","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebowgroup","article_published_time":"2022-01-22T11:01:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-25T11:14:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg","path":"\/home\/551217.cloudwaysapps.com\/nuxggetvkj\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg","size":"full","id":3180,"alt":"","pixels":4369920,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bowgroup","twitter_site":"@bowgroup","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bow Group","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#organization","name":"The Bow Group","url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebowgroup","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheBowGroup","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bowgroup"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-GB","url":"http:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TBG_logo_v1-e1605834605399.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/TBG_logo_v1-e1605834605399.png","width":935,"height":917,"caption":"The Bow Group"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/","name":"The Bow Group","description":"Britain & World's Oldest Conservative Think Tank","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-GB","url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/","name":"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-01-22T11:01:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-25T11:14:44+00:00","description":"\u201cTaxpayers have been scammed out of hundreds of billions by the BBC over the years, to be force fed liberal propaganda.\"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/db6ff7bda709a0af5191eb1ab28a876c"},"headline":"The Johnson Government Must Commit to Ending the BBC Licence Fee","datePublished":"2022-01-22T11:01:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-25T11:14:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#webpage"},"wordCount":266,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/the-johnson-government-must-commit-to-ending-the-bbc-licence-fee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rich-smith-qezGbhOzQyg-unsplash-scaled.jpeg","keywords":["Conservatism","Culture","Democracy"],"articleSection":["News","Print Media"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/#\/schema\/person\/db6ff7bda709a0af5191eb1ab28a876c","name":"Bow Group","url":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/author\/bowgroup\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3179"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3184,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3179\/revisions\/3184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}