MP's to remove the threat of prosecution from those who do not pay the BBC licence
 

[Remove the threat of prosecution from
those who do not pay the BBC licence fee,
raising the prospect that the government
could support the more than 140
backbench MPs who are trying to change the law.]

http://www.theguardian.com/media/201...bc-licence-fee



the BBC is angry at this
and makes a claim
they will have cut more - Well Tough Titty


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So it would become a civil matter

Rightly ****ing so too. About time they scrapped it altogether tbh

Correct in this Day and Age
the BBC Tax is not worthy

It's a start and well done to the Conservative MP who wants this too. I hope it is a step to greater things if it comes about.

However,it is time this dinosaur of a licence/tax was done away with totally and I cannot wait for the day it is.

Good, I haven't paid it for over 8 years and I don't intend to start.

The TV license is outdated and archaic why its still allowed is beyond me. If people are not going to get prosecuted for not paying it, why should any of us pay it?

How've you got away with that? I forgot to transfer mine when I moved (I was still paying monthly) and I got a visit pretty sharpish

I also know someone that was prosecuted and fined pretty heavily for not paying it recently.

People don't want to pay, but will happily watch TV. :laugh:

I find it a lot more worth the money than the sky subscriptions.

Its only for the BBC, the other channels are self funding through adverts.

I actually think it should be increased if anything, the BBC is criminally undervalued in this country IMO

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I already know this.

Well the way you worded your post suggested otherwise. No harm done.

Ah, no worries.

Just refuse to sign the paper when they knock. The contract you sign when they come round to intimidate you is what can get you done, not actually not having a license ;)

:notimpressed:

The Saville thing screwed them I think tbh. A few people I know (mostly older people aswell who have paid it for years) are now refusing to pay because 'the BBC uses their money to cover up pedophilia' and such :laugh: Probably worried about loads and loads of people ending up with criminal records now.

Also, IMO the BBC are ****ing rubbish anyway. I actually cant think of one thing I watch on there yet am still expected to pay for it to have no ads :crazy: Just put ****ing adverts on..god, from what I remember they have loads of ads on anyway, just advertising other shows on their channel rather than stuff to buy.

The major problem with ads though is that everything comes down to the mercy of the advertisers and the shows with the biggest ratings as opposed to making a mix of everything.

I doubt something like BBC4 would survive if the BBC were to rely on ads.

That's not really the point though. It's not to avoid actual advert time between shows, but the programming being reliant on advertisers.

Well as someone who doesnt even watch the BBC, I would much rather they put ads on than me having to pay for a channel I never bloody watch :joker:

If that makes me selfish and petty, so be it, I dont care. Its like asking teetotallers to pay alcohol tax on their cokes on a night out

******* the rest of us. :laugh:

I'll take the BBC anyway over itv. That's what I wouldn't like to see them turn into.

I *think* the only thing I watch on itv is saturday night takeaway every now and again. And thats only because I am seriously bored

Indeed. Isn't that how the general thinking of the UK population goes...look out for yourself? :p

Surely if channels like can handle the amount, surely the BBC can?

Had tons of requests and final notice letters. I just bin them. Not once has anyone ever knocked. Which takes me to Vicky's post.......

Bob on, they have no powers unless they manage to intimidate people, they've never called in person but if they did I just wouldn't answer the door. I very often ignore anyone at the door who isn't friend or family or pre-arranged.

It's not the amount, it's the ratings.

The BBC can make a lot of shows/content because they have a fixed amount of money. Their funding is not at the mercy of demographics and viewing figures for popular shows with advertisers.

BBC 4 holds a lot of great programming/documentaries that wouldn't be made without the license fee. We'd end up with something more akin to itv 2's schedule.

That's actually a really good point.

If people are so concerned about bbc4 and the likes, why not make paying it an opt in service, and increase it. That way the people who want it are happy and keep their channel, and the people who have never watched anything on it arent pissed off :laugh:

:laugh: Well, it's an option but I don't know about its chances of working.

That's probably the sort of "compromise" they'll move into in the future.

Like this annie....
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:D

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It's a necessary annoyance I think, nearly everyone will pull out if they hear about it lets face it, then BBC won't get their funding then we'll have gigantic ads everywhere

The BBC used to be great leaders in most news and entertainment areas, the licence likely made sense when it held at least 50% of the viewing channels available.
Now with so many commercial channels available it is ridiculous that people have to pay a licence for the BBC, to watch TV generally in their own homes on a TV they have had to buy too.

The really great and 'exclusive' days of the BBC are well gone.
It is time, and in fact massively overdue, that this daft licence fee is done away with completely and the other great things is that would get rid of totally the rotten sarcastic staff at TV Licensing too.

No its Frozen for good reason.


No way will it go up in price
they can cut wages at the top of the Bloated BBC

Then they can privatise it....

If you disabled all the BBC channels on your TV and radio, you'd still be required to pay the licence fee. And when you work out the licence fee week by week, it's not very much at all. Compared, say, to the money people pay for Sky every month. I do feel a bit aggrieved that some people seem quite proud of breaking the law and not paying it, so that those who don't pay end up getting a free ride of the backs of those of us who do. You're welcome. I hope they take your telly away.

:hmph: true.

Just read an article on this, what the people lobbying for this want the Beeb to do is collect payment via subscription so if you don't pay then it would be turned off, fair enough I think.

Its quite a lot to those who dont have much. If you dont pay it in one go, it works out something like £7 per week(as they make you pay 2 years or something I think, its definitely around 7 per week as my sis used to have problems with it)..which doesnt sound like much but when you figure to some people thats like..1/10 of their income or more