WE WANT #ABOLISHTHEBBC TRENDING ON TWITTER!
The BBC doesn't fear us specifically or our campaign, but DOES fear the idea behind our campaign: which is that the BBC can be abolished and dismantled like any other public institution. Our campaign is not the end of the BBC, but it is the beginning of the end - others will take up our idea and take up the baton. It is the idea that counts, not the people or organisations involved. One day the BBC, and the rest of the whole rotten Establishment in this country, will topple.
It is by spreading the idea - Abolish The BBC - that we will put fear into the BBC and the wider Left who depend on it.
Even if abolishing the BBC is not politically-possible, by spreading a meme that calls for this, we are helping to shift the parameters of debate. This may result in further reform of the BBC, but we want it to be shut down.
If the BBC is ever brought down, that will represent the biggest-ever reversal suffered by the Left in this country.
Our campaign hashtag embodies the idea: #AbolishTheBBC. It needs to become a popular meme that is repeated every time the BBC is criticised on social media. With that in mind, we today launch our #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign.
The aim is simple: we want our campaign hashtag, #AbolishTheBBC, trending on Twitter by Thursday 18th. October 2018. It's a tall order, but even if we fail, we are confident that we will have started something - and that is the real point.
Today, 30th. September, has been selected purposefully. It is an important date in the BBC's history. It was the date in 1967 when Radio 1 was launched, and this year it is also the 89th. anniversary of the first television broadcast by the BBC.
Likewise, 18th. October is also historic for the BBC. It is the 96th. anniversary of the formation of the British Broadcasting Company on 18th. October 1922.
It would be poignant if, on that historic day, a major social media platform had #AbolishTheBBC trending. We doubt the BBC will report it, but it will be noted.
What we ask of our followers is that you include #AbolishTheBBC in your tweets at every opportunity - especially when your tweet is about the BBC. Please also make others aware of our campaign.
Showing posts with label #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 September 2018
Sunday, 23 September 2018
How You Can Help (Version VI)
YOU can help us.
Here's how:
1. Sign the latest anti-BBC petition. [Note: UK Parliament will send you an e-mail with a link that you need to click on to confirm your signature to the petition. If it doesn't appear in your Inbox, please check your Spam/Junk folder].
2. Tell your friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about the petition and give them the link so they can sign it too.
3. Defund the BBC - stop paying the TV licence and boycott their programmes. You can safely ignore TVL (who enforce the TV licence): they can only take action against people who co-operate. Don't answer their letters. Ignore their letters. Don't telephone them. Don't go online to notify them. Just stop paying. Don't answer the door to them. Just ignore them.
4. Write to your local MP. If you're not sure who that is, you can search for your MP here. We also recommend you use the UK Parliament constituency search page to find your MP's exact contact details, once you know their name. Letters (snail mail) are the most effective, but e-mail is fine if that's all you have time for. It's best if you compose the letter in your own words, but if it helps, feel free to refer the MP to our website and key links such as the summary of our case against the BBC here. If you do e-mail, make sure you include your address within the constituency, as that ensures a reply. Do send us a copy of what you write and let us know if you receive a reply!
5. Support our #AbolishTheBBC Challenge and help us take on the BBC live on-air. Click here for more details.
14. We're especially keen to hear from anybody who can promote our campaign and spread the word. Perhaps you have a network of contacts or influencers who can help? Please e-mail us.
THANK YOU!
Here's how:
1. Sign the latest anti-BBC petition. [Note: UK Parliament will send you an e-mail with a link that you need to click on to confirm your signature to the petition. If it doesn't appear in your Inbox, please check your Spam/Junk folder].
2. Tell your friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about the petition and give them the link so they can sign it too.
3. Defund the BBC - stop paying the TV licence and boycott their programmes. You can safely ignore TVL (who enforce the TV licence): they can only take action against people who co-operate. Don't answer their letters. Ignore their letters. Don't telephone them. Don't go online to notify them. Just stop paying. Don't answer the door to them. Just ignore them.
