TV Licence Super Thread

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200sols said:
Taxes fund many things not everyone uses for the greater good of society.
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in case you missed the memo

the BBC is a private company. it isn't part of the establishment though of course it pushes the narrative they get told to push. think the scam from a few years ago

and well, they edited J6 using video footage from an hour before the event - which is why they are being sued for 10 billion.

if it cannot fund itself then it should fold and close down. but of course the government needs it to push the narrative which is the only way it would get pushed through and included in CT

of course under Restore Britain, they'd have to find their own way - Lowe has already stated his thoughts on the BBC
 
Can you even "restore" tomorrow if it hasn't happened?

I do miss tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Those were the good new days. Life was so much better next year. Bring it forward I say.
 
413x said:
Once it's bundled into CT people will have to pay it.
There will be people who say "I'll refuse to pay it" but they will.

No ones going to gain CCJs etc over a 200 quid CT increase.
Sure we will moan. But we will suck it up.
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This attitude is why British society is dying. In the past, people would fight back when the government enacted a short-sighted/selfish/corrupt policy. Nowadays, people just passively sit by and expect someone else to do something about it.

If millions of people refuse to cooperate then the Courts will be swamped with cases and the government will have to scrap their policy. That's how the Poll Tax was ultimately beaten (the televised rioting didn't achieve much compared to the subsequent civil disobedience campaign).

NetMan said:
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.
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They cannot do that if they have millions of refuseniks. They will be snowed under with cases. Besides, the bad publicity of non-paying pensioners being sent to prison would damage the government/BBC.
 
Maple Leaf said:
They cannot do that if they have millions of refuseniks. They will be snowed under with cases. Besides, the bad publicity of non-paying pensioners being sent to prison would damage the government/BBC.
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Our prisons can't cope as it is. Hopefully they will introduce some sort of workhouse/hard labour camp system for non-payers.
 
Maple Leaf said:
This attitude is why British society is dying. In the past, people would fight back when the government enacted a short-sighted/selfish/corrupt policy. Nowadays, people just passively sit by and expect someone else to do something about it.

If millions of people refuse to cooperate then the Courts will be swamped with cases and the government will have to scrap their policy. That's how the Poll Tax was ultimately beaten (the televised rioting didn't achieve much compared to the subsequent civil disobedience campaign).



They cannot do that if they have millions of refuseniks. They will be snowed under with cases. Besides, the bad publicity of non-paying pensioners being sent to prison would damage the government/BBC.
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I'll say it again. No one is going to risk their mortgage renewal for 200 quid.

Unfortunately they don't have to throw you in prison to wreck your life. A CCJ is not worth 200 quid a year.
 
413x said:
I'll say it again. No one is going to risk their mortgage renewal for 200 quid.

Unfortunately they don't have to throw you in prison to wreck your life. A CCJ is not worth 200 quid a year.
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It's a matter of principle. The last National ID card scheme had a £2,500 fine for each episode of non-compliance, but there were over a million people who were ready to defy it.

Besides, not everyone cares about having a CCJ. If you're retired and you paid your mortgage off years ago a CCJ isn't going to matter much.

The BBC license fee legislation is carefully written to avoid generating bad publicity for the BBC. For example, they specify that if someone's home is to be searched for an unlicensed TV etc, then the search warrant cannot be executed using force (even if the Police are in attendance). This was done to prevent pensioners' doors from being kicked in because they don't have a TV license and the resulting bad publicity for the powers-that-be.
 
Maple Leaf said:
It's a matter of principle. The last National ID card scheme had a £2,500 fine for each episode of non-compliance, but there were over a million people who were ready to defy it.

Besides, not everyone cares about having a CCJ. If you're retired and you paid your mortgage off years ago a CCJ isn't going to matter much.

The BBC license fee legislation is carefully written to avoid generating bad publicity for the BBC. For example, they specify that if someone's home is to be searched for an unlicensed TV etc, then the search warrant cannot be executed using force (even if the Police are in attendance). This was done to prevent pensioners' doors from being kicked in because they don't have a TV license and the resulting bad publicity for the powers-that-be.
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Yeah if you've got nothing to care about with CCJs then you're in a completely different situation and you can dig your heals in.

If it goes on broadband I could definitely avoid the fee by going mobile broadband.

If it gets put on streamers I will definitely cancel.

Unfortunately CT is the only one worth doing for the gov. As it's the only one people like me will suck up.

I'd love to not pay it. But unfortunately I'm not in a situation to be able to due to the ramifications.
 
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make it stop - who wouldn't gladly pay a license fee to avoid this kind of American schmalz of the hydration break or extended half time polluting the world cup
in search of the advertising buck; hint: the advert free flix/utube themselves will soon be for the rich only.

Great satire of this American perversion on the BBC's dead ringers show, Starmers final speech being interrupted by a hydration break ....
 
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