NO more free TV licence from today
 

In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:40:00 +0100, bert wrote:

Conspiracy theory again. Just a simple case of government trying to
reduce cost of welfare and hence budget deficit.

And being careful to shift the apparent blame onto the BBC.


Of course. And, of course, many competitors to the BBC contribute to Tory
party coffers.

They're not going to do that without getting something for it.

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NO more free TV licence from today
 

On 06/08/2020 10:45, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:40:00 +0100, bert wrote:

Conspiracy theory again. Just a simple case of government trying to
reduce cost of welfare and hence budget deficit.

And being careful to shift the apparent blame onto the BBC.


Of course. And, of course, many competitors to the BBC contribute to Tory
party coffers.

Who would that be then ?. Sky is now owned by Disney and C5 is no longer
owned by Jenricks mate.

They're not going to do that without getting something for it.

NO more free TV licence from today
 

In article ,
bert wrote:
In article , Bob Eager
writes
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:40:00 +0100, bert wrote:

Conspiracy theory again. Just a simple case of government trying to
reduce cost of welfare and hence budget deficit.

And being careful to shift the apparent blame onto the BBC.

No blame involved if BBC had stuck to their side of the bargain.

In your little world nothing is ever up for negotiation?

So why not go back to the original 'bargain' where the BBC didn't pay for
OAP licences. If you don't think anything should be ever changed.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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NO more free TV licence from today
 

On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:25:00 +0100, bert wrote:

In article , Bob Eager
writes
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:40:00 +0100, bert wrote:

Conspiracy theory again. Just a simple case of government trying to
reduce cost of welfare and hence budget deficit.

And being careful to shift the apparent blame onto the BBC.

No blame involved if BBC had stuck to their side of the bargain.

They were shoved into it.

This way, the giovernment saves money and the BBC are on a hiding to
nothing. Either they:

a) Charge over 75s and get hammered

b) Cut programming and get hammered



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NO more free TV licence from today
 

In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:25:00 +0100, bert wrote:

In article , Bob Eager
writes
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:40:00 +0100, bert wrote:

Conspiracy theory again. Just a simple case of government trying to
reduce cost of welfare and hence budget deficit.

And being careful to shift the apparent blame onto the BBC.

No blame involved if BBC had stuck to their side of the bargain.

They were shoved into it.

This way, the giovernment saves money and the BBC are on a hiding to
nothing. Either they:

a) Charge over 75s and get hammered

b) Cut programming and get hammered

Exactly what the several BBC haters on here want.

After all, services like TV etc are something to make a profit from. The
end user doesn't matter a toss.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

NO more free TV licence from today
 

On 09/08/2020 15:20, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 09:25:00 +0100, bert wrote:

In article , Bob Eager
writes
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 21:40:00 +0100, bert wrote:

Conspiracy theory again. Just a simple case of government trying to
reduce cost of welfare and hence budget deficit.

And being careful to shift the apparent blame onto the BBC.

No blame involved if BBC had stuck to their side of the bargain.

They were shoved into it.

This way, the giovernment saves money and the BBC are on a hiding to
nothing. Either they:

a) Charge over 75s and get hammered

b) Cut programming and get hammered

Exactly what the several BBC haters on here want.

After all, services like TV etc are something to make a profit from. The
end user doesn't matter a toss.

Top Gear earned the BBC tens of millions of pounds, which they used to
cross-subsidise those programs that few people watch or listen to.