What Is Wrong With These People

[@peterbooth-wn2go]

I AM 73 HAVE NOT BOUGHT TV LICENSE FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER WILL AGAIN. GROW SOME

[@DavidSmith-ze2wi]

Good man, I'm nearly 79 and packed up paying the extortionists 4 years ago. Always get a warm fuzzy feeling when I get my monthly threatogram.

[@dave20thmay]

I'm 83 and since loosing the free licence and even before, we had not watched any BBC programs, got so fed-up with the bias. Mrs Browns sh1t just made us feel sick. Funny things is two of the daughters family pay the fee, but never watch TV. I ask them if there is anything they like and they can't answer except that the programs they like are BBC studio work.

[@Syptah47]

Congratulations to you both. You are both an inspiration to the older people who "fear" this scam to stop paying.

[@ianpeddle6818]

Well done I’m BBC clean now for 5 years. To me it was like giving up cigarettes or drugs - just another thing that’s bad for your mental health.

[@stevenoneill7166]

​@ianpeddle6818 that's a bloody good comparison....& you're absolutely spot on

[@GeoffDunn]

BBC is not indispensible. Let those who want it pay for it. Leave the rest of us out of it.

[@mrmr-cg9et]

They call it rip off Britain for a reason

[@vladtheimpaler8995]

I’d like the BBC ended . The money handed back to the tax payer . If they want it to continue, just call it Guardian News and make it subscription.

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

Call it what it is. State propaganda tool

[@claywalker6013]

CJC - Why should I, as a UK resident, have to pay for the rest of the world to watch the bbc crap for free 🤷‍♂

[@conradswadling8495]

love it

[@robtheplod]

You're choosing to pay... easy to cancel

[@claywalker6013]

@@robtheplod - You assume I am paying - read the comment 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@ploppyboothanger4648]

The rest of the world don't watch BBC shite either. Take a look at the viewing figures for BBC Worldwide

[@colinellison762]

You dont have to pay for it, unless you use it, in which case you should pay for it!

[@adlam97531]

Greg Dyke is one of the reasons the BBC is in such a mess, he oversaw it being dumbed down and turned into the un-watchable crap we have now.

[@icouldbewrongicouldberight]

Must be about time for a knighthood, then

[@stevenoneill7166]

@adlam97531 he actually praised docusoaps such as The Driving School which was the catalyst for piss-poor programmes & ultimately opened the door to the mother of all cheap genres....reality TV !

[@annapachaclarke2392]

The fact that people hand over money to this extortion scam is completely bizarre 😂

[@sueduquemin7119]

People abroad watch the bbc for free so why do we have to pay for something we don’t watch also stop paying Lineker he’s not worth it.

[@MikeEves]

I've always seen it as a subscription, not a tax. I don't subscribe, so I pay nothing. Simple as that.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Micheal, i agree 32 years without wanting to subscribe. They are trying to bring in a local tax to pay for it, Its what they want!

[@pjcnet]

That's why they want to force us to pay even if we don't watch live television or BBC iPlayer at all, the government don't care about fairness, they know ever more people aren't buying licences any more and dealing with that is their only issue.

[@RAMROD1847]

Paying for propaganda is ridiculous. It should be free!

[@SiliconBong]

Hi @@RAMROD1847 I can barely find the words to describe a company would go to such unusual and grotesque means to maintain funding.. ..for an outdated technology.

[@doomboydoomable]

no offence but i've always seen it as a tax (legally it is classed as a tax i believe, that's why they can can criminally prosecute people). i haven't had a TV licence for decades now but i don't see why people should pay the BBC to watch other live TV programmes from other channels. i'm just glad the BBC is on its last legs, they're a corrupt organisation that pay millions to their presenters and staff with no repercussions when they harass people who don't require a TV licence. i know we're on the same page here, just saying it's not a subscription service if they can prosecute people for watching another station simply because it's live TV. rant over!

[@anonnemo2504]

Forget the BBC ever showing adverts. They don't want to. They much prefer their funding handed to them on a plate and no government would ever allow it.

