“Close Up BBC And Sell Off Assets”

[@davidwebb4904]

If we cannot have Top Gear, Dr Who, and Blue Peter, there is no purpose for the BBC.

[@ChilliJonCarne]

They are owned by BBC studios, a private and commercial entity that sells them to BBC for licence fee money

[@davidwebb4904]

@ChilliJonCarne So what exactly is BBC?

[@RolandoRatas]

@@davidwebb4904 it's an extortion racket that puts out trash (biased) content and has a history of harboring and nurturing perverts.

[@MarkPearce-u7m]

​​@@davidwebb4904the middle man, you know, the greedy part of any deal! 😅

[@ChilliJonCarne]

@@davidwebb4904 exactly

[@petewood8408]

Not fit for purpose period

[@leeellis686]

Tv licence over the years as had billions of our money, good bye bbc

[@davidwebb4904]

We paid them to lie and terrorise us.

[@mrobo9037]

The Sooner it's gone, the better for our country 👏👍

[@anonnemo2504]

I agree. "The government should have the confidence to say, "the BBC is a really good thing"", says the BBC chairman. Let's break that down and look at a few areas of the BBC's operations where this confidence may be found. Where could anyone find the confidence to say that the BBC has not been involved in scandal after scandal over the last few decades, the confidence to say that all guilty parties have faced proper justice, the confidence to say that the BBC always produces programmes of the highest quality, the confidence to say that the BBC's news and current affairs output is always impartial and the confidence to say that the BBC never wastes the money handed to it on a plate? I could go on, but that will do for now. The Chairman of the BBC speaks from a clear position of vested interest and what he says should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

[@paulcooke5959]

Well laid

[@paulguy2545]

While we keep on voting for the same Political Parties, the BBC will never be gotten rid of!

[@BobAt101]

The BBC is a Bloody Bad Channel , that's why i haven't had a TV License for 8years, got sick of them.

[@1697djh]

Not had one for over 25 years ago, before it was popular! Used to have goon visits regularly, so many cancellations now, and not enough goons. I miss them!

[@samanthahardy9903]

If the BBC don't have to "Justify their existence" then the general public should not have to "Justify the existence of a t.v nor their licence."😂

[@derektaylor2941]

and yet the GOVERNMENT- the highest authority in the land- has to justify its existence every 5 years, but the bbc doesn't???

[@timg1246]

The sheer arrogance of thinking you do not need to justify your existence when you are on the public payroll is breathtaking.

[@anonnemo2504]

Indeed so. "The government should have the confidence to say, "the BBC is a really good thing"", says the BBC chairman. Let's break that down and look at a few areas of the BBC's operations where this confidence may be found. Where could anyone find the confidence to say that the BBC has not been involved in scandal after scandal over the last few decades, the confidence to say that all guilty parties have faced proper justice, the confidence to say that the BBC always produces programmes of the highest quality, the confidence to say that the BBC's news and current affairs output is always impartial and the confidence to say that the BBC never wastes the money handed to it on a plate? I could go on, but that will do for now. The Chairman of the BBC speaks from a clear position of vested interest and what he says should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

That's exactly what government do... Bet you still vote in your next slave master expecting life to improve though 🙄

[@barriewilliams4526]

Being aged 88, I found the BBC to be very interesting when they were the only channel. But many years later, they've lost my attention. Can't think why?🙃

[@CdEmm50]

Because they hate you, and me?

[@susandickinson5259]

go woke go broke. true

[@ianlister4729]

Works every time. National Trust and now the British Legion will testify to that.

[@lightinlondon8168]

Why wait till 2028? How about tomorrow?

[@obeanddarth]

We can all end it at anytime. Everyone just needs to cancel paying the TV licence

[@robl5833]

Exactly.

[@Skate-Steve]

Done, 24yrs ago!

[@handyandy6050]

How bloody arrogant of the BBC! "We don't have to justify our existence ...." ! I'm sorry, but as a publicly funded institution, I suggest that's EXACTLY what you have to do. I suggest this demonstrates you take your royal charter for granted.

