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Vlad D
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Darren.
I wish i could actually answer your question but unfortunately I can't. I often asked this question myself to those who were older and wiser and I never had the REAL answer to this day!! Apart from being a long term stealth tax I have never really seen it as anything else.
Since I have taken a gamble and quit Britain I have learned that a lot of bills that we pay in UK are nothing short of total rip off. In fact even though I am living in Spain, I still question to this day why the cost of living in UK is so much higher than the rest of Europe in general!!!
Take this for example. My community tax (council tax equivalent) is just under 1000 Euros a year, but it includes the TV license as well as my rubbish being taken away (which is at extra cost since you are given an option to take it away yourself). As a part of a TV license I automatically get all of the satellite freeview channels. Whilst I realise that it is dependand on the community council decision, it is widely expected here when you buy the property. And guess what, I live in a private gated community which is guarded by 24 hour security. You may think of it as fantasy but i assure you it is real!!
I also pay only 48 Euros per Year on my Ford Fiesta road tax. And believe me the road tax DOES actually go towards the roads here. The roads here are nothing like in UK!! No comparison!! Yes I admit some of them are toll roads but you DO GET YOUR MONEY'S worth.
Sorry if I gone a bit off topic, but the main point is that Britain has been a total rip off for years. Why do you think 2004 and 2005 seen the biggest number of UK citizens immigrating abroad??
Perhaps people has enough of Labour crap and finally woken up. I only hope that more people wake up. Britain could do with a change!! |
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Ankleboots
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i would like to know why too there is nothing on tv, repeats repeats repeats £135 50p disgusting of you bbc, either get some decent films, plays on, or lower it, this christmas well, the rubbish shown, i felt like chucking the tv out of my window. what did i do, got on the net of cause, i found " PLANET ROCK. COM, A FANTASTIC STATION, GUESS WHO OWNS IT " ALICE COOPER" YES THE ROCK SINGER, YOU KNOW " SCHOOLS OUT"give it a whirl, and lets rock and roll this day now and forever, music fantastic beats the telly. |
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Chris P
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BBC doesn't get enough money from rigging phone - in completions so raises the Jonathon ross's £18million a year this way |
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mischievous
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To keep the BBC awake and alive. All the other UK radio and TV stations are paid for from advertising revenue, so that if you don't like the programmes you could stop buying the products that they advertise.
Also, the BBC Chairman and the Board of Governors are selected by the government, so that labour can enforce it's ideas through programme material. |
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blissman
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Because we are forced to under penalty of death. |
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Peter R
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BBC (assuming we want it) has to be funded somehow. Whether it is value for money is another question entirely. |
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Haz
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it was worth it for cranford.
its only when youi go abroad and see the utter shite on TV that you appreciate it.
on the political rant yes yes yes it really is showbiz for ugly people.
i just love my BBC telly/radio. sorry!! |
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tkf57
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dont ask me - i've have been asking this question for years - yes i believe it is another stealth tax - i hate paying it like the council tax - especially when we have to pay for sky too to find something to watch!!! |
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Ding Dong
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May I suggest that YOU get get YOUR money's worth by watching the BBC learning zone. Your spelling and grammar is atrocious |
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Glenn M
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You get the odd good program like Earth, the power of the planet, and i will have to admit i like Top Gear. But really 90 odd % is crap and brain dead viewing with little or no substance. Even the soap opera stuff which i have to put up with when my other half is in all have the same story lines, just at different times.
I find it galling that not only do i have to pay TV licence but also subscriptions for digital TV as well |
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adam w
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i thought that we pay lisence cause theres no advertising but the BBC always show some products like a bottle of something or a packet so realy its money for nothing |
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J I H
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In a word. Shite. |
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DEREK W
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I thought we paid for the bbc's staff taxis or was it to send some jumped up so called celeb on holidays that most of us can only dream of. |
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pin ball
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i dont know why we pay it. the BBC could get money by advertising couldnt they. lets all stop paying shall we? they cant lock all of us up. |
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pmcc
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I dont pay hehe |
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leopardshaz
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Because we live in the UK were we are taxed for everything under the sun...nothing is free and our TV is boring apart from CORRIE AND EASTENDERS!! |
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groovymaude
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The BBC is not a television only service! I The licence is a receiving licence, which you must have to receive ALL TV stations.
If you had the intelligence, which would seem to be sadly lacking, I would suggest you read A Social History of British Broadcasting, that explains the history, pre-history and development of broadcasting, then perhaps you could develop and expand your opposition to the licence. It has nothing to do with Gordon Brown. The BBC's initial remit was that of intellectual uplift (perhaps an ideal lost in time!) under Reith, it became an admired model, copied in many countries. |
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Gary C
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Big fat cat execs have to finance their obscene wages & end of year bonuses somehow. |
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Oh no!
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Bruce Forsyth needs to pay the import tax for his new wife and a load of botox. He's 104 don't you know. |
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Chris P
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Does ITV offer Radio programs in a variety of genres?Although the TV licence fee seems unfair at times I think we tend to lose sight of some of the things that our fee pays for. |
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