Campaign consultant | Campaign Director @DefundBBC | Contributor: The Times, Telegraph, TalkTV, GB News | Enquiries at rebecca@blueskystrategy.co.uk
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28 Oct 2021
Lewis Goodall is as much of a Labour activist as Owen Jones. If they appoint him to replace Laura Kuenssberg it’ll be great for #DefundTheBBC as he’ll be our best recruitment officer, turning people off the BBC in droves.
Thanks to @TVKev for having me on
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
Jun 2
Our Campaign Director @BeccyRyan reacts to the case of a 42-year-old unemployed father being dragged through the courts for not paying a TV licence despite him only watching Netflix and Youtube.
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“If someone turns up on your doorstep, you don’t have to answer to them.”
Rebecca Ryan, Campaign Director at Defund the BBC, criticises the broadcaster after a 42-year-old man appeared in court accused of not paying the licence fee.
@DuncanBarkes @BeccyRyan
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
Apr 1
Our Campaign Director @BeccyRyan slams the BBC for its continued failure to deal with yet another scandal properly.
“How a year ago, in the midst of all of the other scandals that they've got going on, did they not think we better deal with this and deal with it quickly?”
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
Mar 31
Our Campaign Director @BeccyRyan comments on the latest BBC scandal.
“It's just not okay to be saying ‘we don't comment’. Absolutely you must comment because they bully the British public into paying for them, and therefore they are answerable.”
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
Mar 25
Dear Starmer, we’re not lab rats.
Fix the platforms if you think there’s a problem — don’t lock Gen Z out.
👉 Email your MP: freegenz.co.uk/email-your-mp
Read it: theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
Feb 26
The BBC's BAFTA drama is "absolutely diabolical. [John Davidson] should have been protected by the BBC... Let's not waste license fee payers' money on this investigation." Campaign Director @BeccyRyan tells @iancollinsuk
#DefundTheBBC
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
Feb 6
“There is a silver lining to the BBC licence fee hike - the nuclear option is now unavoidable… Raising it to £180 only strengthens the case, and proves just how disconnected the system has become from the people forced to fund it.” @BeccyRyan
#DefundTheBBC
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Defund the BBC's Rebecca Ryan says Jeremy Clarkson is right to say the broadcaster has left their audience, "the BBC has lost grasp on what people actually want to watch."
@TVKev | @BeccyRyan
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The question of how to fund the BBC is back on the table as the Government prepares to review the corporation's charter - but is the current model out of date?
"We can wave goodbye to the rose-tinted glasses view of the past."
@iancollinsuk | @BeccyRyan
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
17 Dec 2025
🚨OUTRAGEOUS: Our Campaign Director @BeccyRyan reacts to Labour considering giving free TV licences for people on benefits, paid for by hardworking Brits.
"It would be the just-about-managing families who would be having to shoulder the cost." #DefundTheBBC
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
16 Dec 2025
The launch of the BBC Royal Charter review should be a moment for decisive action. Instead, the government is signalling cowardice — talking about “reform” while kicking the licence fee into the long grass and leaving the British public bullied into paying for another decade.
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
9 Dec 2025
🗓️December is key month for Britain’s SMEs.
It's not just Christmas. 18th December is the last chance to respond to Government’s consultation on unions’ new right to roam.
Use our easy tool to respond to the consultation and defend local small businesses👇
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
4 Dec 2025
The BBC is at breaking point!
Scandal after scandal has rocked the broadcaster in recent months.
We had Rebecca Ryan in from Defund the BBC to ask the question: what should happen next to the state broadcaster?
Listen on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast:
youtube.com/watch?v=zraoeUn_…
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
25 Nov 2025
“BBC bosses are just desperately trying to search for some way out of this complete disaster they find themselves in… They said they took so long to apologise because they couldn't decide what they were apologising for. I mean, that's a five minute meeting, isn't it?” Our Campaign Director @BeccyRyan tells @JuliaHB1.
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
21 Nov 2025
“The licence fee must be reformed. Non-payment should be decriminalised and the charge linked only to those who actually watch BBC content. You can’t coerce an audience into liking you. You have to earn it.” @BeccyRyan - Campaign Director #DefundTheBBC
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
10 Nov 2025
How to legally cancel your TV licence and help Defund the BBC
youtu.be/gr7vWslLTlA?si=AJue…
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10 Nov 2025
“Strong and valued”? Tell that to the millions criminalised for refusing to fund it.
The BBC misled viewers, ignored whistle-blowers and broke trust — yet Ofcom still claps from the sidelines.
Britain deserves accountability, not excuses.
#DefundTheBBC
Ofcom statement following Tim Davie's resignation as Director General of the BBC:
ALT "I’d like to thank Tim Davie for his contribution as Director General of the BBC. Over the past five years, Tim has led at a time of great change and challenge. “The BBC is a strong and valued part of our media landscape and the BBC Board will now need to reflect on how it ensures that the BBC continues to deliver for UK audiences." Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive of Ofcom
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10 Nov 2025
Stop the presses — scientists discover men are stronger than women. Next up: water is wet.
dailymail.co.uk/sport/others…
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Rebecca Ryan retweeted
10 Nov 2025
“We see time after time the BBC just trying to fend off any of these scandals that they find themselves in. They take no accountability whatsoever. And it's because they've got this guaranteed income that they are seeking to protect.” @BeccyRyan tells @GBNEWS
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