The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the TV Licence Fee could be cut as part of the government's austerity drive, after attacking the BBC's "extraordinary and outrageous" waste.
A BBC media correspondent says that the BBC already "seems to have got the message", being spelt out by the culture secretary.
Well, if that's the case, what the fuck is all this then ......
Recent figures have shown that BBC Director General Mark Thompson and the Executive Board's total pay packet has increased. The total remuneration for the BBC Executive board rose in 2009-10 to £4.769m and the number of BBC staff increased from 17,078 to 17,238.
Oh yeah, it really sounds like they're getting the fucking message.
Forget the 'cut' which, incidentally, sounds more like minor surgery to me ..... the bloated, parasitic, cancerous growth needs to be completely fucking removed.
Abolish it.
I have ;-)
+++ UPDATE +++
The Justice of the Peace Blog has an interesting post on whether TV licence evasion should be a civil matter. Here's a snippet:
I would add that members of my bench have never been invited to "train" re TV Licensing. I cannot comment for others but I would suggest that it would certainly disturb JPs` position as impartial judges of fact and as such magistrates would use the proverbial barge pole to that organisation if direct contact were even hinted at.
It's a very interesting article. Read the rest of it here.
My thanks to AnthonyS for sending it in
+++ UPDATE +++
The Justice of the Peace Blog has an interesting post on whether TV licence evasion should be a civil matter. Here's a snippet:
I would add that members of my bench have never been invited to "train" re TV Licensing. I cannot comment for others but I would suggest that it would certainly disturb JPs` position as impartial judges of fact and as such magistrates would use the proverbial barge pole to that organisation if direct contact were even hinted at.
It's a very interesting article. Read the rest of it here.
My thanks to AnthonyS for sending it in
27 comments:
How wonderful if The BBC get to see the Culture Sec., morph into The Vulture Sec.,!
Not forgetting that the boss of the Beeb charged us over £4000 to go to watch the footie in S. Africa....cos, of course, he had to fly business class.
Well done Gotty. The BBC has been well and truly abolished at my gaff too. Mostly, because I don't ever actually remember asking for it. Or signing a contract. Or watching it at any time since the 1990s. They're perfectly free to stop bombarding my house with their socialist poison and regurgitated crap whenever they so wish :-D
I'd just like to say one thing about the BBC and their C[r]apita-run collection agency called 'TV Licensing'...
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7324/bbcscumbuckets.jpg
Feel better now that I've got that off my chest.
The BBC has its useful points. I have used it to educate my darling wife to spot political verbal dishonesty in an instant. We watch Sky at lunchtime, and the BBC six o'clock new, and she can now spot all the differences - and now, on the second stage of her education, she can now even spot the more subtle lies of Sky.
Hum... Munguin's Republic precipitated this...
One word from us and the English Culture Secretary is juming though hoops.
Ampers
That's a good way of finding some value in the useless BBC!
Sorry to be off topic.
Under the tag freedom. Please leave your important comments.
Thank you.
'Save the Hospitality Industry by repealing the iniquitous smoking ban'
The Assassin Sec would be better in the Beeb's case :-D
They broadcast so many repeats, just re-send them the cheque you used to pay last year's Licence Fee
If a neighbour in your street is hard up, ask them to make a room into a tv lounge, they you can all watch TV there, have a party every night, get to know your neighbours, and help out your neighbour by all giving them your licence fee. Money that would go to better use helping out a neighbour rather than the BBC.
Great idea Ampers ..
Presumably, if a like-minded group of smokers were to do this .. and the venue was in someone's home, it would be exempt from the smoking ban ?
Yes, but you'd have to turn the sound up to overcome the squealing from the BBC :)
Squeal they might .. but its hard to see just what they could do about it ..
If someone invites a group of friends round to their house for a drink & all those friends happen to be smokers ..
And the host/hostess has cleared the furniture from a particular room (to give their guests a little more space) but has left a TV set in situ ..
And some of those guests decide to watch it, whilst enjoying a drink & a smoke ...
How could they ever begin to even investigate .. let alone prove that TV Licence money "changed hands" at any stage of the process ? ..
Particularly if guests brought their own drink and smokes ?
I reckon your idea has "legs" mate .... ;) :-D :-D
Ah the BBC..
I called them the other day to tell them to stop sending me threatening letters as it was a waste of cutting down trees.
TV Licensing: Hello, how can I help you today?
Me: Well you can start by stopping sending me continued threatening letters through the post.
TVL: Can I have you name?
Me: No you can't as it's frankly none of your business. All you need know is that I'm calling from [stated address].
TVL: Do you own a TV? If you do there is a £blah blah fine for not paying....
Me: Firstly I don't own a TV as there's nothing whatsover interesting on it. Secondly if I did own a TV I certainly wouldn't watch any of the rubbish the BBC produces and thirdly, the BBC did not invent the TV, therefore it does not have copywrite of it. More so it was not the BBC that produced the first TV signal but an American and therefore does not have the rights to demand we pay for you telling us you have these rights when you clearly don't. I would like to finish this call by making a complaint that you are illegally robbing the people of this country with your demands for money to watch television.
TVL: Well...erm...if you say you do not have a TV license then we will need to send someone around to check that you don't...
Me: I don't think so, because that would be tresspassing onto my property without my authority. More so, you'd have to get past my intercom, which I never answer in my block of flats. Therefore it would be a complete waste of time sending someone around. Take it as red that I don't own a TV and therefore do not need to pay your stupid license. And if I did have a TV, I still wouldn't pay it, out of prinicple. Thank you and good day. [hangs up the phone]
Harbinger ....
Just in case of future need, I thought you might find the following links of interest
http://www.tvlicensing.biz/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2941
http://www.tvlicensing.biz/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3298
Incidentally TVL (operated on behalf of BBC by Capita) have no more "right of entry" into your home than a check-out girl from ASDA does (unless in possession of a Warrant, signed by a Magistrate) & then they will generally be accompanied by Plod in order to "execute" said Warrant ..
Thanks for that CH. I've perused quite a few websites fighting against the BBC but I'd had enough the other day and simply let them know the score.
It's very true about right of access and I highly doubt they'd go as far as obtaining a search warrant. And yes, these letter are sent out to scare old people into buying licenses as young people simply laugh at them and put them in the bin.
Thanks again for that.
Either would do me, just as long the BBC get fucked.
WTF!
Hadn't heard that one. Still reeling over their £1 million studio which was 1000 miles from most of the football action. Including the inal FFS.
Why pay for something you don't like, don't want and didn't even ask for. Wouldn't happen with anything else ;)
Nice one!
Also added your excellent link to the main post ;)
Well done Ampers! I've done the same with Pigsy over the years and I've even heard her pointing things out to her friends. Result!
Perhaps you could try it with Cleggeron next ;)
Ha ha ha, excellent. I would if I could but can't seem to find last year's cheque for some reason ;)
Brilliant idea Ampers!
Everyone would be extremely happy with that arrangement, except the BBC and Gov of course. Good. Fuck 'em!
Like your style Harbinger, thanks for sharing that ;)
Interestingly enough .. Capita (Crapita) also used to be employed by Looney-left Lambeth Council to administer their Payroll & Pension Fund .. until they got the "Spanish Archer" (El Bow) for being completely useless .. which tells its own story ... :-D :-D :-D
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