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Originally Posted by Livia

The government is telling the BBC to cut waste or lose the licence fee. The government is telling them that. That's hilarious... the waste in government departments is breath-taking and yet they're threatening the BBC over waste?

My parents pay a fortune for Sky. In comparison, the annual licence fee is something like three month's worth of Sky subscriptions. I have no problem playing the licence fee when you see what you get for it and I'm a generally big fan of the BBC, even though it's run more and more by touchy-feely greens and lefties.

Livia, you were once my and Mock's campaign manager in planning to get rid of the licence fee on an election on here.
I still have good memories of that time.

Seriously,I think the licence fee should go, I just cannot see any rhyme or reason for it now myself in the Uk in the 21st century with so many other channels etc; on TV too.

It should certainly not be something anyone should be criminally prosecuted for as to not paying,when all else as to TV is paying by choice rather than force.
If you don't pay your SKY subscriptions,then you will find SKY cut off until you do.
That is a choice however, and some people are paying say Sky and then also paying the licence fee.

The other thing I hate about it is that you can have someone with a TV in every room of the house,who are on a massive income who only pay the exact same yearly fee as someone with a single small 19'' TV,who only have part time wages coming in or even worse, be stuck on JSA of around £70 a week and still have to pay this infernal thing.

I think it is well past the time where the BBC led in anything now as to TV,they can still be really good in some things but that can be said for near all channels.

The BBC should be funded differently in my view, pay per view or by some other subscription then people can have the choice they should have in my view, to either have the BBC or not to, without meaning they cannot have any other channels too just because of this dinosaur of a licence fee and law.

(That's my take anyway,I haven't changed one bit as to that since you led our campaign in that tibb election.
What a leader you were too,even though it was just a bit of fun at the time.)