[@Frankie-c5x]

They broke their royal charter when they accepted outside donations. 😮

[@Sheffield_Steve]

What with a scandal every other week in recent years, they should be reviewed every fortnight! 🤭🤣

[@Jiayne1335]

The BBC as shown over decades its inability to vet its employees and in allowing 10s if not 100s of child abuser to work and get away with their actions , And in covering up these employees criminal activities as shown it as no moral compass. That on top of having unbrella companies using the BBC name and owned by them, They should all be one company and use all the earning generated from them to stand on their own two feet, Why should the british public pay these scam artists, I for one wont ever be paying the tv licence again. Thanks Jon for all the info youve supplied over the last 4 years ive been subbed as youvce brought to light all the underhand activities that the BBC have done.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

I worked for ITN as a links engineer over a forty year period & the vast amount of resources the BBC had to throw at covering stories was legendary amongst fellow broadcasters. I recall doing a job at Lords Cricket Ground where I was in our outside broadcast vehicle servicing ITV, C5, C4, the ITN Newschannel, CNN & IRN. Whereas the Beeb had a truck for National News, another truck for BBC News 24, another for Newsroom South East, the radio car for Radio 4, and lastly yet another radio car for Radio London… it was unbelievable! Unlike their commercial rivals the BBC simply don’t know how to run a lean, efficient broadcasting company - because they’ve never had to!

[@davewalker7126]

I remember something similar. There was an inquest at a local hotel and I saw the sat dishes and went for a chat. The Sky guy had basically a trailer with the generator and a dish, with an awning to stand under. The BBC had a full OB truck with heating, swivel chairs, cones all round it, a car to do the butty run.

[@EastLight07]

Plenty of cash to waste and then they make technical compromises like using NICAM (lossy compression of the 1970s kind) for national FM radio network distribution, resulting in ~35 years of broadcasting substandard, mangled audio. Decisions like that (and many others) shows they don't give a damn about the viewers and listeners. The big money is spent only to line the pockets of their chums, even when such excess spending has no discernable advantage to the taxpayer.

[@peterdurnien9084]

Not watched any tv for eleven years, not missed it. So it’s not good thing.

[@CdEmm50]

I fix old crt (tube tv sets) as part of my electronics hobby. The downside is that I won't watch any live TV on them!😊 So I feed a signal in, Tales of the unexpected, Old science programmes from when tv wasn't all unknown "celebrities" and old Hammer productions etc.👍

[@Holycurative9610]

KZbin has plenty to watch so that's all I watch now, the kids used to watch Prime when they were younger but now they're late teens they all watch YT and I have no TV subscriptions at all. My neighbour spends over £100/month on TV subs which is bloody mad to me😉😉

[@BrownBabyJesus]

I'll never pay any tax that is aimed at funding the BBC, I'd rather renounce my British citizenship.

[@mrtuk4282]

I think the only way the UK Gov will sort out the BBC is if so many people said no to the BBC TV License in a very short time - like a drop of 60%+ people paying the £169 a year and this happening just a few weeks after April after the Budget so that the UK Gov can't suddenly announce a change to the BBC's revenue income.

[@mikedowland9949]

We cancelled our tv licence 4 years ago and signed an online declaration stating we no longer watch live television. We’ve no letters/goons or any other correspondence since then🤷‍♂️

[@laceandwhisky]

Lucky 😊

[@christophersmith9106]

I have a similar situations but the letters then started. Good luck getting to me goons as the right of access stops at the flats communal door, not my own, and by buzzer doesn't work 😂

[@thomasfellows4712]

I'm a newbie, 2 months without the licence now. Looking forward to my first goon visit, as I recognise these people only mean me harm, and will be treated at the doorstep with that in mind.

[@robl5833]

I did the same and still get letters.

[@MikeEves]

Why would you declare you don't do something? Do you declare every 2 years you don't need a gun licence? If not, why not? FYI: the letters are not even addressed to you, they are junk

[@markchawner1586]

Another 500,000 non licence payers in the next 6 months at least, please ..... That'll answer absolutely everything about their popularity 😎

[@CdEmm50]

Inevitable 😊.

