No, we don't need to find a different way to fund the BBC. They need to be DEFUNDED!

@randomuser4201

8 ай бұрын

They are funded by fee payers, dimwit.

@backcountrymon

8 ай бұрын

Or find it the self's

@azillliasmith2734

8 ай бұрын

Or get a proper job.....

@stevec6427

8 ай бұрын

Ok, so just cancel your license. Then you are doing your bit to defund it

@jayaitch2194

7 ай бұрын

If they're so confident about the quality of their programming they shouldn't have any problem finding advertising revenue.

Abolish it and like all the other streaming services, if you want it you subscribe to it!! 🤬 Stop going around the houses to pander to the once British institution, now a bias anti British embarrassment.

@rayvinloony2322

8 ай бұрын

@RedHeadNINTY9T9 Good !!! 👍🏻

Nobody should be forced to pay for those scumbags.

@apollo2276

8 ай бұрын

It's simple, people just need to say NO.

You only have to pay the licence fee if you watch LIVE TV and BBC iPlayer. Council tax is for local services not the BBC.

@roadwarrior7401

8 ай бұрын

undercut services now

@awhisperinthewind4253

8 ай бұрын

and our council 'services' are getting less and less

@kitcat4512

8 ай бұрын

The BBC now questions any live programs you watch on you tube !!

@thesaltybrit9321

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@kitcat4512 yes, any live TV even on KZread requires a licence, key word being TV, not to be confused with watching a live stream by a streamer/content creator, you are not required to have a licence to watch live streams by your favourite content creator). So if ITV had a live feed of its broadcast on KZread or any streaming service, you would need a licence. It’s all in law. What they will try to do next is blur the lines to get more money and essentially have a media tax… if we allow it to happen. Quote from TV licence Q&A in regards to Do I need a licence to watch KZread? “A licence is not required to view user generated content, clips and videos on KZread. This includes live streamed content that is not part of a television broadcast. Or being broadcast at the same time by other means.”

@timkelly5602

8 ай бұрын

@@thesaltybrit9321 pretty sure you don't need a licence to watch ITV, it was the BBC that held the patent on the Cathode Ray tube which is what the licence was originally for... operating a piece of licenced kit... now unless they had a 'serial' copyright on the CRT, (serial - all derivatives) then their actual legal reason for charging at all is long past as there are very few CRT TVs left in use... so i am guessing the Government mandated it for another reason and obfuscated why the BBC ever had the right to charge at all...

Time the BBC fee was abolished completely! All asylum seekers deported , as the UK wasnt the first safe country !

How about the TV license is totally abolished, the BBC adopts a subscription model and we get to chose if we want to be indoctrinated or not

@joprocter4573

8 ай бұрын

Yeh let's see who sponser them

@burnaardnufc3173

8 ай бұрын

Even the left won't buy that shit.

I refuse to pay for something I don’t use. I will be quite aggrieved if the government find another way to force me to pay.

@hestisa956

8 ай бұрын

I don’t have a tv license. I don’t watch tv so they know I don’t pay.

@randomuser4201

8 ай бұрын

​@@hestisa956you don't need a license even with a TV. Look up the rules.

@Edithae

8 ай бұрын

​@hestisa956 They wouldn't even know you were watching TV if you didn't tell them. The notorious detector vans were a Hoax designed to intimidate.

The tv tax shouldn't be put on council tax bill. As far as i am aware we pay council tax for the services the council provide. They do not provide tv channels

@Lisa-ey3gt

8 ай бұрын

They don’t provide services either.

@redbeard3923

8 ай бұрын

​@@Lisa-ey3gtdefinitely crap service for a staggering amount of money

@G-ra-ha-m

8 ай бұрын

Look into the sort code on your council tax bill. It's HMRC.

@Lisa-ey3gt

8 ай бұрын

@G-ra-ha-m I’m going to look into it ..thanks very much 👌

@S.Trades

8 ай бұрын

They force "services" upon us, then make us pay for them.