[@pjcnet]

True, if it's guaranteed money the government gets control over them for propaganda including via the world service.

[@johnturner1073]

True, but the biggest irony is that the BBC would dearly love to show today's warped ads...if only it could...

[@floydlooney6837]

telethons, lol

[@anonnemo2504]

@@johnturner1073 Indeed it would. Instead, it must restrict its dishonest representation of family, social and working life to its "drama" productions.

[@enkisdaughter4795]

Hopefully Reform would change that!

[@kevinhammond9864]

Always thought he was a bellend now just confirmed it 🙄

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Ex bbc employees almost totally think the bbc should get to keep the licence fee. They want their huge pensions keeping up and the public to be fleeced forever

[@davepfizer]

No I am not on a huge pension and the BBC system is such that it is still full of the same number of employees as it was when I was there 15 years ago. It is badly run, corrupt and useless organisation that should have been scrapped 20 years ago.

[@Syptah47]

Just like the councils and the Community Charge.

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

And the government

[@independentpuppy7520]

The BBC should be on subscription. You just buy it if you want it. Should have been like that years ago. Of course we know why they will never do that. Most people wouldn't want that channel. They would go bust. Especially with all the rubbish programs they produce now.

[@redpilledpict2747]

Greg Dyke certainly understands the commercial media world as he spent most of his career there. In 1994, he made a fortune when Granada bought out LWT. He also knows that the BBC would go bust in the real world marketplace.

[@robwillcox2307]

We need a referendum on the subject of the BBC. That would get rid of it.

[@johnturner1073]

Never happen after, in THEIR, eyes we got it so wrong over Brexit. Capital punishment would also be back if put to a public vote, which is why that one will certainly never happen!

[@Debbie-henri]

That's why they won't call a referendum on the TV license. They know full well that the British public would vote overwhelmingly to tell the BBC to get the hell out of here.

[@MikeEves]

I got rid of it years ago

[@englishciderlover7347]

@@johnturner1073 After we voted for Brexit, there will probably never be another referendum on any topic anywhere in the UK.

[@Tony-c7z9t]

Nah just tell the bbc to turn their begging bowl upside down, it'd make a great shelter for the homeless people of greater London, not just London.

[@u4ia_fubar_75]

This will never stop, it will go up every year guaranteed 😠

[@MikeEves]

Always been zero for me

[@NS-ng2fp]

The bbc would love it to become the new poll tax, money money money

[@DaveBeaven-tx2tp]

I think Labour had suggested that.

[@matthewcb1970]

How, in 2024, can an organisation be exempt from normal rules regarding business success and just receive £billions with no quality control whatsoever?

[@englishciderlover7347]

The employees whose responsibilities include the BBC's budget shouldn't be anywhere near such jobs. How anyone can be handed the thick end of £4bn and still not keep the accounts in the black is beyond me. In fact, the BBC should have a healthy surplus at the end of each tax year.

[@normandunford5747]

Sounds to me like Mr Dyke needs to go and jump in one. The bbc has to go commercial. This alleged tax to watch bbc programs STINKS.

[@stephenholmes1036]

They want a local tax J! Its NOT A TAX ITS A SUBSCRIPTION! I don't subscribe simple dont let them call it tax.

[@MikeEves]

Spot on

[@JamieW-o7b]

Their private Ox-bridge club for the privileged is under threat!!

[@allanpaulett5394]

I expect he has a huge pension from BBC which comes from licence fee payers.

[@johnturner1073]

The billions of pounds the BBC pays out in pensions every year is the main reason why the tax will never be scrapped. The government does not want to pick up that tab...

[@enkisdaughter4795]

Certainly will and yes, it does.

[@davidhamm7909]

Greg Dyke was DG from 2000 - 2004. That was 20 chuffin’ years ago. Perhaps I can comment on the way Sainsbury’s run their business as I worked for them when I was at school.

[@headshot6959]

You Yorkshireman, you.

[@davidhamm7909]

@@headshot6959 No but I worked in Sheffield for 18 years.

[@headshot6959]

@@davidhamm7909 Ah. I guess that was some stereotyping by me! Chuffin' silly.