[@SweetSassyBull]

I'm working on my 82 year old mum to cancel hers but it's hard going 😢

[@thebritishindian1]

I’m still trying to convince my Dad to watch TV on apps and not pay those ***kers the license fee. But he likes to have TV on in the background and is worried about the police or getting arrested. He’s in his 70s and so it’s difficult to convince him. But… the Hue Edwards conviction made a big dent in his respect for TV companies in general. So… I’ll get there eventually.

[@anonnemo2504]

Whilst that would be very good in many ways, it may bring forward the day when the BBC is funded out of general taxation, which would entrench the BBC in its lousy programme making and political bias. "The government should have the confidence to say, "The BBC is a really good thing"", says the BBC chairman. Let's break that down and look at a few areas of the BBC's operations where this confidence may be found. Where could anyone find the confidence to say that the BBC has not been involved in scandal after scandal over the last few decades, the confidence to say that all guilty parties have faced proper justice, the confidence to say that the BBC always produces programmes of the highest quality, the confidence to say that the BBC's news and current affairs output is always impartial and the confidence to say that the BBC never wastes the money handed to it on a plate? I could go on, but that will do for now. The Chairman of the BBC speaks from a clear position of vested interest and what he says should be treated with the contempt it deserves.

[@Skate-Steve]

Maybe more people will wake up in april 2025 when it goes up AGAIN!

[@justlooking3572]

Who exactly benefits from the worldwide profits created through the dozens of private/profit driven auxiliary branches of the BBC that sell the product the public paid for? Someone is cleaning up at our expense.

[@richardbrooks7157]

Bravo chillyjoncarne I solute you your greatness you are brilliant

[@jasonuren3479]

Great opening rant 😂👏

[@LincolnTank-StillOnTheSprue]

Cronies, cronies and more cronies..............

[@Devonshireoldfart]

It doesn't represent me, my community or my country, the sooner these grifting liars go the better. I haven't watched or paid for tv for several years.

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

I thought you were describing government... I mean that's EXACTLY what they do/are

[@Smartgran]

Yay. Let's be having it!

[@Janner29]

Ours is gone, and sky.

[@leonarddouglas9693]

Close it down now everyone I know has stopped paying it and say it needs to go

[@sean5811]

I hate it when people say scrap the licence. No privatise the BBC and Chanel 4. This would raise over 4Billion pounds for the tax payer. Then take every programme the BBC has made should be put on KZbin. We have already paid for the programmes

[@richnorris1061]

It’s not about keeping aunty alive , it’s called programming for a reason They really really want everyone to watch it

[@daz2742]

The BBC should justify it's existence by making decent quality content. It gave up on that pursuit many years ago. It seemingly has no other purpose now, than to demand money from people for shockingly poor quality content.

[@AndyM_323YYY]

In her Broadcasting Act 1990, Thatcher removed broadcasting standards that made UK TV the envy of the world. The BBC was happy to join the rush to the lowest common denominator.

[@CdEmm50]

And appalling bias.

[@Tonys-Hobby-Room]

Me being me thinks the reason the BBC wont entertain advertising is because they know no decent advertiser would waste their money with a company few people watch.

[@margaretjbuckley]

Not strictly true, have you seen the 'woke' adverts on commercial tv?

[@Tonys-Hobby-Room]

@ not used a tv in 12 months now, so no.

[@stevvieb]

Got a new letter today with some pretty poor grammar. I advocate for keeping the license but educate people into knowing they don't require one. Been saying the same thing about not wanting it to become a media tax for years

[@sameoldrecord]

My new letter today stated “ our records show that something’s changed at this address and it’s’ not covered by a TV licence” For a minute I thought they had spotted my new fence.

[@Tommy-he7dx]

DO NOT sell of the assets, as that will include all the back catalogue of Music, music vids and shows. All the none tangible assets should be made Public Domain, We've paid for them and i hate the idea that someone could buy them up and still charge us for watching them.

[@laceandwhisky]

There would have to go to the national achive in Londinstan

[@bryangallagher4690]

​@@laceandwhiskyOr maybe Media City, oooop nawth???

[@sulijoo]

If he thinks the BBC is a good thing does that mean he'll stop putting trigger warnings on old BBC content? Yea, sure.

[@KarenG.-qs7wc]

What? Is that what they do now? Got rid of my telly a few years ago now. Don't miss it at all.

