The BBC is a very successful British export. You would think they would have more sense than to try and downgrade something that we should be proud of. They don't seem to understand business, but then we know what Boris Johnson said about business.
I wouldn’t mind paying if I could receive live tv legally. Living abroad it is good to hear news that can be reasonably trusted.
I recall the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Mitterand told the French people at the beginning of May there was nothing to worry about. The nuclear cloud was stopping at the German boarder, to stop the French people getting worried. It was only through the BBC I heard differently but sadly my ex and others didn’t believe me. The local school let the class of our 3 year old daughter have an extended playtime as the weather was so good.
The world service also does a very good job of informing many countries all over the world.
Many pensioners became angry when they scrapped the free lisence for people over 70. We get the most shit pensions in Europe so renaging on this promise pizzed a lot of people off. They had the cheek to write to me asking me to begin paying again. I just sent it back marked "not known".
It's a distraction from Partygate. Dorries or Johnson hopes it will appease people who vote Tory and take their minds off the mess that is going on. BBC don't do everything right, but they do much that is.
I’d be interested in peoples views on the news the Licence will be frozen for 2 yrs and possibly scrapped altogether. I know the BBC is already struggling so what’s the answer? I think I’d be happy to carry on paying but a I know a lot of people don’t watch terrestrial television much so feel it’s not fair and wouldn’t bother them. I did look for a thread about this but didn’t find anything.