Ban The TV Licence

Tuesday 30 December 2014 20.58 GMT

Ban the TV licence.

Why does this matter?

It’s important because people should have access to media without having to pay a fee.

The BBC can raise revenue through advertising.

You can watch the BBC in the USA free of charge, so why are the Brits supporting this?

To pay people like Jonathon Ross obscene salaries, that even life saving surgeons cannot earn.


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15 Responses to Ban The TV Licence

  1. Saj Bashir says:

    Of course it’s a good idea, especially at a time when we are being advised to “tighten our belts”. Let’s face it, it’s ridiculous that we should still have to pay the T.V licence when most people can access all channels on one form of device or another without the use of their television. Add to this the fact that there are many examples on the net of evidence that the “corporation” doesn’t even need the money made from payers to function as a viable business and you come to the conclusion that it is another form of government backed taxation. When will the Beeb realise that their programmes, far from justifying the cost of the licence, only serve to fuel peoples frustration at paying for the same old generic soap operas, childish “scientific” shows and banal repeats etc.

  2. Richard Matthews says:

    Good idea. I rarely watch TV because I have no interest in most of poor quality programmes broadcast and watching endless repeats… yet I am charged a significant amount of money every year just to own a TV.
    I would much prefer to subscribe to channels that interest me and purchase films individually.

  3. J Kershaw says:

    the BBC is so left wing and not afraid to show it so why should I fund a left wing organisation on pain of a prison sentance if I refuse to pay? It is against my Human Rights

  4. chris says:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23880768 technically we have all been paying the people for doing this, not just rolf but every1 thats been found out so far.. and i for 1 think its damn wrong and have stopped paying any licence fee.. i just wonder how this excuse will go when they take me to court for non payment of the licence fee

  5. william says:

    ban the tv licence david cameron now

  6. mac says:

    Why should we pay a licence fee to the BBC. They are just another television company. All the others have to fund themselves. The BBC is no better than others, so in this day of fair competition they should also have to fund themselves.

  7. SID says:

    its only chump change and gives you so much…
    40 p a day… and probably less if there was no breaking the law…i.e. no need for TV detectors.
    Do you really want something like the US
    for that matter if it were not more expensive to process bring back dog licenses and this will fund and make sure animal welfare operations.

  8. Jack says:

    Make the BBC a voluntary subscription service (like Sky and other TV services). Ban TVL enforcement. Im sure the BBC would survive just fine, and if some reason they cannot survive without bullying and coercing people into paying for their services, then frankly they don’t deserve to exist in the first place.

  9. mysticann says:

    Ban the TV licence fee. All they do is brainwash the public. Also this organisation is run by a small minority religion and it is unacceptable that one religion should control the BBC.

  10. jane says:

    The BBC is no longer a british broadcasting corporation representing the white majority. If it is so pro immigration – or rather pro Anglo-Indian, then it should be self funding. Maybe licence payers should be funding ITV instead.

  11. Tony says:

    They call the people on benefits,but they still want there money. SCUM old fashioned,out of date,yanks get it for free can you imagine if they tried to make them pay a fee,they would run them out of town

  12. George bentham says:

    I feel that there is enough strength of opinion now on this subject to consider a “e -debate” I understand that if you get 10.000 signatures it can be debated in parliament.(not sure if our elected reps would follow our views) but I do feel strongly that in these increasingly hard times a mandatory”viewing tax” is unsustainable.Not withstanding the been is planning a pay per view service that won’t be available to license layers. It’s becoming a farce.

  13. ernie says:

    The answer to this is quite simple, the BBC should introduce an encrypted service, and if you pay, you can watch, and if you don’t want it , don’t pay

  14. thisispish says:

    why should anybody pay for this organisation hope it goes bust

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