Furious MPs Demand BBC Licence Fee To Be Scrapped

Furious MPs Demand BBC Licence Fee To Be Scrapped

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FURIOUS MPs Demand That The BBC Licence Fee Is Scrapped

A Parliamentary debate scheduled for next week, led by Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis, is expected to call for an end to the £159-a-year BBC licence fee, after more than 110,000 people have already signed a petition calling for the fee to be abolished.

Mr Gullis said, “It really started to take a turn after the 2016 referendum. Every time you turned on the BBC it was Brexit-bashing, Euro-bleating drivel, which called its impartiality into question. People are also very upset when they look at stars like Gary Lineker making these whopping salaries while being allowed to spout off his views politically”.

He also pointed out that there are now so many other alternatives to the BBC that viewers question why they are forced to pay the fee, claiming the BBC’s decision to withdraw the free licences for the over-75s has done “irreparable damage to its reputation, and people are incensed”.

Director of Silver Voices, Dennis Reed, said, “We are pleased that the Government has ordered the BBC to reconsider its position on this issue and do more to support older people. Discussions are taking place between the Department of Culture and the BBC and we hope our petition will push forward a solution to this long-running dispute”.

He added, “750,000 older people are refusing to pay the new fee and the BBC is unable to enforce it, so the current situation is unsustainable. The Government must now force the issue with the BBC, as both bodies have broken their promises. The Budget next week would be a great opportunity for a revised policy to be outlined”.

A spokesman for the BBC said, “The licence fee continues to ensure the BBC is an independent, universal broadcaster, committed to serving all audiences and investing in British creativity. Each week 91 per cent of UK adults come to the BBC, for impartial news, award-wining programmes, great radio and music and the best of public service broadcasting like our Lockdown Learning offer”.

They added, “The licence fee remains the agreed method of funding in the BBC Charter until at least 2027 and we will continue to offer great value for money”.

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Comments


    • Miro23

      24 February 2021 • 12:35

      Quite right – Most people don’t want to pay for Woke central.

    • John

      24 February 2021 • 12:57

      Problem is with subscription alternative you’ll get bombarded with ads – the BBC is a welcome respite from that. TV is ruined by way too many ads 15 mins of them in every hour now, it’s ridiculous. And you have to watch the same ones over and over again. Far easier just to take it out of taxes. Yes, some people will pay for something they don’t use, but too bad – it’s there is they want it and it will cost them far less than the licence fee if you spread the burden across more people.
      The increasing wokeness in everything the BBC does won’t change unless you change the way society is going these days and stop all the media organisations getting filled by trained yet uneducated woke warriors as they stream out of universities and ruin our lives with their identity politics obsessions.

    • Ian Whitworth

      24 February 2021 • 18:06

      The BBC is full of adverts they just happen to be for repeats or programs no one wants to watch

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