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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 ...

THE Welsh Government has lost some public confidence in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic - but people in Wales still believe it is doing a better job than the Westminster government. Pollsters Yougov also found that half of Welsh adults think the current alcohol restrictions in the nation's pubs and restaurants will make no difference in stopping the spread of Covid-19. In the Senedd, First Minister Mark Drakeford said the new poll proved the Welsh Government's approach still enjoyed popular support. Currently, 45 per cent of people think the Welsh Government is handling coron...

Many household names today owe their living  to appearances on one of the broadcaster’s  many comedy programmes.  However, there has long been a feeling that  comedians of a left-liberal leaning seem to get  disproportionate airtime.  This report’s analysis suggests that there is something to this.  It was certainly the case in the month of  November – the overwhelming majority of  comedians given spots appear to be left-wing,  anti-Brexit, or “woke”.  Now, these are perfectly valid and widely held  views. It may be that the current crop of comedians hold them, and the B...

BBC News Published image captionNeil McEvoy sits as leader of his new Welsh Nation Party after being expelled from Plaid Cymru A Labour politician has said he feared being assaulted by a fellow Member of the Senedd (MS) after an incident in the Welsh Parliament last year. On Wednesday night the body voted to ban Neil McEvoy from the Senedd until 21 January after a committee found he had been physically aggressive towards Labour's Mick Antoniw. The decision means Mr McEvoy will have his salary cut. Mr McEvoy claimed he was being punished for something that was not true. But the Pontypridd MS s...