Time to shut down the BBC. They are no longer needed or relevant.

@pompower9065

Ай бұрын

Let them pay for themselves.

Why does the BBC act so poorly. Used to be respected.

@lizhorton5333

Ай бұрын

Wokery has infected its culture. Same thing happening here in America with the Lamestream media. Luckily we don’t have state run TV.

@vericarauza5830

Ай бұрын

It's the same in Australia, with ABC, they have become so woke, very few people watch it. Unfortunately in Australia we are not given a choice to pay for it, it's paid by our taxes and we don't get a choice. If we had the British system there's no way I would be subscribing.

@annettecasals

Ай бұрын

With social media, we don’t need the tv. Today, they aren’t even the shadow of what they once were😢😢

The TV licence is a disgrace if the elderly are being bullied for not paying it .

It is time the public sued the BBC for all the complete and utter rubbish and the amount we are forced to pay for this license, all as they have to offer is repeats galore..

@glendafaber1245

Ай бұрын

Get a class action going.

If you don't serve the citizens of the country, you don't deserve a tax. BTW I'm NOT a UK citizen.

The BBC should be broken up , at almost 78 I struggle to pay for their shocking service.

It is time to offload the BBC.

@user-xs9fp3ic9y

Ай бұрын

Just stop watching! Cancel the licence and watch something else.

The BBC never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

BBC studio makes billions - the agency needs to be defunded and made to actually compete win the market.

Maybe it's time we start a petition to get the government to remove the BBC license fee and make them pay their own way in the world.

They're bullies just like Megaliar Markle

@purplevelvet69

Ай бұрын

What on earth has Megan got to do with this. Can't you go one day without mentioning her. Let's discuss the BBC

Typical BBC of today, sadly 😞

Its absolutely wonderful how much you can watch by not paying a BBC licence. Millions no longer pay. Just dont watch live TV.

Shame on the BBC

The Australian equivalent, the ABC , are exactly like the BBC WOKE

I’m an American and remember when the bbc was reputable.

Is this going to be another postmasters disaster that the taxpayers expense?

They are too far gone to correct their course now. They have issued the following: "We are grateful to the wide range of funders, including national governments, the UN and other international organisations, foundations, corporate partners and private individuals who support us." So why are they bullying pensioners??? "Support" is not threatening people.

Good day Neil😊BBC should be dealt with accordingly. Cancelled would be great!!

Good morning Neil. There is no place in the world for bullies so no place for the BBC. Headlines like that are designed to bait people into anger.

It is a shame what the BBC has become. Back in the day, you turned to the BBC for facts. This story made me think of a quote from philosopher Richard Rorty, "National pride is to countries what self-respect is to the individual." The BBC seems to have missed that.

@LadyPaddington

Ай бұрын

Once upon a time, you could listen to the news and get the facts, leaving one to make up their own mind. Now, they are the least trustworthy. Purveyors of biased info, misinformation, LIES and propaganda. Wave Alice 🙋‍♀

If they made tvs without any bbc channels they would fly of the shelf’s

Hello Neil, I cancelled my licence in January because I was fed up with the fact that they are not impartial and their attitude after October 7th was the final straw. I then received a cheque from them for two months rebate....I wasn't expecting it, but was happy to receive it. Last week I received a threatening letter because my licence has run out....I rest your case! Penny from Christchurch. 🇬🇧

Spot on Neil BUT a white person saying that about train drivers in Pakistan or Nigeria would be screamed from tha roof tops as being a racisit . Just like the white white white speech by the now ex scottish first minister !!! He should be charged under his hate speech law and charged because im highly offended by it !! Totally agree with you on this on Neil

You are 100% correct.

the BBC needs to be shut down that’s disgusting

My son moved into a flat he got autism the bbc threatened to send a enforcement officer to his flat we forgot to get the license my son was so troubled upset from this threatening letter

I can't stand bullies, no time for the BBC, time to,disband it. If the only people who,apply for this job and they are the only people who,are qualified enough, then THAT is who,will get the job....doh!!

DEI is also fixing the diversity of things like pilots, air traffic controllers, surgeons, etc. They’re not hiring based on the smartest & most qualified… But sure…nothing to see here 🤯🤦🏻‍♀️

Shoddy, offensive bullies living high on the hog, compliments of the taxpayer. Curious to send daily letters, which seems to indicate that their policy is one of harrassment........I wonder how far they'll be prepared to go!

The BBC needs to disappear. A TV licence is ridiculous, particularly if it's given by one TV station and very little that's watchable in the way of content. Surely if there had to be a licence. It should come from a central place, not one TV station. Abolish the licence. Our government did decade's ago.

By the way- why does it matter what skin color and age a train driver has? Nowadays any public transport company would be happy if they had enough drivers. Whatever skin color.

Are the British Bashing Corporation really paying bonuses of £15,000 a year to those who 'catch 28 people a week' who haven’t paid their TV licence? you couldn’t make it up, could you? It's laughable, but not really - I’m truly shocked at this story. I thought the BBC had brought in a 'fact checker'. So much for wasting that salary. I'll fact check for half the wages! 😂 The ONLY thing I watch on the BBC is WIMBLEDON; and how much is that costing me?

