O/T:- Defund the bbc.

[cocopops61]

I resent having to pay for something that I don't necessarily want,if I don't want Sky or Virgin then I just don't subscribe,the licence fee is outdated and it's wrong that it I want to watch itv,channel 4 or whatever then I've got to pay the BBC first

[sidders]

What is a "wag"?

A wag is someone who makes jokes.
[humorous, or old-fashioned]
He's a bit of a wag, his dad.
As one wag observed, the only people completely free from stress are the dead.

[navypie]

A wag is someone who makes jokes.
[humorous, or old-fashioned]
He's a bit of a wag, his dad.
As one wag observed, the only people completely free from stress are the dead.

Nothing to do with wives and girlfriends then.

[BanjoPie]

The irony. Kuenssberg acts as a mouthpiece for Johnson and Cummings and was as soft as shyte on them during the election campaign. Will never be enough though for some people.

Unfortunately, Kuensberg is a prime example of an untalented journalist who only seeks to promote the negatives of whatever the government says or the policies it implements. She just wants to criticise the Government whatever they do and to be able to say "look at me, I made that Politician look like an idiot" Overall the BBC is biased and the quality of reporting is generally poor which is a real shame.

[Elite_Pie]

A wag is someone who makes jokes.
[humorous, or old-fashioned]
He's a bit of a wag, his dad.
As one wag observed, the only people completely free from stress are the dead.

Years ago a wag in the crowd at a football match was someone who shouted something witty, now it's a player's partner.

If a player was gay and had a husband, would he be called a HAG?

[sidders]

Let's clear up one or two points.
1. The licence fee could not be abolished before 2027. However, the amount paid could be changed.
2. Those European countries who have shifted away from licence fees have subsidised the state broadcaster through taxation - which gives the ruling party so much leverage in interfering with how news is presented.
3. To say the BBC is left-wing is ridiculous. It's one of the principal supporters of royalty and the status quo. It has a higher percentage of employees from a public school background than even the Tory party.

Just reflect on how the Government would have communicated its messages on the coronavirus without the BBC.

I suppose that it was very left wing of the Beeb to expose Dominic Cummings when they should have kept quiet and been loyal to Bozzer and his boys.

[Elite_Pie]

Unfortunately, Kuensberg is a prime example of an untalented journalist who only seeks to promote the negatives of whatever the government says or the policies it implements. She just wants to criticise the Government whatever they do and to be able to say "look at me, I made that Politician look like an idiot" Overall the BBC is biased and the quality of reporting is generally poor which is a real shame.

The BBC have given the government a very easy ride over their handling of the coronavirus epidemic. BBC reporters have generally meekly bowed down and allowed ministers to avoid answering direct questions and rarely held them to account. If the BBC really was as left wing as some claim, they would have ripped Boris & Co to pieces over their failings. Only Piers Morgan on ITV has come close to doing that.

[TheBlackHorse]

... if permitted to develop the wag theme tangentially, I do recall a said wag shouting - in the early days of the Jimmy era - during the course of a particularly sterile game ... " aya sode yur '(h)ouse yet S'rll ..." [Sorry, struggled to type the word house, as said in broad Nottinghamese without it being pronounced 'arse; 'arse being about the closest spelling to how it sounded]. COYP

[BigFatPie]

Unfortunately, Kuensberg is a prime example of an untalented journalist who only seeks to promote the negatives of whatever the government says or the policies it implements.

Yeah, that’s her problem, she criticises the government too much. Especially when she passes on verbatim titbits from her source. (Cummings).

F00k me ragged, there are some weird takes on the world.

[navypie]

Yeah, that’s her problem, she criticises the government too much. Especially when she passes on verbatim titbits from her source. (Cummings).

F00k me ragged, there are some weird takes on the world.

I'd rather not and you're not wrong there.