All you do is cause yourself a headache, stress and more cost than just paying it.
TV Licence Super Thread
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Which is your right but they can just take the money / your assets to cover the fee there is no way to withhold council tax other than to make yourself homeless and go live in a tent / car / sofa surf.
We shall see i guess.
There are quite a few Green/CND types who, despite their best efforts over the years, found that this is not the case.
God forbid someone have a back bone against blatant tyranny.
And that’s precisely why they get away with it.
Ask your doctor to prescribe a backbone.
jk btw, not deliberately being rude
I'm no fan of shows like Strictly, but I'm not sure they constitute "tyranny".
You can have backbone, you'll just have CCJs as well, and if you still refuse to pay it gets much worse for you.
Doesn't matter if you have a backbone or are made of jelly when they can walk through your front door and take your assets to cover the CCJ.
I think the BBC needs to reduce its costs, get rid of over paid presenters, stop making content that isn't in English, Educational content like bitesize should be under the mandate of and funded by the DFE, the number of channels should be reduced until the transmitters are turned off and then it can only be accessed via iPlayer / Freely behind a paywall because there are some people that still use it despite not paying.
Yes, obviously.
The point was more that people need to show some resistance to it rather than taking it up the backside unlubed, then complaining about it afterwards.
If / when it ever happens I'm sure people will be writing to their MP's, outrage will be expressed in the press and there will be change.org motions demanding it be debated in parliment and repealed.
But CCJ's are pretty much automated and just rubber stamped by the court most people aren't going to want to attend court vs coughing up the money.
We aren't France I can't see people rioting in the streets for £200 either; a few days off work without pay for court appearances would cancel out any savings even if the court said you didn’t have to pay which they won't...
It being applied like the poll tax instead of per household would be a fairer way of charging for it should it ever happen.
People like us that don't use the BBC are a minority the rest still want their fix of Eastenders, Strictly and the Archers those people won't be going on protest marches.
You can say this. But the words are hollow.
Same attitude as the people saying they were going to cancel Netflix. Yet on the whole it didn't happen.
Only say stuff like this if you're actually going to go through with it.
I could sit here and preach a tough stance. But I'd be lying.
Almost anyone with anything to lose is not going to sacrifice their future for 200.quid a year.
I'd say it's more cowardly to Pretend you're going to do something then back track when it gets too real.
If you're willing to get CCJs over this I'd say you have bigger issues to tend to.
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And that’s precisely why they get away with it.
Ask your doctor to prescribe a backbone.
jk btw, not deliberately being rude
Ha I know. Most of us have too much to lose to take a personal stand.
I'll not be happy about it. But I won't cut off my nose to spite my face.
Doesn't eastenders and the like only get around 5 million viewers nowadays, I don't think we are the minority at all and I think if all the fence sitters could actually work with us they would walk back ideas like this.
Well they’re going to have to decide soon as the charter is up at the end of next year and presumably they need to announce what the plan is in advance of that.
Although what’s going through the empty space between Nandys ears is anyone’s guess.
I mean she flounced off Twitter recently citing misinformation, so sticking up for the BBC is a bit hypocritical.
We shall see.
Although what’s going through the empty space between Nandys ears is anyone’s guess.
I mean she flounced off Twitter recently citing misinformation, so sticking up for the BBC is a bit hypocritical.
We shall see.
5 million Eastenders, 6.4 million Strictly, 31m weekly radio, people aren't happy with the price increases but it would actually drop initially if they made every adult pay aka poll tax or just stopped people from opting out.
There's a lot more choice now but I bet the majority that do pay are using at least some of the BBC services.
23.3 million TV licences vs 3.7 million that have opted out so yes we are still in the minority