O/T:- Just Stop Boil

[BigFatPie]

The public are effectively being forced to fund Huw Edwards' private life. That's why it's become such a big issue.

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My missus is a health visitor who the public are being forced to fund, more so than Huw Edwards, is her private life up for grabs as well?

The billionaire funded tabloid newspapers (and now billionaire funded tv stations as well) have used that bs for years as a bad faith argument to try to get rid of or just intimidate the BBC, it’s always been nonsense.

[upthemaggies]

My missus is a health visitor who the public are being forced to fund, more so than Huw Edwards, is her private life up for grabs as well?

If she was being paid £439,000 a year out of the public purse whilst up to something a bit dodgy then perhaps she would run the risk of drawing attention to herself.

[Mapperleypie]

If she was being paid £439,000 a year out of the public purse whilst up to something a bit dodgy then perhaps she would run the risk of drawing attention to herself.

So you are saying that there should be a salary threshold for when your private life, if paid in the public-sector, should be available for pubic scrutiny? What is it £35k or £400k?

[upthemaggies]

So you are saying that there should be a salary threshold for when your private life if paid in the public-sector should be available for pubic scrutiny? What is it £35k or £400k?

I'm saying it should be a choice whether or not you want to pay for an entertainment service when alternatives are available and I don't have any sympathy for a millionaire who's funding his kinks through public money, with vulnerable people (elderly, single parents) being fined or put in prison because they can't afford to pay the licence fee. It's disgusting.

[Mapperleypie]

I'm saying it should be a choice whether or not you want to pay for an entertainment service when alternatives are available and I don't have any sympathy for a millionaire who's funding his kinks through public money, with vulnerable people (elderly, single parents) being fined or put in prison because they can't afford to pay the licence fee. It's disgusting.

I think it's fair to say the piece in The Sun designed to bring down a man to suit their own agenda clearly managed to do the job on some people.

[Jeekay56]

... with vulnerable people (elderly, single parents) being fined or put in prison because they can't afford to pay the licence fee. It's disgusting.

The current TV Licence fee is £159. You cannot go to prison for simply not having a TV licence. The court can only give you a fine. The average fine for watching live TV (or BBC iplayer) without a licence is £160.

[upthemaggies]

The current TV Licence fee is £159. You cannot go to prison for simply not having a TV licence. The court can only give you a fine. The average fine for watching live TV (or BBC iplayer) without a licence is £160.

They threaten people with up to £1,000 fine PLUS legal costs and compensation. They scare vulnerable people who do not know their rights into paying up.

[Jeekay56]

They threaten people with up to £1,000 fine PLUS legal costs and compensation. They scare vulnerable people who do not know their rights into paying up.