Why does the BBC still exist? If only we had a Government that represented the public and public opinion.

@paulie.walnuts2838

6 ай бұрын

It's the fact that the government tried to say the BBC are impartial 😂

@johntate5050

6 ай бұрын

There's never been a government who represent the people. They've always been the henchmen of the psychopathic elites who own the world banks, energy companies, pharmaceutical cartels etc. Parliament and voting is just a smoke screen to make it look like we have a say in what happens to us.

@franky-bx8t

6 ай бұрын

@williamthompson...I agree with you mate..and yes if only ..if only.!!!

@joffey1212

6 ай бұрын

You can't get a politician from any party to represent our views

@user-gt2ud2gw9e

6 ай бұрын

It's the Labour Party that traditionally have been the keenest backers of the BBC as the politicians have much less control over the press over accurate reporting of such matters as "massaging" the immigrant numbers coming into the country, etc.etc. BBC doesn't need to be "manipulated" - just keep silent, then no-one can accuse anyone of anything.!!!

And the biggest joke is that people pay for it.

@chrisstephens6194

6 ай бұрын

Well said

@segas7344

6 ай бұрын

They have some decent shows

@chrisstephens6194

6 ай бұрын

@@segas7344 like?

@realisticallyspeaking

6 ай бұрын

​@@segas7344 Really. like what ? Genuine Question

@wotreplays8896

6 ай бұрын

Ohh..don't mind him, he's probably in his mid 80's

It's their sense of entitlement that pisses people off,why anyone pays for the crap they put out amazes me , especially in the current climate.

@MikeEves

6 ай бұрын

They pay it due to 4 words: "TV licence detector vans".

@mikehipperson

6 ай бұрын

@@MikeEves 🤣

@XgoodbyeX

6 ай бұрын

​​​​@@MikeEvesnah since i grew up without a tv licence and ive never saw someone from tv licence i get letters that aren't addressed to me and occasionally ill get a red letter saying they will show up on a certain date and they never do lol the reason people pay is because they don't understand that you actually don't have to pay since its pretty much impossible to inforce the only reason people pay is because they lie and try and trick people into paying the main people who pay are the elderly and younger people who think they will get fined but i know they send letters to everyone even houses where no one lives that's why the letters i get aren't even addressed to me

@infinitydreamzz

6 ай бұрын

They shouldn't pay a dime due to ten words: if you don't let them in: they can do f*** If I paid that lot, I might as well sponsor The Guardian too. 😅

@dps8435

6 ай бұрын

@@infinitydreamzz cnts the lot of em

If you pay the BBC licence fee at this point then you deserve everything you get.

@DameEdna42

6 ай бұрын

But if you don’t pay the licence fee you are harassed and abused. Then if you still don’t pay it you are prosecuted and become a criminal. This is what you vote for in every election no matter who is elected.

@stevenhodgson834

6 ай бұрын

Yes, that's why I choose to pay it.

@Chris_34

6 ай бұрын

@@stevenhodgson834 😴😴😴

@MiniSoot

6 ай бұрын

i pay it so i don’t get some bellend knocking at my door

@stevenhodgson834

6 ай бұрын

@@Chris_34 Bit late for you? Takes a while to get the old bodyclock back into the routine after Christmas.

Those salaries are a joke and need dropping massively! they sit and tell us the news pay them £20k per annum and no more, as for lineker he presents MOTD once per week and on the odd ocasion the BBC has a live match he presents that for me that doesnt warrant an over £1m per year salary get rid of this scam once and for all

@ep1929

6 ай бұрын

Looking into Lineker's wage back in 2019 was the reason I stopped paying it.

@Kingcarparpeggio

6 ай бұрын

I can’t remember any of them telling us they earn £20K per annum ……it’s common knowledge and available to anyone who wants to do a FOIR how much they earn and it’s a hell of a lot more than that. Take Huw Edwards for instance …..his salary is around £495,000……yes you read that right about 3 times what the PM gets. Absolutely mental…….taking the piss out of the licence payer . Stop paying now !!!!!

How can they justify a newsreader getting over 400 grand? A kid in primary school could it

@smudge0161

6 ай бұрын

Never mind that how can Zoe Ball get nearly a million? She's awful.