I am saddened by what has happened to the bbc who used to be a bastion of broadcasting.

My mother told me during WWII the American radio stations would broadcast the BBC. She said they would sit around the radio at her California home and listen for those words “This is the BBC”. They knew it would be both comforting and reassuring. As long as they heard those words they knew Great Britain hadn’t fallen and hopefully the Allies were moving forward. Bless her heart the BBC wouldn’t be something she’d trust today.

Never watched BBC since they stopped showing rugby and spent their money on Lineker and his ilk.

British Bashing Corporation!! 😁

Should be illegal you don’t force people to buy something they’re not watching

Another way to stir more controversy. No one should be bullied to pay for something they don't use.

I cancelled my license in favour of the internet information, much more accurate!

Neil I spoke to them two months ago and told them I was cancelling my tv licence because I hadn’t stayed in my house for over a. Year because of a flood. The woman said are you sure you don’t need a licence where you are staying. I pointed out I have been staying in a hotel. She then said if I want I can go onto the website and claim back a year’s tv licence which I have done. Now I have received not one but two letters telling me they will be starting an investigation into me as to why I’m no longer paying for my tv licence and I could be fined or even given a jail sentence. I hope when they come they see the steel shutters on my houses windows because my house was broken into twice last weekend while I’m stuck in another town waiting on my insurance company repairing my house 16 months later.

@sirenasea

Ай бұрын

What a nightmare. My heart goes out to you. Do hope everything is resolved soon.

@user-xs9fp3ic9y

Ай бұрын

Just ignore them they have to prove you are watching BBC. They are not investigating you. Just a stock letter. They have no power to come into your home unless you invite them.

BBC- BRITISH BASHING CRITICS..

Im sick of this white black brown well Im from Scotland and Im pink or sometimes red if the weathers really cold

@denisejohnson9396

Ай бұрын

Like your answer my face turns red too specially my nose and my ears 😊and my lips turn blue i must look like a alien some days

BBC should go ..

The British Bashing Corporation 😂

Good evening neil 🖐

As l stated before, TV licensing have no right to 'enforce' anything. Mark their hate letters as 'return to sender' so that they have to pay to get them back. ln some countries, home owners are forced by law to pay for a license whether they have a TV set or not. They had better not do that here, because l and many like me will disobey the law. Face the fact that the BBC is finished as a politically left wing organ that offers very little entertainment that none of us watch.

I'm in my 60s, disabled & very recently gone through 3 very close family members die ( one being my Son ) I've been getting bombarded with text messages & now a letter threatening me with a fine & possibility of having to pay compensation to the BBC all for owing them £12.00 & I can't afford to pay it until next week, I'm at my wits end because of it.

When we bought a second TV - we had to fill out forms - name, address and sign to verify that we had a TV license - if we didn't fill out the form the store couldn't sell to us...

Love that the British Bashing Corporation (BBC).

What I do not understand is why the BBC needs people,to spend money that they many times struggle to have to just watch live TV? Why do t they just get advertisers? People need to just finally say “NO”! Just because it’s always been this way doesn’t mean it’s the only way!!!

Why let facts get in the way of click bait. All Britains should ref us to pay that tax.

I'm waving to you and our chums, Neil. God bless you and The Wales family & the King and Queen. Please stay safe and take care of yourself.

wa state poor lady bullies all over the place

You are correct as usual, Neil.

100% agree with you Neil 👏👏👏😎💖

That poor woman that is harassment 😢

Too many onhgh salarys , not earning them , while demanding their pound of flesh from all , & worst out , they , the bbc, do not share the revenue around from the fee , yet the private companys can pay mega salarys , all from advertising revenues . #Shame on the B.B.C..

I actually phoned them up two days ago to say I no longest terrestrial and that I only watch " youtube", the lady on the phone was very nice and informed me that someone may come to my address just tocheck( I bloody hope I've got it right and that I don't need a licence to watch youtbe😨

This is another example of why my husband and I are looking into whether we can ditch the tv licence. Soon enough, they’ll have no one paying for a tv licence

Just another point before I retired I worked as a support worker at the time there were 3 people living in this one house each person had there own tvs each of them were required to have their own tv licence all while living at the same address. Wrong in so many ways. 😷👋

Is the fee for TV lincence mandatory in UK ? In Germany we used to have choice ( not having tv set at home ment no fee), but since years everybody has to pay, regardless of using it ....even disabled people have to pay. You have to be blind AND deaf to be freed of the fee. One of the mentioned conditions is not enough. Crazy, isn't it ?

Your BBC is our CNN.

