zebthecat
5:06 Wed Dec 23
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Chrisel 4:15 Wed Dec 23
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Sven Roeder
5:05 Wed Dec 23
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Bbc was always regarded as a mark of quality around the world.
Particularly in comedy when I was a kid in Australia
Probably not so much now the output is Miranda, Mrs Browns Boys & Citizen Khan
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Mike Oxsaw
4:33 Wed Dec 23
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In the 25 years or so I've been wandering the planet Romany stylee trying to sell white heather & clothes pegs to every cunt and his brother, I've noticed that a vast majority of British expats hang onto the BBC like a comfort blanket.
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Chrisel
4:15 Wed Dec 23
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I consider myself pretty much centrist: based on the amount of criticism I get for being left wing from those on the right and vice versa I think it's a fair description of where I stand.
From that position, during the last election I saw as many people criticising the BBC for being anti Tory as I did for it being anti Corbyn. I would say that for the BBC, being criticised equally by both sides probably suggests they are taking the correct line.
On the licence fee is worth it just for the radio content.
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factory seconds
4:04 Wed Dec 23
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also i remember finding myself watching some 8 minute minidoc on a BBC website. it essentially amounted to the average youtube video with someone sitting in a room talking to a camera, but someone required a cast of 10 people including 3 producers.
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factory seconds
4:02 Wed Dec 23
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it's part of our heritage like the national trust.
except if national trust tried to modernise by supporting vape shops,morley's and bookies with the argument that it's about representation and "not everyone wants to look at a boring old castle".
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Eerie Descent
3:47 Wed Dec 23
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That's great, Tom. It clearly fits your needs, therefore you're more than happy to pay for it. CHOICE, innit.
I like Spotify, i think it's brilliant, so I choose to pay a tenner a month for it.
Maybe they should start threatening OAP's with fines and jail time for not paying for it if they have mobile phones.
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Tomshardware
3:32 Wed Dec 23
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It's down to personal opinion as whether what the BBC has to offer is value for money. For the wealth of content on the iplayer and bbc sounds is superb, in lockdown I listened to classic novels of which there was loads to choose from. Theres also loads of podcasts and the iplayer archive section has loads of good stuff on it. The Cbeebies interactive stuff is great for my little boy.
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Percy Dalton
11:21 Wed Dec 23
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I have to pay as I get a lucrative pension from them so I suggest everyone pays promptly.
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Lee Trundle
11:20 Wed Dec 23
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I'm not so sure the BBC was pro Tory last election. It was just really difficult for them (or anyone else sensible, for that matter) to support Corbyn.
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Westside
11:14 Wed Dec 23
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Mr Mulligan of Roehampton, called to say, " I think the BBC is a load of crap."
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Sven Roeder
11:13 Wed Dec 23
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Mike
The government always had the electoral roll if they wanted to know about who was where.
Tv licences date from an era of dog licences, car licences & marriage licences.
The bbc to me is overmanned and doing too much over and over. The bbc Tv breakfast show for example seems to have about 6 to 8 hosts for a 2 person job working 3 hours a day.
A better bbc should exist doing less in a better way. To me the radio is better than the tv output at the moment & the tv news is mediocre compared to say Channel 4 who I expect spend much less.
The tv licence should disappear to be replaced by some tax income , sponsorship of programmes like EastEnders Dr Who & the dancing cooking & singing shit and SOME advertising. Plus all the overseas sales
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Kaiser Zoso
11:11 Wed Dec 23
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It’s anti Tory and anti Brexit, but it’s the insufferable woke agenda shoehorned into every single possibility that makes it unwatchable.
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WHU(Exeter)
10:33 Wed Dec 23
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It's become an utterly disgusting institution, the morning programme in particular nothing but sheer propaganda absolutely driven by fear mongering.
Just this morning (like every fucking morning, but with a different slant) they must have mentioned 'new variant' about 6 or 7 times in the space of 2 minutes. Would have more respect for them if there was a bit of subtlety to their shit.
And that's from someone whose politics have been to the left all my life.
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Tomsdad
10:22 Wed Dec 23
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Mr Pittman of Putney writes:
£100 for the TV license is a disgrace!................................................................................It's far too low!
I would willing sell my house and all its contents to fund the BBC.
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Mike Oxsaw
10:14 Wed Dec 23
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The TV licence was an ideal way of finding out who lived where. The funding of the BBC is a separate issue as it could be paid for in numerous other ways.
Don't forget, when TV and the licencing of it was first introduced, the UK was a much more white, male-dominated culture so all the government really needed to keep tabs on was the head of the household - the local bobby on the beat probably knew that household's composition and make-up; it was enough to keep (the much smaller & more compliant) society functioning.
As we have all so willingly handed over our most intimate details to the government via the utility, financial and social media contracts we hold, the data collection function of the TV licence no longer offers any value and the government may now actually regard it's maintenance an unnecessary cost.
When they do scrap it, of course, it won't be stated publicly for the reasons I've mentioned - they know full-well what will grab the national headlines when that time comes.
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ChillTheKeel
9:59 Wed Dec 23
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Oh please. the BBC was a Tory propaganda machine at the last election, even go so far as editing out Bozo's numerous gaffs from its news reports.
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only1billybonds
12:47 Wed Dec 23
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Iv'e heard people who worked for the BBC on podcasts saying that they were afraid to say out loud that they voted Brexit, like Boris or had to hide the Daily Mail inside a copy of the Guardian.
Quite sad really that they have been reduced to this as there was a time when they represented one of the great things about our country.
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Jaan Kenbrovin
12:37 Wed Dec 23
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I think the BBC is complete shit. It just doesn't offer ANYTHING I'd ever pay a subscription for, and forcing a TV Licence is disgracefully hypocritical considering their holier than thou projected stance on everything.
Freedom and equality is sacred to them until it comes to their funding.
If people that love the BBC and claim the TV licence is such a bargain, let them pay more, and allow those that don't want it to not be fleeced for money.
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zebthecat
12:26 Wed Dec 23
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Nick Robinson is definitely Conservative leaning - he was a young Conservatives and friends with Michael Gove since University. Jeremy Paxman and Andrew Neil were also Tories but scrupulously even handed in interviews ditto John Humphrys.
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only1billybonds
12:26 Wed Dec 23
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Cap.
Your response is so typical of you.
I would suggest that asking a black man (in my eyes he's just a man) to be godfather to my children is a pretty good indication as to where my views on race lie.
Rather than accept the fact that i am clearly not racist,you go down the old worn out road of ' some of my best mates are black'.
You sound like one of those clowns who say that Kanye West isnt really black because he's a rebublican and a Trump supporter.
You said on the Trump thread that you are not really a leftie. Your'e not old left,ya know,people who really stood for something worthwhile but you are very much of the new left and for that you have my sympathy.
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