[@spiritusinfinitus]

The ITV has to justify its.existence approximately every 15 minutes to the advertisers who fund it. If people stop watching ITV, the advertisers will take their money elsewhere. If people stop watching the BBC the BBC doesn't care because they expect everyone watching all the other channels to fund them. It's actually insane!

[@joannebromage5262]

He’s going to protect the BBC. The BBC needs to do one

[@sulijoo]

Since when has the BBC been "a propaganda wing of the British government"? Whether we have Labour or Tory the BBC has always had a huge liberal bias. Which is reflected in its news coverage and punditry, and its indifference to the behaviour of figures like Gary Lineker. I didn't see any difference under Boris Johnson.

[@Dekmoore]

As long as I don't have to pay for it, I couldn't care less about the BBC.

[@chocolate-teapot]

The BBC died when all the good programs disappeared, I think Top Gear being cancelled was the final nail in the coffin. (Oh yeah, and all the PDFs)

[@samhobbs9116]

It's a racket and always has been. "Pay us or bad things will happen". Literal mafia tactics.

[@Gmachine88]

imagine having to pay Tesco £20 a month just to shop at ASDA. Makes zero sense. Sure, back in the day when it was using BBC hardware but not this day and age. Its like the early days of the interwebs when you would be charged a Line Rental fee by BT. They wont need oversight if they revoke the license.

[@JohnWalker-rt6ue]

As a child in the 1950s I regularly watched “Muffin the Mule”. I didn’t know he was still in charge of the BBC.

[@peterwhitear7716]

it should be funding it's self not us the public by paying this tax

[@gerrimilner9448]

he is not objective , of course he is the correct person for the job, that is how our overlords are

[@derekpimm7506]

It's Mr greedy sod. now he has his snout in the trough. Of course he'll say that because he has to justify his salary and bonuses!

[@mikesmith-fw9nc]

Its shite

[@CdEmm50]

So is there sacred statue outside, funny that they won't cancel Gill who made that pos.

[@chrisbuxton1958]

it’s

[@chrisbuxton1958]

And you’re right 😂

[@paulbradbury6338]

The BBC is a huge and very generous pension fund with a twentieth century legacy broadcaster tacked on the side. The recipients and potential recipients of the licence payers largesse will fight tooth and nail to hang on to those privileges.

[@bonaggy]

As an organisation that takes money from the public to operate, it should have to justify the licence and its existence every year. The BBC is no longer an independent or world class operation anymore. With the monopoly it holds on British entertainment - not to mention its sub-groups that handles sales and distribution - it should not need propping up from the general public. It should exist in the sink or swim environment other media groups operate in. If you can’t provide a viable product, the general public should not have to financially cushion your bad decisions. We will never get a fair evaluation on the BBC. The government have a vested interest to control it and the BBC are the last group to expect true introspection from on value for money. In this day and age, it should scrap the licence fee and exist on the paid subscription model. I haven’t watched regular tv in over a decade. I am also tired of being pestered by salesmen who are little more than extortion agents. If our government were truly concerned with value for money; they’d wind up the BBC, outsource our national news to someone like Ground News who not only show the news, but the biases of the groups reporting. There are other production companies out there that don’t operate on the same overheads as the BBC and do just fine, but also don’t claim to speak for me either.

[@Holycurative9610]

I had my letter today, still under investigation after 15 plus years of no licence. They can't be very good at investigating because they don't even know my name🤣🤣

[@Saxtoo]

Rename it The Lefty Channel and let them pay for it if they want it.

[@Veeger]

How can it be lefty if they spouted tory government propaganda for over a decade? The ONLY lefty program that said things the tory government didn't like was Have I got news for you. But I guess you just believed tory BS? Get your own opinion. It's easy enough.

[@timothywilliams4089]

So why are the goverment involved with the BBC, the Post Office? etc etc...simply look at the results...

[@MelissasArt]

I live in Portugal, which also has a national broadcaster. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. They factor the licence fee here into household energy bills. No getting out of paying it. 🙄

[@MultiBikerboy1]

That’s what I fear.

[@MelissasArt]

@MultiBikerboy1 I think they will end up doing the same there if enough people cancel. Especially now there's a Labour government.