If the put the tv license in the council tax, we need another Poll Tax riot

@ruthcollins2841

8 ай бұрын

More than that the BBC buildings in Manchester & Shepherds Bush may NOT REMAIN SAFE!

@Lisa-ey3gt

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. This has to end ..these greedy pigs are out of control.

@G-ra-ha-m

8 ай бұрын

Council tax IS poll tax, but to become 'liable' (i.e. your ALL CAPS name to become liable), you need to do something forbidden - like live inside. Council (poll) tax is basically a tax on seeking shelter. I.e., unlawful.

@timg1246

8 ай бұрын

The Metroplitan Police Commissioner had made public order offences optional for Muslims climbing on our war memorials. We should declare the TV licence law optional.

@jessicahollinghurst36

8 ай бұрын

I haven't had a TV for over 26 years why do I have to pay for something I don't use. It's like having a Ford and having to pay Suski for the privilege.

Council tax pays for rubbish removal, not the reverse.

@SmartCookie2022

8 ай бұрын

Great comment😂

Make the BBC subscription only like all the other steaming services

@G-ra-ha-m

8 ай бұрын

After Saville - half a century of shelter and access to small children, it chould have been closed down. It's only the propaganda arm of MI5 anyway. They even had an office there.

The BBC should be pay to view. No more court cases, enforcement officers or letters sent via the mail. You don't pay, you can't watch. Simple😊😊😊😊

No . Putting this awful tax into the council tax is not on . Make the hated bbc earn its own money . Subscription or advertising is the way to go . Be independent . Putting his tax into council tax will cause an uprising in ill will towards them . I shall not pay any tax to the bbc . It’s disgusting .

If I don't use the BBC or live TV, why on earth should I pay for it?

No way do I want to pay for this rubbish licence in my council tax. Thank you very much.

You know when someone is an out of touch POS when they tell you the price per day, like you're supposed to be happy about your propaganda being cheap

@Lisa-ey3gt

8 ай бұрын

Stark raving mad the lot of them. Lunatics.

@redbeard3923

8 ай бұрын

​@@Lisa-ey3gtrather go to prison then pay the bum boys club

@mydogeatspuke

8 ай бұрын

Didn't a politician in recent years claim that it was possible to live on just one great British pound a day? 47p on an opt out BBC tax doesn't leave much to pay for your food, housing, utilities, and travel to the job you're forced to stay in because nobody can afford to pay more than minimum wage anymore, and whilst wages haven't increased in line with inflation, the various taxes we're all forced to pay (often to bail out someone who couldn't manage their own money) or face legal action certainly have.

@mydogeatspuke

8 ай бұрын

​@@redbeard3923prisons are practically full now. It's why crime is so leniently punished, if at all. There's plenty of police officers, but they aren't interested in doing their jobs because it's a lot of paperwork only for the CPS to refuse to pursue it as the most they'd get is a few months suspended.

@jamonit7169

8 ай бұрын

Good spot, that was nice of him I can now say at the end of every day "that's another 43p still in my bank account..."

defund the BBC full stop

Why should we pay for a service which is Pr o EU pro WEF anti British.

@Circa1692

8 ай бұрын

Ironic as BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation

Stop financing the BBC completely.

The council tax is extortion as it is, but to be forced to pay a TV BBC licence fee within that is unfair, unreasonable and a con trick. If you don't have TV, you are forced to buy a licence, that is clearly extortion or fascism or both because you have no choice.

@vascobrighton1364

8 ай бұрын

I do agree with you. Just calling this "fascism" it is not 100% right. It is an authoritarian measure,no doubt, but fascism it is different. Under fascism tyranny we couldn't even voice an opinion. However it is wrong all the same.

@theequaliser8026

8 ай бұрын

It will bring down the government should they do that

@stephfoxwell4620

8 ай бұрын

Council Tax pays for barely 40% of local services.