[@Syptah47]

Hahaha! ... laughing so much

[@headshot6959]

@@Syptah47 Ay up! 😁

[@RubbishGimpy]

If I could get a free TV License, I would still refuse it and not watch telly.

[@krisbradbury5087]

In an alternate universe if I ever became PM day one the BBC would be told they have a month before switching to ads and the licence is being completely scrapped for everyone. Not in 5 years, not in 2 years. 1 month. Then it is 100% down to viewing figures on how much they earn. All convictions revoked.

[@LiveoneLee]

And that’s why you’d never be PM lol those of us that have morals and see sense are unwanted in an elitist society

[@floydlooney6837]

They could make a bundle selling off BBC2.

[@dempsey9554]

I don't want to listen to anything the bbc has to say so why should it pay

[@williamgardner2739]

I don`t listen to BBC weather forecasts, as they always get it wrong, so why should i pay for it?

[@williamgardner2739]

I live in Scotland and the STV channel ALWAYS get it right. Rain Wind and Snow. It`s easy.

[@QuorkEx]

I am certified as severely visually impaired ‎so I can easily get a half price TV license. ‎I don t because I don t want a TV license at all, ‎not even a free one. ‎just abolish the TV license and consign ‎TV licence inspectors, TV license vans and threatening letters to the history books.

[@briancunningham5101]

I dont watch or want the bbc tv or radio I get honest news and entertainment elsewhere To many hangers on

[@robtheplod]

You can still listen to radio, even bbc radio as no licence needed for that..

[@Flashbry]

They obviously have some information that would be very embarrassing for the government. Basically blackmail. The word Saville springs to mind for some reason... The license fee should be scrapped.

[@BrotherYusuf]

I have always thought it was something like this too I made a phone call about this to the BBC and they quickly went quiet and clamped up on phone 📞

[@adamsy8439]

The more the licence fee goes up, the more I save 👍

[@davepfizer]

The BBC used to have their own engineers though they were being removed when I was working there and they were then bringing in outsiders at 5x the price to do the same job. There is of course a simple solution; encrypt the BBC, all of it and make it such that you need a CI card in the back of your TV that you pay for by subscription. The license can then go away!

[@fionavanbuuren3966]

IF the license stays, why should someone who already shoulders a high tax burden pay even more so someone else can watch tv.

[@enkisdaughter4795]

Why should the majority of British people for an abysmal service, which has not been fit for service for decades. We can opt out of whether purchasing Sky, Virgin Media, BT Media, NOW TV, Amazon Prime or not, but have the BBC foisted on us. Before the BBC Television, it was the BBC Radio Service that our grandparents and great grandparents had to pay for. If it was a car, the BBC would be a lemon.

[@colinellison762]

If the Licence fee goes, you can be sure it will be replaced with a media tax, which everyone will then have to pay regardless of wether they watch TV or not!, that seems more unfair to me, not less!

[@dan_]

For the same reason we have tax brackets in general. Surely you're not arguing that all other taxes should be a flat-rate for everyone too?

[@fionavanbuuren3966]

@@dan_ why should my son pay more tax towards people not working at the same time as being refused the same benefits such as child care.

[@wearesouls6783]

​@@colinellison762I won't pay that either. 😂

[@andljoy]

Back in the day when all the infrastructure was maintained by the BBC i kind of understand the TV licence thing. But nowadays it should be as simple as provide a service , if your service is good people will pay for it. Its the same with the whole EV thing, don't force it on people, make the product good and people will by it.

[@timg1246]

The service is not good, and they know it.

[@andljoy]

@@timg1246 That may be the case, but it should stand on its merits .

[@oojimmyflip]

Thats what they are afraid off, the people voting with their feet because the content is CRAP.