[@MultiBikerboy1]

@@MelissasArt I cancelled 4 years ago. Not another penny…ever.

[@MelissasArt]

@MultiBikerboy1 Good on you! 💪 I never had one when I lived in the UK. Used to have those Capita goons come round all the time. I used to tell them to come back with a warrant and the police. They soon cleared off. 😂

[@timg1246]

I no longer have any doubt that it will go on to income tax after 2027. The government know full well the public are turning against the BBC. But they have no intention of losing their propaganda outlet. But 2027/8 the number of households not paying may be over 20%. They HAVE to stop that free choice.

[@steveh5230]

It's time to privatise the BBC it has been a while since we had a share sale. the Goverment asset stripped the other national industries. It might even make up a lot of the missing 22 billion

[@marineboy1964]

The BBC is now like living in California It's so far left it's gone round the bend

[@johnnicolson467]

I cancelled my TV licence in 2014 when I saw all the lies and propaganda against Scottish Independance and found I dont need a telivision and dont miss it.

[@MarkPearce-u7m]

CJC, I thought I was watching Eddie Shah vision at the start!😂

[@TonklinFallen]

I have to justify my job every year, not every 10 years. I get annual employee appraisal. If I underperform I don't get a raise to "help improve my performance", I get warnings, then I get fired.

[@nonoyorbusness]

Not had a tv licence since they put on Barmy Boris and the Three Stooges, it was the worst show in history!

[@CdEmm50]

OK, he's nuts but Bojo wanted to carry on for the economy. He was criticised for being cavalier when he got CVirus. Whitty and Co put the pressure on him.

[@user-TonyUK]

No Government will ever defund the BBC because its their way of getting the Government viewpoint/propergander over to the Nation.

[@michaelillingworth6433]

Protection racket. Pay up or face prosecution

[@DefCon12345]

I still want to know why the BBC want to charge you with the Licence Fee for watching a commercial channel like ITV X. The initial LF by the Beeb was to get revenue to fund making programmes. All other channels with adverts, received their funding through those adverts every 1/4 of an hour (mostly).

[@nicolbunyan3203]

Exactly and why

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

He’s balls deep into BBCs A hole 🕳️and the government are balls deep into the BBC.

[@Tonys-Hobby-Room]

That “envy” was at a time there was only the BBC. compare it now to others and its sadly lacking in my view.

[@englishciderlover7347]

It's becoming increasingly obvious that the BBC is a relic from the 1950s. The only modern thing about it is the technology.

[@lisaburnett2771]

Not paying for something l don't use. The quicker it's defunded the better for us all..

[@superfreebs1171]

When there were only 3 channels, they used to argue that it would take revenue from ITV if the BBC showed adverts . Now there are hundreds of channels with adverts and ITV is still going . They need to self fund like everybody else.

[@Snufflegrunt]

If any other business (that's what the BBC de facto is) acted like it was still the 90s/00s then they'd go under overnight. The world has changed and the only people I know who need a licence are over 50... oh and those who watch football.

[@claywalker6013]

Why was he appointed 🤔With a name like his perhaps he ticks the Diversity box - Just thinking

[@-11114]

A total waste of time and space. Ask yourself what have they done for you apart from robbing you for years. Wouldn’t shed a tear for them if they closed tomorrow 🤮

[@philparmenter53]

If I watch a BBC or Channel 4 uploaded to KZbin do I need a licence?

[@conradswadling8495]

tender a contract for mast maintenance. make the fee illegal. they can charge a subscription.

[@GreenStreetPlayer1]

Disband, not defund. Too controversial and politicised.

[@Liverpool-s5n]

Mr Shar sounds like a foreigner. B B C should make its own money, like the rest. He has the background to bring the B B C into this century, not keep up what was established in the last century; it is what is known as Going Forward

[@zebcamp7781]

Has anybody else had one of the "10 day window" warning letters yet?

[@DavidOwen-u1m]

At last someone talking sense close it down

[@johnturner1073]

Another British organisation no longer led by a Brit, like the London Assembly, the Tory party, the England football team etc...we must be mad...