4. Write to your local MP. If you're not sure who that is, you can search for your MP here. We also recommend you use the UK Parliament constituency search page to find your MP's exact contact details, once you know their name. Letters (snail mail) are the most effective, but e-mail is fine if that's all you have time for. It's best if you compose the letter in your own words, but if it helps, feel free to refer the MP to our website and key links such as the summary of our case against the BBC here. If you do e-mail, make sure you include your address within the constituency, as that ensures a reply. Do send us a copy of what you write and let us know if you receive a reply!
5. Support our #AbolishTheBBC Challenge and help us take on the BBC live on-air. Click here for more details.
6. Share our blog posts with others: click the social media links at the foot of each post.
7. Add your own comments to our blog posts to let us know you support us.
8. Visit and click 'Like' on our Facebook Page and invite others to do the same; 'Like' and share our Facebook posts.
9. If you use Facebook a lot, add our campaign banner to your profile photo. Just save the .png image below to your computer [right-click, then Save as...], then go to the Facebook frames page and follow the instructions.
9. If you use Facebook a lot, add our campaign banner to your profile photo. Just save the .png image below to your computer [right-click, then Save as...], then go to the Facebook frames page and follow the instructions.
10. Follow us on Twitter, add the campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to your profile description, and press 'like' and 're-tweet' whenever you see one of our tweets.
11. Tell friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about our campaign and suggest they search online for our campaign #AbolishTheBBC.
12. Get in touch at campaigntoabolishthebbc@gmail.com, with messages of support, ideas, and suggestions.
13. Can you become a local contact for our campaign? We'd especially like to hear from people who live in the constituencies we are focusing on in Operation Target. Please check the list of the relevant target constituencies and get in touch with us if you're from one of those areas.14. We're especially keen to hear from anybody who can promote our campaign and spread the word. Perhaps you have a network of contacts or influencers who can help? Please e-mail us.
THANK YOU!
Saturday, 8 September 2018
How You Can Help (Version V)
YOU can help us.
Here's how:
1. Sign the latest anti-BBC petition. [Note: UK Parliament will send you an e-mail with a link that you need to click on to confirm your signature to the petition. If it doesn't appear in your Inbox, please check your Spam/Junk folder].
2. Tell your friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about the petition and give them the link so they can sign it too.
3. To help further promote the petition, a very easy but important step you can take is to open a free account over at buffer, the social media tool, and schedule some automated messages for your Twitter and Facebook accounts with the petition link. If you're really keen to help, then for maximum effect you should schedule for 4 or 5 messages to be sent out each day and re-schedule these every couple of days. We appreciate that's something of a commitment, so if you can only manage to schedule one message for each platform per day, that would still help greatly, and would also mean that you only need to re-schedule the automated messages on a weekly basis. Each message needs to be worded differently (though the change in wording need only be very slight) and should include the petition link [https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226446].
4. Write to your local MP. If you're not sure who that is, you can search for your MP here. We also recommend you use the UK Parliament constituency search page to find your MP's exact contact details, once you know their name. Letters (snail mail) are the most effective, but e-mail is fine if that's all you have time for. It's best if you compose the letter in your own words, but if it helps, feel free to refer the MP to our website and key links such as the summary of our case against the BBC here. If you do e-mail, make sure you include your address within the constituency, as that ensures a reply. Do send us a copy of what you write and let us know if you receive a reply!
5. Support our #AbolishTheBBC Challenge and help us take on the BBC live on-air. Click here for more details.
14. We're especially keen to hear from anybody who can promote our campaign and spread the word. Perhaps you have a network of contacts or influencers who can help? Please e-mail us.
THANK YOU!
Here's how:
1. Sign the latest anti-BBC petition. [Note: UK Parliament will send you an e-mail with a link that you need to click on to confirm your signature to the petition. If it doesn't appear in your Inbox, please check your Spam/Junk folder].
