Just 5 days left, nearly 3,000 submissions to Government to #BacktheBBC

Hello all, A quick update on the #BacktheBBC viewer led campaign. We're now just 70 off 3,000 submissions to the Government's consultation on the future of the BBC. The Government has only received about 30,000 replies from from the public in total. That means 1 in 10 of every public view has come from us. Remember, the Government has confirmed in writing to us that each signature to our petition counts as a valid public consultation response because our petition is correctly worded and addresses the Department of Culture, not David Cameron, unlike some other BBC petitions. Please can you help us get more signatures? The Government is hardly advertising this consultation about the future of the BBC at all. So it's down to us I'm afraid to say. Every single signature to our petition we get comes from your Social Media shares. 500 new supporters in the last day alone came via Twitter or Facebook. In these last 5 days of the Government's consultation please help the #BacktheBBC campaign by following and sharing us on social media: https://www.facebook.com/BacktheBBC and Twitter: https://twitter.com/back_the_BBC Here are some recent articles we've shared on social media about the future of the BBC that may interest you: Viewpoint: "A malicious and undemocratic assault on the BBC. Government attack on BBC threatens to defy popular opinion and bypass Parliament" says Steve Barnett from the University of Westminster https://www.facebook.com/BacktheBBC/posts/908777282531742 "Why a smaller BBC will be bad for almost everyone" Patrick Barwise, Visiting Senior Fellow in the Department for Media and Communications at the LSE, Chairman of Which? and Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at London Business School, explains why funding cuts to the BBC will negatively affect not only viewers at home, but also the wider creative industries and the economy here:. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2015/09/30/why-a-smaller-bbc-will-be-bad-for-almost-everyone/ Other Broadcasters across Europe have written to the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, John Whittingdale, expressing concern “at some of the recent discussions and developments, which risk not only a negative impact on the BBC’s ability to serve citizens, but also on the entire media system, in the UK and across Europe.” https://www.facebook.com/BacktheBBC/posts/907925732616897 FInally, on a humorous note, we consider if John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, should consider going on the next series of "Would I lie to You?" here: https://www.facebook.com/BacktheBBC/photos/a.871202766289194.1073741828.871105386298932/908628232546647/ Please help spread the word and #BacktheBBC. Thanks, Paul