{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/15388.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":15388,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Abolish the TV licence fee","background":null,"additional_details":"The TV licence fee should be abolished because the BBC no longer reflects the views or interests of the nation.  It no longer seems able to provide valuable programming & instead just chases after ratings along with other commercial stations.  They have also entered into an anti-competitive agreement with pay TV company BSkyB which has made it impossible for any free to air TV company to compete to win the Formula 1 broadcast rights therefore denying the vast majority of the viewing public access to another popular sport.  If they want to behave like a commercial station they shouldn’t be able to do it with public money, the licence fee should be abolished & we should be able to pay for the stations we want.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2011-08-30T11:05:54.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:10.312Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:35:13.503Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-30T11:05:54.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":null},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}