BBC Madness

[thestoon]

Originally Posted by STEED

Well I stopped last year and had three red letters and a bloke representing the BBC around knocking on my door and asking do I live here, which I answered sorry can not help you don't know the person your asking for. By the way never let them in without a warrant to inspect your home without a policeman with them.

So I'm waiting for my next letter or another visit, out of interest there is a guy in the U.K. who is doing battle with the BBC though the courts he believes the licence fee is a criminal act as it has not got the permission of the government.

He will lose, as will you. If the TV licence wasn't given to the BBC it would just go into the general government fund.

Channel 4's digital switch over is also being paid with by the license fee.. that can't be right - advertising AND your money!!!!

And as for the permission of the government - where did you get that from... its a criminal not civil matter if you chose to not pay your TV license, hence its written in law, hence the government quite clearly gave permission for it.

The BBC collects it directly now, whereas the Home Office used to, but the requirement to have one in law has not changed.