@joffey1212

6 ай бұрын

It's not easy reading a teleprompter ,ask stevie wonder

@sarahwelty9223

6 ай бұрын

They're bell ends!

@user-mj8hl3xb4p

6 ай бұрын

Agreed an they prioritize their own agendas before news the people actually want to hear or know about it's a joke the bbc should be shut down

@monkstandinglast

6 ай бұрын

a 13yo kid who plays tetris could do better 🤣🤣

I'm glad I've cancelled the licence, the £159 is better in my pocket to feed my family for a week rather than one of the top ten earners having a random champagne brunch on a Tuesday afternoon.

The BBC needs to make it's mind up if it's a publicly funded organisation or a commercial enterprise. If they are commercial then they can cancel the license fee right now.

@Thurgosh_OG

6 ай бұрын

They need to go fully commercial by 2027, so that the British public are free to choose to watch them or not without legalised coercion.

@chamberpot969

6 ай бұрын

They need to produce stuff people want to watch.

It all needs investigating 😊 oh they have by themselves. Case investigated and closed

@MikeEves

6 ай бұрын

Much like J.Saville.

Greeta Guru-Murthy is the wife of that reptile who presents Channel 4 News, so definitely no nepotism there...!

@deanjohnson6642

6 ай бұрын

Reptile 😂😂😂😂

@vicwiseman2340

6 ай бұрын

Hey, that's out of order. I bet there have been a few crocodiles, snakes etc that have felt insulted by your comment.

@jamesgraham814

6 ай бұрын

A lovely Irish couple ☘️

Sounds like it needs to be challenged in court

@oldgolfpunk

6 ай бұрын

For that you need an owner of the company... That you will never find because its government owned. Always has been when you read of its history

@XgoodbyeX

6 ай бұрын

​@@oldgolfpunkits getting abolished in 2027 most likely but will be replaced by something else that apparently will come straight out of council tax

Maybe you could push for Britain to 'borrow' an idea from the Netherlands; the "Balkenende norm" - named after a former prime minister - caps the salary for any government job at 130% of the salary of the prime minister. The Balkenende norm - 🙂 and this is where it gets relevant - applies to all Dutch public broadcasters. See? 😁👍 Great innit!

Got another stupid letter from them today bin it 😂

@belfasta

6 ай бұрын

I always return to sender

@MikeEves

6 ай бұрын

I use it is a regular reminder of how much I'm saving, by not having a TV licence....

@dougaldouglas8842

6 ай бұрын

Not had any for years. Told them I would sue them if they continued to harass me. Seems to have done the trick. Demanding monies with menaces is equally a criminal offense.

@ph8077

6 ай бұрын

"Filed accordingly"

@lostsignal4359

2 ай бұрын

Ive just ripped.mine up

Does anyone else feel a bit sick when they look at those salaries and how the bbc racket is funded? I'm not against people earning a good wage, it's the way they generate income that is disturbing. Charge everyone whether they watch bbc or not - if people fail to pay they set their Capita heavies on them. Many people are under real financial pressure now and are no doubt cancelling their tv licence out of sheer desperation. Isn't it time the bbc gave people a choice, like sky, virgin, netflix, prime etc do?

@monkstandinglast

6 ай бұрын

You have a choice, stop paying, ignore capita letters, send all dodgy goons packing with no talking other than see you bye and enjoy the freedom.

@ep1929

6 ай бұрын

@@monkstandinglast I stopped paying in 2019 and ignore the letters and goon visits.

@ep1929

6 ай бұрын

@@monkstandinglast someone like me who's quite headstrong yes - cancelled a few years back, but not everyone's like me, a lot are scared of their threatograms and their wording. Bunch of bullies is all what they are.

@stephenrooney2284

6 ай бұрын

Sounds a bit like the po

They need to be audited as we pay for it!

I am absolutely delighted i do not pay for this nonsense. If you are still paying, you need to cancel. Your tv will work perfectly well without a license.

I haven't watched the BBC for several years now. I'm away on a break at the mo and the only channels available on the hotel TV are the 4 main ones. I popped on BBC news and within 3 mins of watching it had me twitching in anger! Honestly, how anybody watches or takes them seriously is beyond me.

