O/T:- Defund the bbc.

[EwarWooWar]

You n me both, Dave. Some of the sad punters on here simply do not realise the incredible value of the Beeb. And because many of them have only ventured outside the UK for the occasional holiday, they do not appreciate the respect worldwide for the BBC as an institution. Yes, it has faults and amongst them for me is a quite ridiculous obsession with royalty and cooking. However, as with the main team I support, I long ago learned to take the rough with the smooth.

I have worked with people from all over the world and the impression I get from them about the BBC is certainly not respect. It was when I first worked abroad but now it is nothing but disdain.

[Elite_Pie]

I have worked with people from all over the world and the impression I get from them about the BBC is certainly not respect. It was when I first worked abroad but now it is nothing but disdain.

Ah, welcome back to our slightly left of centre poster who by a strange coincidence only seems to agree with anything on the right!

Have you recovered from your indignation about that vile racist term 'gammon' yet Mr WooWar?

[i961pie]

Ah, welcome back to our slightly left of centre poster who by a strange coincidence only seems to agree with anything on the right?

Now where have I heard that before?

[EwarWooWar]

Ah, welcome back to our slightly left of centre poster who by a strange coincidence only seems to agree with anything on the right!

Have you recovered from your indignation about that vile racist term 'gammon' yet Mr WooWar?

Use of a derogatory term based on their race used to belittle them is racist. I've had better things to do recently that argue with a bunch of narrow minded bigots on the internet.

As for agreeing with everything on the right, I certainly don't. I am against the authoritarians of this world, they are the biggest threat. The BBC are assisting them by failing to tell what is actually happening and just pushing their agenda filled lies. You though accept the lies because they align with your biases.

90 nights of riots in the US and the BBC won't mention them, 32 dead so far and the BBC won't mention them. They will push the lie that the latest cause celebre was just another innocent victim, rather than a violent offender that had broken into the appartment of his ex girlfried and (that he had an outstanding warrant for domestic and ***ual assault against) and was refusing to leave.

Keep believing the lies, you are have already been assimilated. Resistance is futile.

[sidders]

I have worked with people from all over the world and the impression I get from them about the BBC is certainly not respect. It was when I first worked abroad but now it is nothing but disdain.

I think you are conflating the BBC with the UK. We are almost as friendless and despised as Trump's US these days. A hard rain's a-coming.

[EwarWooWar]

I think you are conflating the BBC with the UK. We are almost as friendless and despised as Trump's US these days. A hard rain's a-coming.

No, the general opinion of the UK is poor, they like us as people. But they don't like the BBC, they see it as dishonest and preachy. You need to start getting you info from a more diverse source. I used to like the BBC, it was working abroad that opened my eyes to how bad it is.

[Riverleeno]

You n me both, Dave. Some of the sad punters on here simply do not realise the incredible value of the Beeb. And because many of them have only ventured outside the UK for the occasional holiday, they do not appreciate the respect worldwide for the BBC as an institution. Yes, it has faults and amongst them for me is a quite ridiculous obsession with royalty and cooking. However, as with the main team I support, I long ago learned to take the rough with the smooth.

..."sad punters"..? If someone hasn't travelled as widely as you they might not be aware of "the respect worldwide" for the BBC that you have experienced. That respect overseas unfortunately doesn't pay the BBC licence fee, it's paid for out of people's wages - and currently the BBC doesn't seem to be respected at home. I think that the purpose of the BBC to inform, educate and entertain 'impartially' - which I think justifies a licence fee, should not mean that people are in effect taxed to pay the salaries of the 'Gary Linekers' of this world - the BBC could use trained journalists to do these jobs and let the 'Gary Linekers' seek there huge salaries in the private sector -The "incredible value"of the BBC might be more apparent then.

[jackal2]

..."sad punters"..? If someone hasn't travelled as widely as you they might not be aware of "the respect worldwide" for the BBC that you have experienced. That respect overseas unfortunately doesn't pay the BBC licence fee, it's paid for out of people's wages - and currently the BBC doesn't seem to be respected at home. I think that the purpose of the BBC to inform, educate and entertain 'impartially' - which I think justifies a licence fee, should not mean that people are in effect taxed to pay the salaries of the 'Gary Linekers' of this world - the BBC could use trained journalists to do these jobs and let the 'Gary Linekers' seek there huge salaries in the private sector -The "incredible value"of the BBC might be more apparent then.

If nothing else, Gary Lineker is the personification of everything that is most nauseating about the woke celebrity culture, drawing a huge publicly funded salary which his 'talent' does absolutely nothing to justify, while preaching from his ivory tower about equality and social justice. He represents the BBC very well actually.

[BigFatPie]

I don't have a TV aeriel at home yet still value the BBC enough to happily pay the licence fee. I really appreciate my daughter being able to watching loads of CBeebies (via iPlayer) without having to suffer advertising. Plus I value the BBC website, BBC 6Music and BBC Nottingham's live radio commentary.

I realise others feel differently, but i'd be sad to see a BBC with adverts slapped all over it.

Yeah I think I’d have agreed with you a few years ago when my kids were always on CBeebies/CBBC. Now? I have to say I don’t watch or listen to anything much at all, certainly not the news which despite what the idiots say bends over backwards to placate the ruling party. And I don’t believe the ‘well if you’re upsetting both sides you must be doing something right’ horsesh!t either.

Local radio sport is good, and Notts would miss the coverage, but generally I think I’d miss the BBC less now than at any time before. Sadly enough.

[Psaw]

Yes sid, the BBC does provide some good things. That doesnt include political coverage or quality programme production. Its produces cheap trash, like the sewing bee, on prime time. Which is ok for the poor, they dont know any better. They will be Labour card holders too.

As for the Royal family, they make far more money for this country than they take out. Every family has disfunctional members, in fact, every member of every family is disfunctional, except for a very small minority.

I know, ive studied psychiatry.

Sandringham is up the road from me, its a wondrous place. Im sure a labour government would turn it into a hostel for illegal immigrants, a brothel, a drugs den, and you wont object to that. It will get trashed, faecal stuff over the walls etc.

We all need standards, the left have none, and glory in it.

Maxwell of Landbeach.