@petersmith2522

8 ай бұрын

​@@vascobrighton1364i agree though they are trying to bit by bit stop us having a voice if it goes against what they want

@alexedwards6509

8 ай бұрын

Because many people have stopped watching broadcast TV and don't pay the licence fee, this government or the next socialist government will make it a part of council tax or taxpayer funded. That way the BBC can be as anti-white, anti-British working-class hating bigots as they want while still keeping the funding that they use to attack us.

Do the migrants pay council tax and or a TV license!! Of course they don’t. Everything is handed to them on a plate! It is very frustrating 😡

that clown with all his favourite countries flags on his lapel...the whole problem of parliament- too busy supporting anyone but their own...i will never pay the licence in any shape or form...shouldn't have to.

This man is a fantasist. You could not check on whether anyone was watching the BBC any better than you can now. Where does GB News get these people from. If it goes on council tax it will be compulsory. But I, for one, would cross theough the TV tax and force the council to pursue me through the courts for a relatively small sum. The councils would never allow this to go through. They would all rebel against it before it could get through parliament.

I don’t watch pissing BBC. DO ONE!!!!

Excellent idea, overwhelm the courts with all the people who will justifiably stop paying their council tax, making it even easier for crime to continue to rise.

Put the TV Licence in with your council Tax? well that wouldn't work because I for one would deduct the fee before paying my council tax, and I would be will to go to prison for not paying it.

@robpalwrites

8 ай бұрын

Me too

Your guest is SO wrong. If the licence fee was added on council tax, civil disobedience would be appropriate. DEFUND THE BBC!!!!!!!

Nobody should be paying a licence fee, it's already a totally disgusting tax.... Make the BBC self funding.......

Why would you pay bbc tax, in your council tax, if you do not use it. Its like paying car tax, and not having a car.

Then I'll just have to subtract the BBC fee from the Council Tax before paying. What's the worst that could happen? Not paying for something I don't need or use anyway? How would that stand up in court?

@apollo2276

8 ай бұрын

1000% agree. I'd do exactly the same. Knock off the TV licence fee when paying the council tax and I'd tell them, I'll see you in court.

BBC have lost the right to have that licence

Pay for the service directly. Don't hide it as a tax. If I don't want the service, I should not need to pay for it. I don't want the BBC or any other legacy media in my home.

Get rid of the TV license it should be made illegal nobody wants the BBC yet we are told we have to have it shocking

Just deduct it and pay the remainder. The TV tax has nothing to do with the council so it shouldn't matter. Plus what about everyone who doesn't need a licence surely that's exactly what they'll do.

What put on Council Tax. They can Shove that right where the doesn't Shine. Think Nigel better keep his gob shut.

@user-tx9yw5br6d

8 ай бұрын

Nigel is as thick as two short planks.

I pay £60 a year for the streaming service I use and KZread is free, no way am I paying £173 to a broadcaster that hates me

Wasn't it part of the conservative Manifesto to cancel the TV Licence?

@SmartCookie2022

8 ай бұрын

No, the government promised to fund free TV Licences for our over 75s in the Manifesto but broke that pledge.

Really council tax, which is illegal in itself. Might want to report on where the council tax money really, goes, what it's used for, and it's most certainly not into the pockets of individual councils. All info on alternative, for those with critical thinking.

Not going to work, they will never let us opt out.

The BBC would love this idea. Just scrap the license nobody wants it.

Abolish the TV licence and don't raise funds for it any other way except voluntary subscription. I for one don't want it. The licence transfers money from the poor to the rich.

Have not watched or paid for years. Somehow I manage to get through the day. Scrap the fee, any imposed fee. You want it, you pay for it.

If they put the TV licence fee on the council tax then you stop paying council tax

If I don't watch the BBC why should I have to pay for it, either by the current TV licence, subscription or for some reason added on to my council tax?

Good reason to not pay council tax. I don’t watch it. How can it be legal to charge for a “service” you never need or choose.

GB News has 140 employees. ITV has 6,273. BBC has 21,281. That is the problem.