@missread7781

6 ай бұрын

I haven't had BBC for years now. Every time I check into a hotel and look at what I am missing - I go onto my laptop and watch Prime or catch up. Nothing on BBC interests me at all.

You get so excited Jon, it's only free money they are wasting at the BBC!!

@ph8077

6 ай бұрын

Why worry about finances when you're not subject to market forces as the cash keeps rolling in regardless of performance or quality?!

John, Happy '24, just wanted to say thanks for giving me the confidence to ring these crooks n tell em "thanks but no thanks", the hard sell on the phone was intense, one of best things I did all year... ❤

maybe they should establish subscriptions, just to prove their viability.

@anthonyauton6550

6 ай бұрын

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@MikeEves

6 ай бұрын

It's a subscription in my mind. I don't subscribe, so I pay zero, nada.

Good on this one Jon, if these people just sit and read an autocue to give us news or programme announcements, what a fabulous rate of pay they are getting. Actors and programme makers we probably understand the salaries, but just sitting reading to camera three or four times daily and driven (if required, so I am informed) from home to studio and home again, what a great job that must be!

@samuel56551

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget making facile jokes and " witty " asides , to make us ordinary folk , the audience , feel included . That's important too . Definitely worth a few thousand of the license fee payer's money .

The BBC WILL have their own people monitoring and watching these videos

Does anyone listen to the BBC anymore.

@simonlevett4776

6 ай бұрын

Quite a lot i think.

@ashleyupshall7641

6 ай бұрын

Yes I do, their radio is always worth a listen.

They are a expensive joke.

Most bent place in the uk BBC.

@RicStorm616

6 ай бұрын

After parliament 🤣

Can't wait to see how many now cancel paying their licence fee when it goes up again ..... Let's hope it turns out to be the Woke BBC's Waterloo 😎👏😎

STOP the income(Fee). End of the business. Simple.

Lenny Henry estimated net worth £9Million, interesting to find out how much the BBC Licence Fee payers contributed?

@tatsnneeps341

6 ай бұрын

9 million

@redbeard3923

6 ай бұрын

Children in need?

@d3fenc367

6 ай бұрын

So they paid him £4.5m for every time he said something funny? Outrageous!

@markchawner1586

6 ай бұрын

Yes, but he has publicly stated that he doesn't want, or need, White people's Money 😎😊

@Holycurative9610

6 ай бұрын

@@d3fenc367That was a funny comment well deserving of 4.5 million 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

do not pay them

Who are the shareholders of BBC Studios? Where do the substantial profits from their use of BBC programmes go?

@michaelc3051

6 ай бұрын

There are no shareholders, it’s owned by you and I, the public. All money made from selling programmes overseas, for example, goes back into the BBC budget, not shareholders’ pockets. There are two sides to every story.

@DMC888

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelc3051as their revenue grew you’d expect the license fee to come down, but it only ever goes up.

@moragfoster5871

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelc3051there loads of wealthy donors. B Gates gives around 30 million per year !

@glassowlie

2 ай бұрын

​@@michaelc3051But they do.

*A joke I'm happily not paying for.*

@johncodmore

6 ай бұрын

At the moment ...

@Respected_Gentleman

6 ай бұрын

@@johncodmore Not ever.

@johncodmore

6 ай бұрын

Maybe look up broadband tax, or look under the Policing costs on your Council Tax, because it is coming sooner or later.@@Respected_Gentleman

I haven't paid a penny to these scrounging wastrels for a decade and that makes me very happy. Thank you for your excellent videos.

Well I'm liking TV licencing today...they sent me a refund of £53 for cancelling my TV licence 😂 totally unexpected but very welcome!

@ph8077

6 ай бұрын

Now the low-key threatening letters will start

@mandyharrison3799

6 ай бұрын

@@ph8077 you are scaring me🤣🤣🤣

Can't believe they've actually let you record this from inside the control room. You have balls of steel, Jon. Big up.

They don’t get my money.

Haven't paid the fee for 6 years,these women should get paid more,your fool enough to pay lump it

@davidadams5116

6 ай бұрын

It's great isn't it. Like you say, give them all 100% raise. Couldn't care less as I have no licence either.