[@mickogden2223]

Why don't people understand, they have the power to stop this monster in its tracks ..... Just stop paying them if they try to make it media tax refuse to pay that portion simples😅

[@jocelynshanks6199]

I don't want my TV licence paid for me whether they can or not no one in my house watches TV except non live TV and there's a principal I cancelled it for that reason I can afford to pay it whether I get benefits or not

[@gwheregwhizz]

The big new show on BBC Saturday evenings is Gladiators, a show that was cancelled years ago on ITV the BBC expect people to pay for. Original these guys 😂

[@stevenoneill7166]

@gwheregwhizz & Greg Dyke was Chief Executive at LWT in 1992 when the original series started on ITV & was produced by that company

[@rikwhitworth80]

its laughable, like most of whats going on, they wont show it , not watched bbc for years, i rely in many independent sources, not just 1 that i have to pay for

[@robtheplod]

Which one do you HAVE to pay for? All are optional....

[@ilikeito]

You crack me up with you're rants. I love it.

[@jameslowry1]

Why do we need a state broadcaster and forced by law to fund them could anyone please explain this to me?

[@Phenn5589]

Why is our license fee being used to develop and broadcast tv programmes around the world?

[@Lodgejohn2]

Why should I pay this TAX for something I do not want to watch or listen to.

[@davidiand7]

Agree 100%.

[@MrGrantSloan]

The Savile BBC, no thank you.

[@contessa.adella]

Extra rant: Some people on benefits have more income (for free) than working people in low paid jobs, who don’t qualify for any help. Adding a free tv license to their pot of freebies is galling if minimum wage earners have to still pay it.

[@raybrown4845]

Absolutely 100% right. I know a lot of people on benefits who are far better off than me as a working man.

[@Makalon102]

Once it becomes an automatic tax it will never be stopped

[@RAMROD1847]

They never got slapped as kids so they angle for a slap as adults.

[@stephenhardy312]

8:50 BBC America shows commercials; indeed, much of its content is created with built-in ad breaks.

[@oojimmyflip]

So why can't they do that here?

[@iantobanter9546]

This is how council tax works in Wales. It's surprising how many "wealthy" people have to pay as a consequence.

[@HA05GER]

That's how it works everywhere. I live in east Anglia and I am disabled and I get a lower council tax bill because I don't currently have an income.

[@782sirbrian]

I've been Licence free for 15 months, should have done it years ago... don't watch any broadcast TV or Iplayer. First step to stop the courts criminalizing people for non payment, (can't see that happening though). I'm concerned they will slam it as an extra on Broadband or Council tax or other back door way, these would be very much harder not to pay.

[@VultureUk-Rich]

A lot of people who have rehired do more work when there getting there pension than working = REAL TALK

[@kerryl4031]

Why should we pay for people around the world to have BBC for free? Propaganda purposes of course.

[@simongilbert2704]

don't pay and they will fade away ;;;;;;

[@evarocastor7230]

I would like to see all of the other TV stations, the ones being held hostage by the BBC, to get together and sue the BBC fir an equal share of the immoral blackmail money Or at the very least not to have their viewership numbers decided by the BBC just so that the BBC can thrive at the expense of the other stations.

[@timg1246]

No, other channels should NOT get a slice of the fee. That is just putting them on benefits. They should, however, sue to remove the restraint of trade created by stopping people who don't pay the BBC from watching a commercial channell

[@mikehipperson]

The TV tax would go through the roof if all the companies claimed a fair share as the BBC would want to maintain the status quo!

[@evarocastor7230]

@@timg1246 When I said to get a share, I know that the BBC would start crying that the others don't need it as they have their ad revenue exposing themselves as nothing more than money grubbing grifters trying to make it easier for them to get as much profit for the absolute least amount of work, and forcing the others to have to go along with it.

[@evarocastor7230]

I do not believe the TV tax would go up because if they tried that the public outrage would be so great and the amount of canceled subscritions to the BBC would be off the charts. At that time the BBC would really have only two options,they would have to go to a commercial based operating system, or they would have to close up shop. Considering it's the BBC, I would prefer the latter. @@mikehipperson

[@Otis19450]

You know you are in trouble when you have to roll out the Fossils

[@TheDazler100]

Everybody should stop paying it, simple as that.

[@robtheplod]

The message is spreading.. so far 80,000 a month are cancelling

[@iandron7119]

That was a brilliant rant, John. Well done!

