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Post by ProVeritas on Mar 21, 2024 20:54:37 GMT
WHY IS THE BBC THE UKs FAVOURITE TV SERVICE, AND WHY IS BBC1 THE MOST WATCHED TV CHANNEL IN THE UK ? Because we're forced to fund it and it's therefore a monopoly. But how many would choose it if the licence fee were optional? Except "being forced to fund" it (which I, like you, disagree with) is NOT the same as "being forced to watch it" - which is what would be needed for your monopoly argument to make any sense at all. All The Best |
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Post by ProVeritas on Mar 21, 2024 20:55:45 GMT
They should be. The Government creates the Law - the Judiciary enacts the law, even when, nay especially when the violator of the law is the Government itself. Democracy does NOT mean having no legal restrictions on Government. A Democracy that does not adhere to the Rule of Law is NOT a Democracy at all. And YES we can remove Judges; both the Hoc and HoL can petition the Monarch to remove a Judge where there is evidence of wrongdoing (1701 Act of Settlement, and Senior Courts Act 1981). How is the FACT that the UK voted to leave the EU AND we did IN FACT leave the EU an example of the Will Of The People being ignored? I don't think you are using the standard English definitions of basic English Language words. Remember we were polled on "DID we want to leave the EU" and NOT on "what kind of Brexit do you want". All The Best A country that is ruled by its courts is NOT a democracy because the judges are not elected by the people. The whole point of a democracy is that the govt (the executive) is elected and they make the laws and make the decisions based (usually on their manifesto). If the people don't like what they do they can be booted out. As for "we did in fact leave the EU" tell that to Northern Ireland - it was the UK that was meant to be leaving the EU. They still have to abide by EU rules while having no say in them. And we still have virtually ALL the EU laws and rules enshrined in our legal system - despite promises to delete them. And the fact remains that the "surrender Act" (the Benn act) meant the only way we could leave the EU was to agree to the EU's terms - and these were less than ideal. All the Labour party have to do is agree with the EU that we will maintain dynamic alignment and we're basically back in the EU - but with no rights. We'd be a voteless colony. This could easily happen because of the deal we were forced to agree. You don't seem to understand the basics of how this country operates. A country whose government is not held in check by the rule of law is not a democracy either - it is a tyranny. All The Best |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 21, 2024 20:57:22 GMT
I dont use public libraries, therefore why should I contribute towards them via taxes. ? If public libraries were funded by subscription only, most would close down. The most common argument put forward by those who dont want to pay their TV Licence, is that they do not watch BBC, meaning all 8 national TV channels, all 5 major radio networks, the world service, their local radio station plus all the Xtra / minority language and digital services, and they never use the BBC website. I DONT BELIEVE YOU If you want all of British TV broadcasing to be of poor quality, then yes, lets make the BBC a subscription only service, or a commercial service, lets reduce the BBCs output to the same level of shite as put out by ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, an endless stream of repeats and commercials, a money making excercise NOT a public service broadcaster. If we could pick & choose where our taxes were spent the country would grind to a standstill, but you know that. You talk about a TV Licence, but it isn't a 'TV' licence is it. It's a 'BBC' TV licence. Yes we all know the BBC prefer to call it a 'TV' licence because it gives the right impression. But the fact is the BBC TV licence generates nearly £6 billion a year, and every single penny goes to the BBC so it's perfectly reasonable to call it what it is, a BBC TV licence. And if people like me don't watch BBC they should not be forced to fund it and incidentally I agree with your comments ref low brow celebrity driven garbage put out by ITV, the difference is, I'm not forced to pay for it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2024 21:03:15 GMT
And once again all the establishment lefty trolls come running out to defend the force funded cult that is the BBC whilst spreading their hate toward GB News.