I’ve said before and I’ll say it again if people truly want to stop the BBC then mass cancellation of licence fee payments is what’s going to get their attention and that of the government just imagine if even two thirds of people who pay suddenly stopped the BBC would be crippled (I was going to say pointless but it oreads is)

Yes, all sounds very dodgy, with money passing under the table from those overseas operations which could be used to financially support their broadcasts in Britain (for what they're worth).

@dougaldouglas8842

6 ай бұрын

Very crafty in taking licence fee money to make series, which then end up being sold abroad, and the proceeds from sales abroad go into a different account.

This is why I Cancelled my Licence Fee Years Ago

You are so right. It’s a disgrace

Sounds like they are cooking the books some where along the line.

It used to be called “job for the boys” however, with the onset of equal opportunity, its jobs for the boy’s job for the girls, and any other gender-neutral pronoun you can dream-up

@RicStorm616

6 ай бұрын

THERE ARE ONLY TWO GENDERS - Jean Luc Picard in ST:TNG Probably

@mygreatbigfoot1679

6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget the jobs for life for their children too.

@dougaldouglas8842

6 ай бұрын

We used to say that if you wished to gain a position within the politically incorrect situation all you needed was to have an eye missing, one leg missing, sport a handbag, and you are in as this class of person is not represented, and must be

@Woodman-Spare-that-tree

6 ай бұрын

Haha where are the “trans” newsreaders?

@dougaldouglas8842

6 ай бұрын

@@Woodman-Spare-that-tree Where are the disabled news readers as they are under represented?

The BBC doesn't understand.. NO

The BBC should be scrapped!

If they are getting around the same pay as the rest 300k -400k that worked out to be nearly 2 million a year at the lowest number

Wonder if Huw Edwards is still on the payroll as well. Would his absence be classed as sick leave ?

The BBC make me feel sick / Its a disgusting TAX

@stephenking8754

6 ай бұрын

Yes your possibly right @@missingcat9293

Happy new year jon. You were on the uk column news mon 8th episode. Well done. Great work

@ChilliJonCarne

6 ай бұрын

didnt know that, I'll take a look. Thanks for letting me know

@TheMightsparrow

6 ай бұрын

​@@ChilliJonCarneDo you have the link? Just wanted to know whether they were a fan like us? I haven't renewed mine since April. I disabled my TV. Still getting the occasional letter but I use them to wipe my a$$.

BBC, Are having a joke, unfortunately the joke is on us!!

Nothing could be worse than the grating mindless chuntering of Fearne Cotton on Radio 1 or presenting music coverage on TV. Her interview style was to ask closed questions, e.g. “so x you’re performing at x huge event, ARE YOU EXCITED???” TRULY PATHETIC. Completely stunk up and ruined live pop music TV coverage during my youth. How they still have the nerve to talk about quality after so many years of pushing that empty vessel, I do not know 🤷‍♂️

Happy new year John, was great to see you on UK Column News yesterday .

More to the point why does a license fee still exist - I cancelled mine in December - I don't watch live TV and I certainly don't watch anything produced by the BBC I think their news is biased anyhow. So I don't have Iplayer, I have Netflix, Discovery +, Prime and Disney more than I could ever need and I can watch it when I want to and pause it when the dogs bark or the mobile rings and easily pick up anything from where I left it. Live TV is going the way of the Dodo in my opinion - I have even put a sign up outside my house saying No License Needed and spreading the word to all that knock on my door - I,ve had the first letter which only took 7 days telling me there has been a problem with my direct debit LMAO - not a problem - I cancelled it

Why does anyone buy a TV licence so that this continues. Stop the BBC.

If it's about 70k a year they are on, that would be like an area of you town or city is paying TV licence for someone sitting on there arse 😮

IF, you say that's what? 50k per presenter, that's a general roundabout QUARTER OF A MILLION £!!! 😠 😎🇬🇧

The BBC is an absolute joke why people pay a licence fee I don’t know

I never ever watch the biased, woke , fake media channel . So why do i need a tv licence ?

Thats why I stopped watching the TV 20 YEARS AGO.... I'M FREE FROM ALL THE BS AND LIES....

It is not only that all these sub-companies are making money commercially, but where did the money come from originally to set them all up? If it was from the licence fee money in the first place then surely we as stake holders are due a return on our investment?

