TV License UP AGAIN!

Lady_K

I've just heard that the tv license is going up again to over £130 up more than inflation. I have always paid mine and have paid them by monthly direct debit for the last few years but I'm now thinking I don't know if I can keep up with this its so expensive. Why the HELL do they still have it and why do we have to pay it?

trickytrolleys

because were idiots who continue to pay this ridiculous charge!

intel

We are not alone :eek: they get taxed aswell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

Lady_K

Someone told me its the government that stop the bbc from having advertisments to raise money to run bbc ect so thats why we still pay it! its crazy thisa laws been around for years and years shouldnt it be changed by now

impy78

You know what makes me mad?!

That not only do I have to pay the licence fee, but every time I turn on my TV the bloody Kaplinski woman is there gurning at me!


Talk about rubbing salt into the wound.

Bring back Gordon the Gopher - that's what I say!

Basil_Fawlty

Grrrrrrrrrrr Kaplinsky really annoys me too. Everything she says sounds overly sarcastic. :mad:

It's going up tp £131.50.

I'd happily take part in a mass not-paying-up protest. If only we could organise one (Martin? )

tomstickland

Actually, £130 per year to avoid adverts, that's almost worth it.

Basil_Fawlty

tomstickland wrote:

Actually, £130 per year to avoid adverts, that's almost worth it.

Actually, it is £131.50

BBC News | Entertainment | TV licence fee to rise to £131.50

Paul_Herring

... this is the main reason I got rid of my TV 2 years ago. Paying to watch channels I didn't watch.

Thank $deity I don't have to pay to listen to the radio....

pin

I'm quite happy to pay the licence fee, especially for the very excellent bbc.co.uk servie along with some fantastic radio stations.

IvanOpinion

Personally I wish they would do away with the TV license .. it has served its purpose but it is nice not to have to watch hundreds of rubbish adverts. When you consider many people with digital TV pay upwards of £600 per year. If the BBC did away with the license would it then rely on advertising or encrypt all its stations forcing people to pay?

Ivan