TV Licence

Rev Jules · 10th June 2019, 13:19

Just heard some of us pensioners will be paying the full Licence fee as of next year, something else to feed the thieving bar stewards for NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- programmes and repeats.

Rev

jackatesme · 10th June 2019, 14:11

There is going to be some dating sites.
"75 yr old man,looking for companion, must have GSOH and pension credits."

wraymond · 10th June 2019, 15:00

So where is the option to not have BBC progs? The money goes to the heavily biased and partisan company that fewer and fewer people watch.

It is no more than a hypothecated general tax which is subverted to an unelected state office over which the electorate have no control. It's Fascist I tell you, Facist!

HarryM1BYT · 11th June 2019, 13:28

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Originally Posted by jackatesme

There is going to be some dating sites.
"75 yr old man,looking for companion, must have GSOH and pension credits."

:-) )))))))

MSS · 11th June 2019, 14:16

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Originally Posted by jackatesme

There is going to be some dating sites.
"75 yr old man,looking for companion, must have GSOH and pension credits."

Don't forget the free park anywhere permit!

mbev51 · 12th June 2019, 06:32

BoJo is promising tax cuts for the high earners whilst the over 75s are loosing free TV licenses.

MSS · 12th June 2019, 06:49

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Originally Posted by mbev51

BoJo is promising tax cuts for the high earners whilst the over 75s are loosing free TV licenses.

This is not a political statement, but in my opinion he is actually being very smart by putting tax cuts for high earners and wealthy pensioners on the table. Both labour and the tories have a problem in that their respective voting bases are have moved to vote for the B and LD parties respectively. What Bojo is doing is offering a traditional olive branch to woo the traditional tory voters back to supporting the party. A smart move on his part as the resulting debt will be a problem for future generations rather than current politicians.

Darcydog · 12th June 2019, 13:29

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Originally Posted by mss

This is not a political statement, but in my opinion he is actually being very smart by putting tax cuts for high earners and wealthy pensioners on the table. Both labour and the tories have a problem in that their respective voting bases are have moved to vote for the B and LD parties respectively. What Bojo is doing is offering a traditional olive branch to woo the traditional tory voters back to supporting the party. A smart move on his part as the resulting debt will be a problem for future generations rather than current politicians.

He is also being very smart because it is the traditional “middle earners” that have been hit hardest of late. Whilst the low paid have benefited from increased income tax personal allowances, middle earners have seen their income eaten into by effectively lowered higher rate tax thresholds.

And of course - this is exactly the demographic scared witless by JC and the likes of D Abbot and so would be receptive to something actually being given back to them rather than it consistently being taken from them.

MSS · 10th June 2019, 15:11

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Originally Posted by Rev Jules

Just heard some of us pensioners will be paying the full Licence fee as of next year, something else to feed the thieving bar stewards for NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- programmes and repeats.

Rev

My heart bleeds for the V6 driving hard-up pensioner who needs a free TV licence.

where to live.

Let's pay our way old chaps.

Correction/addition - the original posting should have read....

My heart bleeds for the two car owning,V6 driving, hard-up pensioner who feels that he deserves a free TV licence.

There are large numbers of young people in the UK having to worry about how to feed themselves and where to live.

Let's pay our way old chaps.

Darcydog · 10th June 2019, 17:04

Agree we should all pay our way. But the BBC has a choice - due to it having little choice overall as technology will, I am sure, overtakes the need for a TV Licence when some clever device allows us to access what we want to watch in a way that makes monitoring impossible.

The choice is pay per view or go commercial. A licence fee is archaic tho’ I fully appreciate just what an excellent service the BBC gives. But in all seriousness - why should I fund the BBC via a tax, when I find myself rarely watching what they broadcast? (Killing Eve - being an obvious and tremendous exception.)

I have long felt the BBC is biased and yet I am forced to fund an organisation whose News output has left me regularly gobsmacked.

I would personally prefer pay per view. That has worked well - and allows choice by the individual.

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Darcydog This is my second home Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 3,170 Times in 2,096 Posts	Agree we should all pay our way. But the BBC has a choice - due to it having little choice overall as technology will, I am sure, overtakes the need for a TV Licence when some clever device allows us to access what we want to watch in a way that makes monitoring impossible. The choice is pay per view or go commercial. A licence fee is archaic tho’ I fully appreciate just what an excellent service the BBC gives. But in all seriousness - why should I fund the BBC via a tax, when I find myself rarely watching what they broadcast? (Killing Eve - being an obvious and tremendous exception.) I have long felt the BBC is biased and yet I am forced to fund an organisation whose News output has left me regularly gobsmacked. I would personally prefer pay per view. That has worked well - and allows choice by the individual.