The bbc, again.

[PalazioVecchio]

Indeed, and one of the main ways is everyone needs to refuse to pay it.

you know just how awful RTE is ? makes the BBC look like a Michelin star restaurant.

 

[ASCPFC]

you know just how awful RTE is ? makes the BBC look like a Michelin star restaurant.

Indeed. It's pure propaganda with no criticism of the government other than occasionally allowing people to vent. With the total opposite message to how everyone feels. Another failure to read the room.

 

[Badger11]

It's just a matter of time before the TV Licence system is abolished, regardless of who is in power. If you don't like that, it's just tough.

Already under consideration. However the establishment have a new wheeze we will all pay for it with no opting out and it will be based on your property value.

So I live in a nice home and don't use the BBC I will pay top dollar whilst someone who is an avid user and lives in a not so nice home will pay less for their entertainment.

Defunding the BBC is not on the agenda. You would think with the number of licence payers falling significantly year on year it would be. Not so, they just need a better way to empty our pockets.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Already under consideration. However the establishment have a new wheeze we will all pay for it with no opting out and it will be based on your property value.

So I live in a nice home and don't use the BBC I will pay top dollar whilst someone who is an avid user and lives in a not so nice home will pay less for their entertainment.

Defunding the BBC is not on the agenda. You would think with the number of licence payers falling significantly year on year it would be. Not so, they just need a better way to empty our pockets.

You are paying to fund our national broadcaster. Our face to the world. Doing it in a way which tries to avoid direct political interference. Not via taxation. If people are avoiding their contributions then an alternative is needed. I think an internet and cell network levy is the way forward. A levy which is ring fenced for a single purpose only. Not immediate replacement but over a number of years, with matching reductions in the licence fee until it is no longer worth collecting it. No need to collect via the completely ridiculous and out of date council tax.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

You are paying to fund our national broadcaster. Our face to the world. Doing it in a way which tries to avoid direct political interference. Not via taxation. If people are avoiding their contributions then an alternative is needed. I think an internet and cell network levy is the way forward. A levy which is ring fenced for a single purpose only. Not immediate replacement but over a number of years, with matching reductions in the licence fee until it is no longer worth collecting it. No need to collect via the completely ridiculous and out of date council tax.

Make it a subscription service. If people want it they'll pay for it.

 

[Badger11]

Make it a subscription service. If people want it they'll pay for it.

They know that large numbers of the public don't want to pay for it but they will ignore that.

All the leaks coming from the BBC and government are that they want a broadband tax which will be collected by phone companies. Of course if you opt out legally now that will not be an option they want to close that loophole. This would be great for the beeb as easy to collect (not their problem).

The other wheeze that the BBC is pushing is to make it a proper tax rather than a licence. The richer you are the more you pay.

No one is looking at scrapping the licence all together and letting the BBC fund it self. That is not on the table.