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Post by ProVeritas on Mar 21, 2024 21:03:18 GMT
I dont use public libraries, therefore why should I contribute towards them via taxes. ? If public libraries were funded by subscription only, most would close down. The most common argument put forward by those who dont want to pay their TV Licence, is that they do not watch BBC, meaning all 8 national TV channels, all 5 major radio networks, the world service, their local radio station plus all the Xtra / minority language and digital services, and they never use the BBC website. I DONT BELIEVE YOU If you want all of British TV broadcasing to be of poor quality, then yes, lets make the BBC a subscription only service, or a commercial service, lets reduce the BBCs output to the same level of shite as put out by ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, an endless stream of repeats and commercials, a money making excercise NOT a public service broadcaster. If we could pick & choose where our taxes were spent the country would grind to a standstill, but you know that. You talk about a TV Licence, but it isn't a 'TV' licence is it. It's a 'BBC' TV licence. Yes we all know the BBC prefer to call it a 'TV' licence because it gives the right impression. But the fact is the BBC TV licence generates nearly £6 billion a year, and every single penny goes to the BBC so it's perfectly reasonable to call it what it is, a BBC TV licence. And if people like me don't watch BBC they should not be forced to fund it and incidentally I agree with your comments ref low brow celebrity driven garbage put out by ITV, the difference is, I'm not forced to pay for it. I seem to recall sometime around the late 80's early 90's a TV Manufacturer put forward the idea of a TV that was blocked from receiving the BBC channels. IIRC the BBC spoke to the Government, the Government put a block on the idea. All The Best |
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Post by Red Rackham on Mar 21, 2024 21:14:58 GMT
If we could pick & choose where our taxes were spent the country would grind to a standstill, but you know that. You talk about a TV Licence, but it isn't a 'TV' licence is it. It's a 'BBC' TV licence. Yes we all know the BBC prefer to call it a 'TV' licence because it gives the right impression. But the fact is the BBC TV licence generates nearly £6 billion a year, and every single penny goes to the BBC so it's perfectly reasonable to call it what it is, a BBC TV licence. And if people like me don't watch BBC they should not be forced to fund it and incidentally I agree with your comments ref low brow celebrity driven garbage put out by ITV, the difference is, I'm not forced to pay for it. I seem to recall sometime around the late 80's early 90's a TV Manufacturer put forward the idea of a TV that was blocked from receiving the BBC channels. IIRC the BBC spoke to the Government, the Government put a block on the idea. All The Best I was unaware of that, but I have often wondered naively perhaps why it hasn't happend, why cant we buy TV's that don't receive BBC channels. The answer of course is obvious, it would be the end of the BBC. The BBC is kept alive by people who don't watch it and don't want it. |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 21, 2024 21:44:45 GMT
You'd would make more sence if you had a labotamy... Would that be "sense" and "lobotomy"? All The Best No it means I suffer from dyslexia pv. Buy of course you know that don't you so the best you can do is pick up on typos rather than dispell the truth.. |
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Post by ProVeritas on Mar 21, 2024 21:45:48 GMT
Would that be "sense" and "lobotomy"? All The Best No it means I suffer from dyslexia pv. Buy of course you know that don't you so the best you can do is pick up on typos rather than dispell the truth.. Does the spellchecker have dyslexia too? All The Best |
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Post by jonksy on Mar 21, 2024 21:48:58 GMT
No it means I suffer from dyslexia pv. Buy of course you know that don't you so the best you can do is pick up on typos rather than dispell the truth.. Does the spellchecker have dyslexia too? All The Best Maybe you should ask lefty vp...At least I can string a coherent sentence together unlike the cut and paste monkey... |
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Post by Pacifico on Mar 21, 2024 22:34:31 GMT
I dont use public libraries, therefore why should I contribute towards them via taxes. ? If public libraries were funded by subscription only, most would close down. The most common argument put forward by those who dont want to pay their TV Licence, is that they do not watch BBC, meaning all 8 national TV channels, all 5 major radio networks, the world service, their local radio station plus all the Xtra / minority language and digital services, and they never use the BBC website. I DONT BELIEVE YOU
If you want all of British TV broadcasing to be of poor quality, then yes, lets make the BBC a subscription only service, or a commercial service, lets reduce the BBCs output to the same level of shite as put out by ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, an endless stream of repeats and commercials, a money making excercise NOT a public service broadcaster. Thats an interesting statement - what leads you to the belief that only programming funded by the taxpayer is of good quality? |
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Post by ProVeritas on Mar 21, 2024 22:39:48 GMT