[@TeriWilde]

Yet again, them that can work, but refused to, get things for free.... absolutely no incentive for them job dodgers to actually go out and EARN THEIR MONEY!!!

[@thedad7218]

Tax on Internet was in a white paper in 1999 or 2000

[@eartheart3694]

The BBC can say what they like, so can Dyke, so can the Government. But ultimately, it's the people who will dictate, for it is the people who have the power.

[@timg1246]

Is it though ?

[@dougsmith3015]

POWER TO THE PEOPLE oh shit that was a BBC show!

[@mikehipperson]

@@dougsmith3015 Oh no! The Tooting Popular Front! All 3 of 'em!

[@cassandrade-wolfe6926]

I bet Jon lives rent free in all the BBC "bigwigs" heads!! They must have sleepless nights over this channel. I'm so glad i subscribed....and cancelled my Licence Fee. 👍🙂

[@Nick-vl7df]

The last time I watched the BBC was about 10 years ago. Recently I visited my mother who buys a TV licence. I looked at her TV guide and to my amazement it was the same old shows like Homes under the hammer . Crazy thing it was repeats which I'd seen 10 years ago.

[@mikebayliss8598]

If they paid me I wouldn't watch it 😂😂😂

[@clemfandango77]

Thanks Jon for your dedication. I've been following this channel for a while now. Those goons are bloody vultures. I rented a property in late 2022. Didn't move in straight away but surely enough in the space of 3 weeks I got 4 letters from them, addressing to the legal occupier, threatening to send one of their boys around anytime they felt pleased! I did get a licence when I moved in coz I thought the Mrs and kids might watch live TV from time to time. When I called them up and asked what was with the letters, rather than apologising or explaining themselves, the lady on the phone asked in an aggressive tone whether I had a TV and watched live TV now, to which I said yes that's why I'm calling! Only then did she chill out a bit. I ain't earning much but could afford to pay it. However, I feel increasingly reluctant to do so like many of us. Just why should we pay more when the money is clearly lying the pockets of people and organisations on this gravy train! Surely enough, they sent me multiple very friendly reminders through the post and email to renew when the year was up. I didn't respond and didn't renew as we now have Netflix and don't watch live TV. I canceled it on the last day to see whether they'd stop sending me letters for two years. So far they haven't sent anything since but let's see whether they'd contact me sooner than that!

[@ianashton1593]

Encrypt it and make those who want it pay for it.

[@duncan1945]

I wish I had £169 to pay it.

[@timg1246]

The people who want to watch something should pay. Either with money, or with time watching commercials. Why are these people obsessed with subsidising everything ? Rich people do not need to subsidise what someone else watches. Bizarre ?

[@mrgadgetman2902]

I completely agree with you

[@lesblack8996]

I love the thumbnail caption 😆 One of my favourite putdowns of *all* time.

[@lint8391]

Scrap the licence fee! It's such an obvious and logical thing to do. The fee remains because too many people in power think too emotionally and not logically enough.

[@firsteerr]

so by that logic the pension is considered a "benefit" so every pensioner should get it for free ? no ? don't work like that ? no ? its different is it now ?

[@araftryffan7804]

By wealthy, he means anyone with a full time job.

[@markkelly4983]

Keep up the great work Chilli Jon 👍

[@graemewilliams6697]

Flat rating it is the fairest way but why should those on benefits who watch most TV anyway get it for free. Wealthy people who may not watch much TV so why should they pay more ? Make the BBC subscription only.

[@Rosalindavonsilford]

They should go to a subscription model like Netflix or KZbin premium

[@carolkilpatrick6674]

Yes he probably retired on a very very nice pension, paid for by the tv licence taxpayers 😢

[@BrianBrown-f9i]

When the Chartar ends in 2027 then perhaps the then government can scrap the fee. I won’t hold my breath.

[@Doodles1815]

Like any government run organisation, it becomes more and more out of touch and corrupt. Not dissimilar from the Post Office which was so precious🙄🙄🙄

[@arnoldnelson8485]

Nice one

[@neuralwarp]

Why are individuals paying taxes at all? Corporations have all the money. All our income comes from them. Tax them.

