It’s better thought of as a tax that funds the BBC, but it can’t be called a tax because it’s not run by the government.
It’s an outdated idea though that doesn’t make any sense in this era because it means that technically if you want to watch any live TV at all then you have to pay the BBC money even if you don’t watch anything by them.
Or you could just not answer the door in the extremely rare case that any enforcement officers actually come around and instead watch TV for free.
It pays for quality BBC programming. BBC News is horrible, but BBC dramas, documentaries, and kids shows are top-tier and I’d happily pay for that, license or tax or otherwise
Yes, but ultimately centrists cosplaying as “sane leftists” are the ones who do many of their biddings. Sometimes actual leftists too, because “this kink is problematic”, “women are regularly forced into sex work”, etc.
Only towards the end. The porn laws in the UK are a bit crazy
It’s even crazier to watch tv you have to have a license… I never knew that. But it’s like paying your non-over the air tv bill.
It’s better thought of as a tax that funds the BBC, but it can’t be called a tax because it’s not run by the government.
It’s an outdated idea though that doesn’t make any sense in this era because it means that technically if you want to watch any live TV at all then you have to pay the BBC money even if you don’t watch anything by them.
Or you could just not answer the door in the extremely rare case that any enforcement officers actually come around and instead watch TV for free.
It pays for quality BBC programming. BBC News is horrible, but BBC dramas, documentaries, and kids shows are top-tier and I’d happily pay for that, license or tax or otherwise
Yes, and “leftist” governments die on the hill to defend them, so they won’t be the pervert party or the real misogynists.
Any examples of “leftist” governments dying on that hill?
Labour, hence the quotation marks
You don’t see this as a push from largely christian conservative groups?
Yes, but ultimately centrists cosplaying as “sane leftists” are the ones who do many of their biddings. Sometimes actual leftists too, because “this kink is problematic”, “women are regularly forced into sex work”, etc.
It still sounds largely like a problem of a conservative agenda creeping into mainstream