[@MeMo-ny5bv]

The TV license fee is a lot wider that the BBC and iPlayer. If you want to watch any live TV you need a license. If you do not want to watch live TV you can opt out by telling the licensing authorities. It is only because you choose not to do that people knock on your door. The only reasonable alternative to a license fee is a voluntary subscription fee. There would not be enough advertising revenue to go around, so the ITV model could not be used. The BBC income is approximately twice that of ITV. The BBC manages to have four TV channels, local radio and the world service (which is used by many people as an unbiased news show). ITV has one TV station.

[@nicolbunyan3203]

Please someone tell me why we are supposed to pay a licence for the bbc to watch the other channels who don't benifit from the licence fee ???

[@robl5833]

Agree, I've never got that one and why the other channels don't complain.

[@nightowl7459]

What utter out of touch arrogance, it shouldn't be every 10 years, it actually should be every 5 years as we have a general election every 5 years.

[@banedon8087]

One of the things it doesn't get investigated over is it's hiring practices. Take a look of the ethnic demographic of those employed versus the population and then look at what enables that.

[@timwin7613]

BBC continued relentless thteaterning letters are just an addition to a problem called Mail Anxiety .

[@dinointhetube]

Shut down all of bbc wouldn’t bother me I don’t watch or listen to any of their content who cares there’s better more informed real life news out there.

[@DoggleBird]

He is Dr Shah as he holds a DPhil (doctor of philosophy) degree.

[@WeAreTheUnhappyMajority]

I got my very first e questionnaire if I need a licence today, it's been a year since I cancelled my BBC tax. I thought its supposed to be two years before asking. The way they pose the questions is questionable, particularly if I watch KZbin and Dave.

[@CdEmm50]

Don't answer it.

[@grahamlees4394]

the three armed chair in the backdrop seems to have been replaced...

[@summerrr1]

Unfortunately, it’s not going anywhere any time soon.

[@r.perkins2103]

Why are they so dead set on not using advertising for revenue? They would rather go bust than use advertising?

[@heatherfraser1377]

Apparently, i have 10 days before the lufftwaifer come for me 😊. Have you had the latest letter?

[@MajorGowan1982]

They must have opened their tenth "investigation" on me by now judging by the lingo on the front of the last threat-o-gram I received from Scot Robson last month! 🤦🏻

[@Skate-Steve]

I've had tons in 24 years, and trust me nobody will call round as I would bet my life by now they simply havent got enough goons to send round anyway, and they will need even more come april 2025 when it goes up and more people cancel it!

[@neilreader1461]

The BBC chair is afraid he will loose his ticket to ride the gravy train.

[@djburland]

The BBC is (on to) a good thing!

[@richtaylor6039]

Hope so

[@DrakeHunter324]

If they don't need to justify themselves, I'm not obligated to pay for their DEI etc meetings. I'm certainly not paying them to watch adverts on other channels either. I stopped watching any and all television 7 years ago. I may have to emigrate to somewhere more enlightened.

[@bobgonzo2531]

That’s a good idea having too justify themselves every six months perhaps that would flush out a nonce every time

[@fairycherub1]

Get rid of the BBC or sort out how to fund it. Sponsors and advertising . Its not hard , al the other channels do it.

[@ianlister4729]

Closing it down and selling off its assets seems to be the very best solution. I hate to think of a privatised BBC making profits from both the name and it's past reputation and from all the assets we the public have funded over the decades eg the huge library of programmes which would be sold for profit to countries across the world.

[@davidpascoe3863]

If the licence fee payers create the BBC and keep it afloat, then surely any assets they have if sold should be shared between them all. (luvvly jubbly)

[@barrymcguinness2087]

Why does it have to be 2028 ? Why not as soon possible that's what the BBC deserve .

[@Dacovalu]

Netflix: It's over BBC! We have the high ground!

[@richardbrooks7157]

I don’t watch the bbc anymore is from 207 I watch KZbin and. Other shows instead

[@1697djh]

If the PPC had to be funded by advertising then we would lose smaller TV channels.

[@anthonyjflanagan2754]

Bin it - it has the best resources money can buy but chooses sides rather than offer neutrality . Time Zup - You know It Makes Sense.