2. Tell your friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about the petition and give them the link so they can sign it too.
3. To help further promote the petition, a very easy but important step you can take is to open a free account over at buffer, the social media tool, and schedule some automated messages for your Twitter and Facebook accounts with the petition link. If you're really keen to help, then for maximum effect you should schedule for 4 or 5 messages to be sent out each day and re-schedule these every couple of days. We appreciate that's something of a commitment, so if you can only manage to schedule one message for each platform per day, that would still help greatly, and would also mean that you only need to re-schedule the automated messages on a weekly basis. Each message needs to be worded differently (though the change in wording need only be very slight) and should include the petition link [https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226446].
4. Write to your local MP. If you're not sure who that is, you can search for your MP here. We also recommend you use the UK Parliament constituency search page to find your MP's exact contact details, once you know their name. Letters (snail mail) are the most effective, but e-mail is fine if that's all you have time for. It's best if you compose the letter in your own words, but if it helps, feel free to refer the MP to our website and key links such as the summary of our case against the BBC here. If you do e-mail, make sure you include your address within the constituency, as that ensures a reply. Do send us a copy of what you write and let us know if you receive a reply!
5. Support our #AbolishTheBBC Challenge and help us take on the BBC live on-air. Click here for more details.
6. Share our blog posts with others: click the social media links at the foot of each post.
7. Add your own comments to our blog posts to let us know you support us.
8. Visit and click 'Like' on our Facebook Page and invite others to do the same; 'Like' and share our Facebook posts.
9. If you use Facebook a lot, add our campaign banner to your profile photo. Just save the .png image below to your computer [right-click, then Save as...], then go to the Facebook frames page and follow the instructions.
9. If you use Facebook a lot, add our campaign banner to your profile photo. Just save the .png image below to your computer [right-click, then Save as...], then go to the Facebook frames page and follow the instructions.
10. Follow us on Twitter, add the campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to your profile description, and press 'like' and 're-tweet' whenever you see one of our tweets.
11. Tell friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about our campaign and suggest they search online for our campaign #AbolishTheBBC.
12. Get in touch at campaigntoabolishthebbc@gmail.com, with messages of support, ideas, and suggestions.
13. Can you become a local contact for our campaign? We'd especially like to hear from people who live in the constituencies we are focusing on in Operation Target. Please check the list of the relevant target constituencies and get in touch with us if you're from one of those areas.14. We're especially keen to hear from anybody who can promote our campaign and spread the word. Perhaps you have a network of contacts or influencers who can help? Please e-mail us.
THANK YOU!
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
How You Can Help (Version IV)
YOU can help us.
Here's how:
1. Sign the latest anti-BBC petition. [Note: UK Parliament will send you an e-mail with a link that you need to click on to confirm your signature to the petition. If it doesn't appear in your Inbox, please check your Spam/Junk folder].
2. Tell your friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about the petition and give them the link so they can sign it too.
3. Support our #AbolishTheBBC Challenge and help us take on the BBC live on-air. Click here for more details.
12. We're especially keen to hear from anybody who can promote our campaign and spread the word. Perhaps you have a network of contacts or influencers who can help? Please e-mail us.
THANK YOU!
Here's how:
1. Sign the latest anti-BBC petition. [Note: UK Parliament will send you an e-mail with a link that you need to click on to confirm your signature to the petition. If it doesn't appear in your Inbox, please check your Spam/Junk folder].
2. Tell your friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about the petition and give them the link so they can sign it too.
3. Support our #AbolishTheBBC Challenge and help us take on the BBC live on-air. Click here for more details.
4. Share our blog posts with others: click the social media links at the foot of each post.
5. Add your own comments to our blog posts to let us know you support us.
6. Visit and click 'Like' on our Facebook Page and invite others to do the same; 'Like' and share our Facebook posts.
7. If you use Facebook a lot, add our campaign banner to your profile photo. Just save the .png image below to your computer [right-click, then Save as...], then go to the Facebook frames page and follow the instructions.
