Room 101: Jim Hawkins From The BBC

Jim Hawkins is a mid-morning presenter on BBC Radio Shropshire.  As such, he is a rather obscure figure, and a quick perusal over his biography suggests a fairly humdrum, though successful, career in the lower rungs of journalism, broadcasting and media.  We'd never heard of him, though he may be recognised in Shropshire for all we know.

Mr Hawkins has found us on Twitter, and an exchange ensued.  The tweets are below, with our narration.

First, Mr Hawkins obliquely suggests that the BBC solves problems rather than causing them.  In response, we ask Mr Hawkins why he has to rely on the taxpayer for a living and we point out that the BBC has helped the Establishment conceal Britain's politically-incorrect problems.  We refer him to one of our pieces here on this site.

Why do you need to rely on the taxpayer for a living, Mr Hawkins? As for the BBC solving problems, the BBC has spent the last 60 years covering up problems & censoring & bullying away dissenting voices. Probably our best piece so far and explains it: https://t.co/XOs6L1p6or

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 26, 2018

He doesn't reply but instead complains about the length of the piece.  We accept the complaint.

1/2. There is nothing wrong with the English in the linked piece. We surmise from your response that you haven't bothered with it and just assume we're 'thick Northerners' or something similar. We will bring down the BBC - and we will also publish this exchange on our site.

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 26, 2018

It's perfectly true that is a long piece and it is not for everybody.

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 26, 2018

So we send him a link to a shorter article that we think he might like:

Here's a shorter one: https://t.co/gfYmHEYKb6

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 27, 2018

We then issue Mr Hawkins with a challenge:

Will you meet the #AbolishTheBBC challenge, Mr Hawkins? Just mention us on your BBC show, directing your listeners to our campaign hashtag: #AbolishTheBBC. That way, BBC listeners can consider our case and decide for themselves. #BBCImpartiality #ReithianPrinciples Thanks!

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 26, 2018

We're several people from the north of England. We're happy to put forward one of our number who can appear on your show.

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 26, 2018

2/2. Why don't you mention us and the current petition on your BBC show? We assume you will have nothing to fear, since the BBC is so wonderful; and, after all, your listeners must be loyal to the BBC ipso facto.

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 26, 2018

Mr Hawkins has not responded. So this is our attempt at an amusing dig:

Hey everybody! The BBC's secret police are on to us! "Who are you, and where are you from?" Very Nineteen Eighty-Four-ish.#AbolishTheBBC https://t.co/WFK6Uny9XT

— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) August 27, 2018