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Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.


So, just like the BBC is now.


You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know. Lots of other things on.

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On 23/10/2018 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.


So, just like the BBC is now.


You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know. Lots of other things on.


....but I am forced to pay for it...
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:56:21 +0100, JoeJoe wrote:

On 23/10/2018 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.


So, just like the BBC is now.


You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know. Lots of other things on.


...but I am forced to pay for it...


Indeed, it's called theft, imagine if Tesco took a fee from everyone, even though they shopped at Asda!
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On 23/10/2018 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know.


Force is the only way that would make me watch it.




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On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 20:38:41 +0100, ARW wrote:

On 23/10/2018 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know.


Force is the only way that would make me watch it.


You need to have a 2 digit IQ to watch that ****e.


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On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:56:21 +0100, JoeJoe wrote:

On 23/10/2018 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.


So, just like the BBC is now.


Absolutely.

You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know.


Lots of other /repeats/ on.


I've corrected that too.


...but I am forced to pay for it...


Me too.
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:31:13 +0100, Martyn Barclay wrote:

On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:56:21 +0100, JoeJoe wrote:

On 23/10/2018 16:10, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.


So, just like the BBC is now.


Absolutely.

You're not forced to watch Strictly, you know.


Lots of other /repeats/ on.


I've corrected that too.


...but I am forced to pay for it...


Me too.


There are plenty ways around that.
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