O/T Even the Tory Party are Blaming Johnson!

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Oh here we go.
Lets simplyfy this for Lord Swale.

Life is about choices. Good/bad/ right / wrong/ yes/ no.
With newspapers/ Sky/ Netflix etc, you get the choice. Don't want it, then don't pay for it.
The BBC has had written as a tax for far to long. MOST folks don't care anymore, especially the young. So it's back to choices. You love, you subsidise it and watch it. I choose not to. I have had to sacrifice my Sky to go license free. When I cancelled Sky were fuming. They even offered me more packs to try and negate the cost of the license. But I think my morals go beyond your comply stance.
So don't patronise me, with your Liberal snobbery. I understand fully what I know and see.

As for the pensioners, are you on drugs? They had the free license from the age of 75, as tv for the main is their only friend. The government subsidised it and told the BBC 3 years ago they would stop. They gave them fair warning and the BBC agreed on the pretext that they could increse the license fee.
In that time, they have done **** all, but spend/spend/spend then welched on that promise.

Exactly how do pensioners avoid paying tax/council tax/food/vehicle duty? They pay their way like everyone else, on income based.
You don't half talk some holier than thou bollox swale.

If it's worth saving, then let them turn to subscription and see how it fairs. I'll have a grand with you, it doesn't get
a fraction of what it rakes in now.

Hmmm...perhaps you misunderstood. I think Swale was querying why the over 75’s should be exempt from paying for a TV licence when they’re not exempt from the other things he mentioned.

As you are probably aware those over 75’s in need will still be entitled to a free licence and as for the TV being ‘for the main their only friend’ I’m not sure I’ve ever heard such patronising rubbish. At what precise age do you imagine older people, who I can’t help but think you have another of your ‘issues’ with, just give up and surrender themselves to ‘the box’?

It’s pretty much the same argument as the winter fuel allowance. Unpopular to stop but wholly unjustifiable and probably another argument in favour of means testing.