I dont use public libraries, therefore why should I contribute towards them via taxes. ? If public libraries were funded by subscription only, most would close down. The most common argument put forward by those who dont want to pay their TV Licence, is that they do not watch BBC, meaning all 8 national TV channels, all 5 major radio networks, the world service, their local radio station plus all the Xtra / minority language and digital services, and they never use the BBC website. I DONT BELIEVE YOU
If you want all of British TV broadcasing to be of poor quality, then yes, lets make the BBC a subscription only service, or a commercial service, lets reduce the BBCs output to the same level of shite as put out by ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, an endless stream of repeats and commercials, a money making excercise NOT a public service broadcaster. Thats an interesting statement - what leads you to the belief that only programming funded by the taxpayer is of good quality? Perhaps the parlous state of 99.999% of commercially funded TV? Just a guess Of course we are overlooking the elephant in the room here: that broadcast TV of all stripes is all but dead, and will be entirely replaced by OD content within 5-10 years. All The Best |
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Post by Pacifico on Mar 21, 2024 22:49:31 GMT
Thats an interesting statement - what leads you to the belief that only programming funded by the taxpayer is of good quality? Perhaps the parlous state of 99.999% of commercially funded TV? Just a guess Of course we are overlooking the elephant in the room here: that broadcast TV of all stripes is all but dead, and will be entirely replaced by OD content within 5-10 years. All The Best Well the best broadcast TV I have watched so far this year was 'Breathtaking' and 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office' - both on ITV. What drama did I miss on BBC that was as good? |
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Post by see2 on Mar 22, 2024 6:50:13 GMT
I dont use public libraries, therefore why should I contribute towards them via taxes. ? If public libraries were funded by subscription only, most would close down. The most common argument put forward by those who dont want to pay their TV Licence, is that they do not watch BBC, meaning all 8 national TV channels, all 5 major radio networks, the world service, their local radio station plus all the Xtra / minority language and digital services, and they never use the BBC website. I DONT BELIEVE YOU If you want all of British TV broadcasing to be of poor quality, then yes, lets make the BBC a subscription only service, or a commercial service, lets reduce the BBCs output to the same level of shite as put out by ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, an endless stream of repeats and commercials, a money making excercise NOT a public service broadcaster. If we could pick & choose where our taxes were spent the country would grind to a standstill, but you know that. You talk about a TV Licence, but it isn't a 'TV' licence is it. It's a 'BBC' TV licence. Yes we all know the BBC prefer to call it a 'TV' licence because it gives the right impression. But the fact is the BBC TV licence generates nearly £6 billion a year, and every single penny goes to the BBC so it's perfectly reasonable to call it what it is, a BBC TV licence. And if people like me don't watch BBC they should not be forced to fund it and incidentally I agree with your comments ref low brow celebrity driven garbage put out by ITV, the difference is, I'm not forced to pay for it. I'm sure I read some time ago that there is a need to pay for the use of TV airways, hence the license, or something to that affect, so that even if the BBC disappeared the license would still have to be paid, probably to the government. Maybe someone with more time on their hands could do the research? |
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Post by see2 on Mar 22, 2024 6:59:32 GMT
IMO, all people out on the extremes of politics, are out there because they have a psychological weakness. I.E. there is something wrong with them. The irony!🤣 My comments are ditto for the Right wingers who know no better. Take note of the wording 'out on the extremes of politics'. |
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Post by see2 on Mar 22, 2024 7:28:03 GMT
1) I do not accept that "Blair, Brown and Nu Lab are 100% to blame for the UK's piss-poor ability to ride out the Global Financial Crisis." because it is a lie. I have on a number of occasions explained why NL were hit so hard by the IFM. 2) When you can show why Brown sold off the Gold and what the finances raised were used on, I might give your attack on Brown some credibility.  1) So who was to blame for the UK's poor response to the global financial crisis? 2) I don't need to show why he sold it, or what he used the money to know that pre-announcing the sale, thereby depressing the price of gold, was a totally moronic thing to do. Does why I might choose to rob a bank change the illegality of doing so? All The Best 1. Basically Thatcher and the 18 years of Tory government that destroyed thousands of businesses and introduced 'Self Employment' that so damaged the apprenticeships system, leaving the UK short on skilled, semi-skilled and trained business or professional people. Which left the chancellor with the need to find an income, he found it in Financial Services, with all our eggs in one basket as work was done correcting the many problems NL inherited. NL were hit at the very heart of the UK economy from an unexpected unwarned of IFM. Saving the economy from falling into a depression from the recession that hit was NL main job and they did that with flying colours. No amount of dodging the reality using hindsight will change that reality. 2. So you go off half cocked without knowing the full situation. That's your choice. 3. Totally irrelevant. |
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