Just take away the license fee and leave it to market forces. The idea we need to pay for a national broadcaster when people are abandoning them for social media, Netflix, Sky and Spotify. It's outdated, let it go.

How's about for filling there Manifesto on Abolishing the TV Licence. Or is that just another one to add to list of the Tory Failures.

Well that Nigel should be a politican. Fancy suggesting that people with a house should pay more licence fee because you'd have more tv's in your house! He should be suggesting doing away with the licence fee!

@VivianWilliams-iv1ls

8 ай бұрын

I like to know how much he is on and indeed what i his expenses are a year -which will invariably include the TV licence (to do his job etc as politicians do. The trouble is that those who can afford to pay do not or indeed claim it back from us.

@SmartCookie2022

8 ай бұрын

He's GBN's very own Senior Political Commentator. Tha man's an overpaid buffoon.

Instead of importing incoherent nurses and doctors etc, why not train our own? And how do students have dependents? You don't have to have a TV licence if you don't watch live tv or BBC iPlayer.

Adverts! Channel 4 seems to manage, why can't the BBC?

they don't understand the ordinary people and their struggles.

@stequality

8 ай бұрын

They do and are doing it on purpose

Nobody should be paying for the BBC. It should be a service that people who want it should pay for. In other words a subscription channel. I won't bother with it after so many inaccurate biased reports on various things. I don't want to pay for propaganda and that's all it is.

The public would love to see the back of Mr Lineker, who is payed £1.350,000 Million PA from our BBC tv licence fee, and so many people I’ve seen on other sports programs are just so much better than him…..No presenter is worth that sort of money…..

The problem with the BBC is the poor quality of content. They need to fix this first............and then privatise it. The solution is simple!

I think adding BBC funding to the council tax would be a major mistake by any party that introduced it. It shows how out of touch these politicians are with the general public .....

That would give people a good reason to not pay council tax

If it is added to the Council Tax it will be increased every year along with the CT - how fair is that? Anyway it is a different independent service.

@robpalwrites

8 ай бұрын

I'll just start paying my council tax by manual payments and not pay the portion related a service I don't need or use. If they want my money for this, then they'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.

Poll tax by stealth didn't work out to well for Maggie

So to make it even easier, subscriptions only. Scrap the BBC.

Who in there right mind would subscribe to the BBC

NO WAY should it be added to Council Tax, WE should NOT be Forced to pay the BBC

I would be in favour of guy Fawkes making a comeback if they try and pull this crap to make people pay for the bbc and their shite.

Lol conservatives had how long to stem migration.

TV is not something I watch, so why should it be included in Council Tax? In addition to the biased narratives that the BBC news puts out and only reports on certain stories that fit in with the narrative, I don't watch television because most of the stuff on it isn't worth the TV License fee. It has been 9 years since I stopped watching and I am proud of myself.

The labour voters will be happy to pay

He doesn't know what he's talking about - it is NOT just a licence to watch the BBC! If you want to watch or record any live broadcast from any TV company you need a licence. And as for adding it to Council Tax - no way! Of course I would 'opt out' and so would most people so my concern would be adding it without being able to opt out and as you are legally compelled to pay Council Tax that would mean heavy fines and possibly prison for not paying the full amount.

I'll be one of many that will remind you that you definitely do not require a TV licence unless you watch or record live TV or watch iPlayer.

Nope. I don’t watch the rubbish the BBC puts out - they haven’t done decent programming for decades. Don’t see why I, and millions of others, have to pay for this crap. Make it like Sky, Virgin and BT, where you can decide whether or not you wish to purchase their product.

Why the eff should I have to pay for a service that I do not use? Make the BBC subscription only, then if their product is any good they will survive. But, if they keep making the rubbish that they have been doing then they will fail.

To force people to pay for something they neither want or use is theft....nothing less!

please some one tell me WHY SHOULD ANYONE PAY FOR ANYTHING THEY D O N T W A N T

can I have a refund for all the court cases BBC have had to pay ?

