{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/43878.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":43878,"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 TV Licence","background":null,"additional_details":"We the people demand the Government abolish the TV licence. We do not want to pay monies to a corrupt broadcasting corporation which has been shown to cover up and ignore allegations of serious  misconduct by its emplloyees. A corporation that pays huge bonuses to incompetent executives while cutting the quality and variety in programming. The BBC makes more than enough money through its commercial interests, for example satelitle/cable tv channels requiring subscription.\r\n\r\nThe fact that you now need a licence for devices such as mobile phones and games consoles means that the licence has become an entertainment tax. A tax that the British people were not made aware of. A tax that has not been openly debated. It is time for this outdated licence to go.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2013-01-02T16:33:03.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:46.140Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:40:20.307Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-01-02T16:33:03.000Z","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":[]}}}