[@thehun207]

so many households have just stopped paying.a massive thank you.but they will try and try...

[@russellbennett8516]

Well said sir!

[@markdavids2511]

Let the mugs pay it, all I can do is refuse too. I don’t care if others pay it. I’m all about me.

[@is_42]

Please tell me why we have to put up with Greg Dyke in York now?

[@warrior2871]

the bbc say you must have a licence if you watch live tv as its being broadcasted. its not live tv is it? all the programmes are pre recorded there for theres no live tv

[@marcusanthony9322]

He wants the poor to continue paying what they are paying and then get the rich to pay more.

[@paulinealderson]

I have paid for a tv licence since i got married in 1984 my son in his thirties doesn't pay i was cross with him he told me it was an unjust tax it got me thinking i don't watch much tv and it tends to be Netflix and for the first time last year didn't pay it and i was anxious ,probably like your mum was, as you've discussed previously ,i got letters and a letter asking if i would be in on the 12th March this year and i did get a visit on that day at teatime i asked who he was he said he was from tv licensing i said ok and closed the door i was shaking thinking I'm going to get a court fine and i immediately felt i must pay it due to the visit. but that's what they want you to feel. i then went on you tube and found your videos its given me the confidence to continue being unlicensed for the right reasons and my son is also pleased I'm on board ,thanks Jon

[@Summer-gl5oo]

When you're on any kind of government credit, the likelihood that the person is vulnerable increases. Its so out of touch from an ex BBC member to say that. As usual, expecting money from the vulnerable and elderly when they may not need the license, as they're most easy to bully and bring to court. Disgusting.

[@Jimbo878]

The guy in the thumbnail, Sir Loin Galmon can grease his palms elsewhere.

[@grahamwalker9193]

The fundamental thing about the TV license fee is, why should I have to pay for something I don’t use. I don’t get threats from Netflix when I stopped paying for their service. Next thing they will want is, to reintroduce the window or the fireplace and tea tax, bloody clowns.

[@colinellison762]

You dont have to pay, you choose to pay!

[@grahamwalker9193]

@@colinellison762 Not, if a new financial modelling, includes adding the cost to your community charge or general taxation

[@terryhall818]

Im 50 this month & never paid TV licence! F em!

[@alexmisterpianoman]

In Regis age of technology the BBC could easily encrypt their channels for only paying customers who actually wanted to watch them. The technology has been there for many years,

[@smiffy6788]

Totally agree with you, I'm so glad I found your channel and told the BBC to do one, got a little Roku box pay a bit here and there and it's still cheaper than paying to a disgraced, IMO, organisation that I disagree with. The winter sports I love instead of watching live or recording I settle down at night to watch, brilliant. I'm even watching old Dr Who's as they were ALL my doctors, yes I am that old, if I can do it so can other oldies!!

[@sandrastewart2450]

No way dont se why i should pay Sombody elses tv licence as well as my own

[@nicklote3363]

£300,000,000, isn't that the same as the people who don't need a licence or just not paying???

[@wilhood6475]

The tv licence is an extortion racket.Forcing somebody to pay for something that they dont want is wrong.

[@spectralcav]

If they made programmes people actually wanted to watch then they'd be happy to pay for a subscription. There's the problem - they've forgotten how!!

[@hayleylongster4698]

Greg Dyke presented me with my degree certificate in 2005. I was so disappointed we didn't get anyone cooler (like Harry Hill). He has the sweatiest hands I've ever shaken in my life.

[@brimcilroy9002]

The only ppl who bang on about how great BBC are an worth the licence fee are always either ex BBC ppl or connected in some way to it.

[@alexalston3001]

BBC needs to go independent and show commercials. I will never watch the BBC again in my life, so why should I pay 🤷‍♂️

[@shug3481]

Another tax ffs.❤

[@SusanBlakeley]

I love the way you never sink into adject despair over this issue, Jon, as I would do, keep the righteous anger going-