ChatterBank1 min ago
Is He Mad?
Nobody surely would volunteer to pay their TV licence ?
Would they?
https:/ /www.in depende nt.co.u k/news/ media/t v-radio /gary-l ineker- bbc-lic ence-fe e-volun tary-a9 305076. html
Would they?
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Answers
When Gary Lineker was a young upcoming footballer, he was a very nice man and a great player for England. Somewhere along the way, about the time he ditched his wife and four children, he lost his way and now TTT's description suits him perfectly. I wouldn't pay a TV license voluntarily, especially with the BBC paying him a fortune.
11:28 Wed 29th Jan 2020
And I forgot to add that, since consideration is currently being given to de-criminalising non-payment of the licence fee (which will almost certainly be agreed) it will virtually be a voluntary payment anyway. It will become a civil debt and the BBC will have to pursue their debtors through the County Court.
We don't currently have to pay the rather large sum which a T.V. licence costs and it is large enough to mean that we will have to trim back a little bit (just a little bit, but still) on other leisure expenditure. Our meal out a month will be reconsidered and perhaps a newspaper less per week. Quite do-able, but it's a shame for our local pub and the newspaper. We don't pay for any subscription services (Sky etc.) and we don't really watch films much(no Netflicks )unless they are on BBC or ITA. In other words, all we have is a TV with Freeview and radio. Problem is that, increasingly, there is little that we want to watch - it's all jumpy, glitzy, hilarious to younger audiences … and rubbish to us. That's OK, but why should we have to pay for something which increasingly does not cater for us?
Reading further into his words in the link, there is some logic but it's skewed logic.
He's happy for those who volunteer to pay a fee to pay an increased amount to help out those who can't (over 75s etc).
What he hasn't factored in are those who constantly decry the BBC's content but want to watch it for free anyway.
He's happy for those who volunteer to pay a fee to pay an increased amount to help out those who can't (over 75s etc).
What he hasn't factored in are those who constantly decry the BBC's content but want to watch it for free anyway.