😂illegals want to watch tv.We should pay.

Then stop paying council tax by the millions

No TV Licence means: 1. No watching or downloading BBC programmes on iPlayer. 2. No watching or recording live TV on any channel, not just BBC. 3. No watching or recording live TV from paid-for TV services like Sky, Virgin Media or BT. 4. No watching or streaming live TV shows from online TV services like ITV Hub, All 4, Amazon Prime Video, or KZread. This applies to any device, including a TV, computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder. If they add any TV Tax / Licence Fee to people's Council Tax then there needs to be a revolt. That would be a line drawn in the sand as far as i'm concerned.

The BBC must become a subscription service.

Not had TV for 10 years, I will have to stop paying full council tax if they try to charge me for freeloaders' licences. We are charged for UN SDGs which have no value to most of us.

Shows how important the MP's think this issue is by the amount of them attending

Im not paying for something i dont watch i dont own a tv i dont have bbc i player i watch nothing of the bbc its all rubbish but i still get threatening letters defund the bbc put it to subscription

The licence fee is not cheap. Especially if you are forced to pay for something you don’t use

Sell it off...let them get advertisements in, Other media companies have to stand on there own two feet...bbc should become the same..

Get stuffed.

I don't watch BBC at all but I still have to pay my TV licence it's ridiculous

@S-Ltd1000

8 ай бұрын

But you don't have to pay it unless you watch live TV or iPlayer. Why don't people understand this?🤷‍♂️

Make the BBC subscription simple as that

thats not a council service so putting onto council tax IS ACTUALLY ILLEGAL BECAUSE ITS NOT A COUNCIL SERVICE, I NEED A SPECIAL LAW TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM SUCH TYRANTS AND MUCH MORE

How about an automatic opt out and one has to opt in, if they want the BBC, like every other pay per view service?

no piss off do away with bbc dont just tax somèthing else

Forced public funding of the BBC must end,enough is enough and times have changed since it was created. It should be a choice of the householder if they wish to pay for it.

They should make the bbc a subscription channel. Why should we be forced to pay for that dog faeces that does not in any way represent the citizens of the UK.

On the BBC license fee -- no one should be forced to pay for a TV service they don't use or want! Why should we have to 'opt-out' rather than opting in?

With how bad the BBC is, they should be paying us to watch their garbage.

Why should anyone be forced to pay for something they dont watch, I don't even have a working aerial to use. The assault on common sense gets worse and worse.

then i wont be paying any council tax.

I don’t have a Tv or a tv license and l don’t want one

Adding the tv licence to council tax is a massive assumption that everyone watches the BBC, streams or even watches regular tv. I for one do not and Im sure I’m not the only one. Totally unfair and Massively ignorant for this to be proposed….Get real and wake up to reality. The TV licence is a joke…..,!

Absolutely not. This is not sbout how to pay for the BBC. Its about having a choice of whether we support them financially or not. We need a choice.

State owned media.

None of the presenters or so called experts seem to know the rules on the bbc licence system it’s for whatching live tv + iplayer not for owning a tv please get some on who knows the rules

Changing from "opt in" to "opt out" is a non starter. The admin, to deal with potentially hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of people wanting to opt out, would be extremely costly. A better way is to trim down the BBC to just childrens' programs, news, and radio, and just add maybe £25 a year onto the average person's tax bill. Basing it on council tax is a non starter too, since there are many older people stuck in a high value house, who may not watch much TV at all. It's completely ludicrous to suggest that large houses have more tv viewing on multiple TVs

@user-lt9py2pu6u

8 ай бұрын

The last thing the BBC should be allowed to do is to continue indoctrinating British children. They've done enough damage as it is.

@machman261063

8 ай бұрын

Unacceptable to link the amount of a TV licence fee to the value of a property.

@sidsod1616

7 ай бұрын

What are they going to do, send out more of those pretend detector vans that don't detect? 😂😂😂