@jcredfearn8745

Ай бұрын

And Australia's ABC!!

it's because it's govt employees. We have the same problem in Canada.....the govts ....fed, to municipal....tend to hire relatives of ppl who already work there, whether they're qualified or not. Land managers in Toronto bought a $300,000 piece of polluted land for $5 million and then had to spend more to clean it up. In our city there literally is a box to check that says ""do you have a relative working for the city?"" and ""if so, what is their position?"" The person with the highest ranking relative gets the job. My all time favourite...once i figured it out...is when the LIBRARY hired a severely dyslexic person to be shelf reader.....ie reshelve books, put holds under the person's name on the shelf in the proper position etc. Once i realized that the 2nd and 3rd letters (they only put the first 3 letters of your last name on the label) were always going to be flipped, it was easy. Still feel sorry for the Toronto taxpayers though. Cheers anyways!

It seems that people who do not own a TV are being prosecuted, it is not finding people without licences but bullying people in legal areas they have little knowledge of.

We have the same problem in America with the Lamestream media. That’s why I refuse to watch it. So many better channels to choose from like this one 😀

A headline like that doesn't help things, that is for sure.

I live in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 and there are a lot of female drivers. Not part time workers. Full time the same as the men. They do exactly the same job and shift work.

Today unfortuately, many reporters and Editors put their own personal slant on the news. Many are no longer practise being impartial. Rightly or wrongly, reports are no longer just the news but someones personal opinion .....

Ridiculous and hyperbolic!

Neil, It's ridiculous. Your friend if she was?aable should show up at the BBC and film their interactions or record the conversation. Not sure of the laws by you.

💚🦋💚Thanks Neil! 👍👋🌸👑🌹

Cancelled by license ages ago.

There are plenty of female drivers across the rail network and the number seems to be increasing. A nonsense story.

Morning Neil, Here in Australia we have the ABC, whilst we don't have licences your analogy is absolutely correct for ABC Australian Bashing Corporation and your other comments sum up the ABC as well.

Neil, 96 per cent of Scotland is white. in England it is about 86 per cent, with about. 10 per cent Asian, about 3 per cent is black although if you watch the adverts you would think it's about 50 per cent, not 3 per cent.

Morning Neil and Chums 👋👋. I’m 70 now rarely watch tv let alone the BBC I ph the tv licence customer service find out how far in advanced my payments are then stop my direct debit. Then the letters start last time I actually had someone turn up at my door. Very intimidating tactics 😷

Cancel your tv licence I did Easter still waiting for them to come round no sign yet cancel your direct debt done

Its about time the bbc licence got scrapped all we get is reality tv even the weekends now and again you get a new drama but most of programs are replays ,cooking,cleaning repiaring ,property buying,and how to make money out of trashas soon as any of these progams come on i turn over 😊

Where I come from the licence is collected thru taxes, we can not get away with not paying.

A TV licence is a licence to watch any live broadcast on any channel. Its not only for live broadcasts on BBC.

Agree with you

Thanks for bringing this up Neil. I am amazed that anyone without tattoos and face piercings pay the licence fee.

Hi friends 👋 🖐

@joanbonnet8229

Ай бұрын

👋

@goodwoman

Ай бұрын

@@joanbonnet8229 hi 👋 ☺️

I really really H8 the beeb!

I do not watch mainline tv anymore, only clips on KZread.

If I still lived London I would cancel my subscription as well

Shameful

Good for you Neil, calling out the BBC for racism.

So sad

Go Neil, I still won’t pay the license fee!! Sorry BBC don’t watch you and if I need to know what’s going on In the world Neil will tell me!! ❤

Bring Back Chums ! We don't watch it ... total rubbish 🗑!

There two programme I like to watch but they are even getting woke . So I pay all that money for two programmes. That I am getting fed up with the woke comments. So I wil soon be not even putting the BBC on . . that use to be the number one chanel to go to . now it will never be on my tv the ruined it

I haven't watched my TV for more than a year. Just as well we don't pay the license fee here in Spain. As a child in the UK i remember the fear of having your name in the newspaper if you hadn't got a tv license !! plus the license detector van coming down the street ready to shame people lolllllll

Love your tie.

🇬🇧 The money the BBC spends on wages , pensions, Hugh Edwards, wages etc etc. This would pay for pensioners TV licenses. I cancelled my TV license years ago. Same old boring programmes . BBC left wing bias, anti monarchist views. I only watch utube now.

Can't pinpoint exactly why, Neil, but the song "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" runs through my brain when I think of BBC antics today. Which is a shame, because growing up in 1960's SE London BBC had a good name. A Quality and National pride offset with the English style of self deprecation. RIP BBC.

Hi Neil, I'm 71 and pay my TV licence fortnightly, quite what for I'm not sure 😮 xxx

Neil just to say I think you have one or two Bot's following you you can't miss them they are the ones in there knickers 😮😊

It's rather funny that every time the numbers game is tried in looking at proportionality of white versus black no consideration is given for the fact that in England and Wales only 18% of the population is black Asian mixed or other ethnic groups It's completely obvious that in any job position there will be more white than black workers or should 82% white applicants be disallowed in every situation Follow that and there would be many job positions remaining unfilled and even more if the black contingent haven't got the skills for the job