Mr Johnson said he is certainly looking at a plan to end the licence fee (Image: GETTY) I suspect that eventually we will need to look at alternative means of funding the BBC (Image: GETTY)
However, it added: “In reality the principal responsibility lies with the government.”
The Defund the BBC campaign started in June and gained over 60,000 Twitter followers within 24 hours of launching.
It’s founder, then Glasgow University student James Yucel, told Express.co.uk it was launched “on a whim out of frustration”.
The BBC’s editorial guidelines state: “The BBC is committed to achieving due impartiality in all its output.