crookesjoe Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Car Boot said: Who cares if they go to the private sector? If they do they will be paid less than the BBC, as Jonathan Ross and others have quickly discovered. It's the public sector and the unique way the BBC is funded that is at issue here. The public sector should not be creating £multi-millionaires at the expense of the poor and vulnerable pensioners. The BBC are an integral part of the ruling class. The ruling class have always looked down on the rest of us while picking our pockets. Carboot has hit the nail on the head. Remember the tv license adverts that were made to scare and terrorise people? The one with the circles of light scanning peoples homes in the night was just one of many adverts using fear to scare people into paying up. Terrible. Whole organisation is rotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, ECCOnoob said: Stop lying. Who is persecuting the poor? If you want to watch broadcast television (which includes paying on screen talent) then you pay the licence. If you dont then you dont. The GOVERNMENT decides what they do with licence revenue and they CHOOSE to give it to the BBC. Since when was a free CHOICE persecution. Criminalising the poorest in our society who can't afford a BBC TV licence - and poor women in particular - is persecution. Only the ruling class and it's sycophants would attempt to claim otherwise. Because of the unique way the BBC is funded, prosecutions for non-payment of the BBC TV licence fee currently account for around one in 10 of all criminal cases in the magistrates’ courts. Women accounted for 72% of all prosecutions for BBC tv licence evasion in England and Wales in 2017. BBC tv licence fee evasion is the most common offence for which women are prosecuted. 30% of all prosecutions for women are for not paying the BBC TV licence fee.. That the majority of those women convicted receive very low fines, and are single mothers on benefits, tells us that the unique way the BBC is funded is criminalising poverty and women in poverty in particular. The ruling class, which includes the top of the BBC, claims this is not persecuting the poor, and poor women in particular. But they would say that, wouldn't they? Smash the BBC. By any means necessary. Edited July 7, 2019 by Car Boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesjoe Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Car Boot said: 30% of all prosecutions for women are for not paying the BBC TV licence fee.. As much as I hate the BBC, I'm really struggling to believe that to be true. Where did you get that fact from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, crookesjoe said: As much as I hate the BBC, I'm really struggling to believe that to be true. Where did you get that fact from? There are links at the bottom of this excellent article by a social researcher and data analyst which provide data from the Ministry of Justice. http://www.moragtreanor.co.uk/?p=350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Here we go, with the sexism spiel lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Boot Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, melthebell said: Here we go, with the sexism spiel lol When is discrimination against women in poverty not a problem and not even worth mentioning? When the BBC, due to the unique way it's funded, does it! Your BBC - persecuting poor women so that it can give bumper pay rises to the rich. Smash the BBC. By any means necessary. Edited July 7, 2019 by Car Boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, Car Boot said: When is discrimination against women in poverty not a problem and not even worth mentioning? When the BBC, due to the unique way it's funded, does it! Your BBC - persecuting poor women so that it can give bumper pay rises to the rich. Smash the BBC. By any means necessary. When it's not discrimination, must try harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Car Boot said: Criminalising the poorest in our society who can't afford a BBC TV licence - and poor women in particular - is persecution. Only the ruling class and it's sycophants would attempt to claim otherwise. Because of the unique way the BBC is funded, prosecutions for non-payment of the BBC TV licence fee currently account for around one in 10 of all criminal cases in the magistrates’ courts. Women accounted for 72% of all prosecutions for BBC tv licence evasion in England and Wales in 2017. BBC tv licence fee evasion is the most common offence for which women are prosecuted. 30% of all prosecutions for women are for not paying the BBC TV licence fee.. That the majority of those women convicted receive very low fines, and are single mothers on benefits, tells us that the unique way the BBC is funded is criminalising poverty and women in poverty in particular. The ruling class, which includes the top of the BBC, claims this is not persecuting the poor, and poor women in particular. But they would say that, wouldn't they? Smash the BBC. By any means necessary. I could not give a fig whether the stats are against are women, men, animal or alien. That's what quite rightly happens when you break a law in this country - you get prosecuted. The law says that you need a licence to receive ANY broadcast television. If someone chooses to break that law that is a criminal offence and the culprit is quite rightly liable for prosecution. What exactly is the problem here? Where is this persecution you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Car Boot said: http://www.moragtreanor.co.uk/?p=350 Some interesting information there in the link. Thank you for sharing. Let's hope that change is not far off. Shame on the BBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaci Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 How much of the licence fee is paid back to the government in tax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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