7. If you use Facebook a lot, add our campaign banner to your profile photo. Just save the .png image below to your computer [right-click, then Save as...], then go to the Facebook frames page and follow the instructions.
8. Follow us on Twitter, add the campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to your profile description, and press 'like' and 're-tweet' whenever you see one of our tweets.
9. Tell friends, family, contacts and work colleagues about our campaign and suggest they search online for our campaign #AbolishTheBBC.
10. Get in touch at campaigntoabolishthebbc@gmail.com, with messages of support, ideas, and suggestions.
11. Can you become a local contact for our campaign? We'd especially like to hear from people who live in the constituencies we are focusing on in Operation Target. Please check the list of the relevant target constituencies and get in touch with us if you're from one of those areas.12. We're especially keen to hear from anybody who can promote our campaign and spread the word. Perhaps you have a network of contacts or influencers who can help? Please e-mail us.
THANK YOU!
Monday, 3 September 2018
A Big Thank You! and Social Media Update
A quick word to say Thank You! to all those who participated in our #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign Dry Run yesterday.
Very importantly, we also want to make a point here of thanking those of you on social media who always 'like' and share our posts. We really appreciate your efforts!
The next important date for our social media strategy is Sunday 30th. September 2018, when we will be kicking-off our #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign for real. Details to follow.
30th. September has been selected purposefully. It is an important date in the BBC's history. It was the date in 1967 when Radio 1 was launched, and this year it is also the 89th. anniversary of the first television broadcast by the BBC.
Very importantly, we also want to make a point here of thanking those of you on social media who always 'like' and share our posts. We really appreciate your efforts!
The next important date for our social media strategy is Sunday 30th. September 2018, when we will be kicking-off our #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign for real. Details to follow.
30th. September has been selected purposefully. It is an important date in the BBC's history. It was the date in 1967 when Radio 1 was launched, and this year it is also the 89th. anniversary of the first television broadcast by the BBC.
Saturday, 1 September 2018
#AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign - Dry Run
On Sunday 2nd. September 2018, we're organising a 'dry run' for our #AbolishTheBBC Twitter Campaign.
Our ultimate aim is to get our campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC trending, but for now, we just want to give some ideas a try and also promote the Tim Price Petition.
On Sunday 2nd. September 2018, YOU can help promote our campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC on Twitter by doing the following:
STEP ONE
Please add our campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to your profile description on Twitter as we have done (and add it to your profiles elsewhere if you have other social media accounts like Gab and Facebook):
STEP TWO
Then re-tweet each of those tweets, adding the campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to these new tweets:
Our ultimate aim is to get our campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC trending, but for now, we just want to give some ideas a try and also promote the Tim Price Petition.
On Sunday 2nd. September 2018, YOU can help promote our campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC on Twitter by doing the following:
STEP ONE
Please add our campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to your profile description on Twitter as we have done (and add it to your profiles elsewhere if you have other social media accounts like Gab and Facebook):
STEP TWO
On Sunday 2nd. September 2018, please send the following two tweets [the difference between the
tweets is due to Twitter spam controls]. Remember to include in both tweets the petition link [https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/226446]:
PLEASE SIGN AND RE-TWEET THIS PETITION TO #AbolishTheBBC https://t.co/zZ9OylUbSP— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) September 1, 2018
STEP THREESign and RT this petition to #AbolishTheBBC https://t.co/zZ9OylUbSP— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) September 1, 2018
Then re-tweet each of those tweets, adding the campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC to these new tweets:
— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) September 1, 2018
— Campaign To Abolish The BBC (@AbolishTheBBC) September 1, 2018STEP FOUR
It also helps if can like and RT any other tweets you happen
to see around Twitter that have the #AbolishTheBBC campaign hashtag.
STEP FIVE
If you're really keen, include the campaign hashtag #AbolishTheBBC in all your tweets on Sunday 2nd. September 2018.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!
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