Who is the head of bbc studios, is it the same person as the normal bbc.

@ChilliJonCarne

6 ай бұрын

No But the current DG of the BBC was the head of Studios before he got this job

I got a bowl of chilli

Hope all is well, Jon. Keep up the good work.👍

I quite happily watch BBC if and when they show something of interest to me...very rare I admit. I dont pay their licence fee and ignore the odd letter I get sent. Obviously this means I get access to BBC for free and have done when I woke up about twenty years ago. If they were to update their set up sayvfor instance like SKY subscription, this means I wouldn't get access to BBC for free. So I for one hope they don't change the licence fee because its so easy to avoid!

UK column shined you up to me.

Keep up the good work jon.😮 crooks all of them dont pay never will

This is a kind of theft.

i`m just glad Im not paying for them

Full pay and don’t forget that big fat pension!

Don't pay the TV Tax. Simples.

I had another letter today after doing the government and bbc saying on the site I know longer need a license form

!Cushy! Or what! Blimey I wish I could have a Cushy number like that LOL. Happy New year mate.

Any other company would have made them redundant if there is not enough work

Gravy train.

Don't pay it, don't fill out the online form, phone them from a withheld/spare number all they need is your address to say you dont watch TV. Don't give them your name or anything else.

A national disgrace!

Channel 5 news is my current goto frankly.

Back in the days before cable, satellite, and the Internet we were told we needed a licence to receive TV and radio signals. Interesting that the licence for broadcasting was about £10 a year to take up bandwidth on the airwaves yet to just receive the signals was many times that amount. Clearly not a licence in any technical fashion especially since they reworded the licence requirements to accommodate modern technologies.

Surely the screen testing would be for the new task of cueing up the adverts etc, its not as easy as people think

You are so right it appears that everyone on the TV today is a millionaire for doing very little. Weekends are full of cookery shows with guests advertising the latest book they've written making them even more cash.

Unbelievable but not surprised no other business would do this .glad don't pay it ...

if the BBC is global why is it only the UK that has to pay for a tv licence, baffling??

The BBC can do what they like as they're protected by the government .

I'm so glad I stopped paying the license fee years ago.

Jon, I’ve had to re subscribe to both your channels today!

In the background, on BBC news behind the presenters you see 'journalists' sitting at PCs. You just know one of them is pressing F5 on the Guardian website, the rest are on Facebook.

BBC have not had a penny off me in nearly 20 years and never will

Like so many equality rubbish. Like police, post office and fire brigade. We know who does the hard, needed work. Men are being shoved into a dark hole.

The thing is private corporations can sub contract out services it is usually done to keep costs down because while they are under a contract the company that is sub contracted has to provide the at the price that they submit if it costs them more then the contractor absorbed the loss

As I go to work very early in a morning I always put the news on but the BBC NEWS is constantly reporting America News so it's Sky News for me.

Normal pay is £50,000 high end. £395,000 is more than a house each year. Do they pay 40% tax on £350,000? Do they pay £140,000 tax? I bet it goes trough production companies at 20% tax on profit.

Yes, agree,Invite you, they hate you, your be lucky, yes a joke, is right, its just, matter of time now, for pubic, get wise to gravy, train great work Inspector "C

@InspectoreFormBBC

6 ай бұрын

yes good luck, with getting to 100,k this year will promote your great input, with your permission if allowed from time to time thanks inspector 2c

Joke? or crime.....

@MikeEves

6 ай бұрын

Joke on the public (only those who pay)

A Gravy train- at our expense.

Hiya.. The BBC also owns UKTV, and they use adverts within programs.. Phil'👍👍👍

But the BBC does advertise in the uk just watch any interview with a football manager and look at the background.

Scrap the BBC licence fee now.

@dougaldouglas8842

6 ай бұрын

Just do not pay it

BBC should only charge for the programs that people watch--There must be a way where they can block other programs we don't watch

£55k just to have the BBC employee card PLUS another £55k for presenting the news.

Sounds fishy! Did they sign a NDA?!! Something's behind or driving this..

I've just received notification that I'm due an enforcement visit from a goon... they make you laugh, don't they?😅