Robbing Bastids

[Punchy]

The price of a colour TV licence will increase by ?5.50 from April 2005, the government announced on Thursday.
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced the increase in a statement to the House of Commons.

The rise would help provide "a strong and distinctive schedule of high quality programmes," said Ms Jowell.

However, she stressed that the BBC would be required "to raise over ?1bn through efficiency savings and increased income over the same period".

The cost of a colour licence will increase by ?5.50 to ?126.50, and a black and white licence by ?1.50 to ?42, with effect from 1 April, 2005.

"The television licence fee settlement provides for changes in the licence fee of Retail Price Index plus 1.5% for each year from 2000-2001 to 2006-2007," said Ms Jowell.

High quality

"This settlement is designed to enable the BBC to provide a strong and distinctive schedule of high quality programmes and remain at the forefront of broadcasting technology."

In June, former BBC chairman Gavyn Davies said the corporation would be unlikely to ask for a TV licence fee increase when its charter is renewed.

He told an audience in Oxford the BBC would not ask for a rise "for fear of being laughed out of court".

Mr Davies left the BBC's board of governors when the corporation was criticised in the Hutton Report.

A poll conducted by ICM for Panorama earlier this year suggested almost 70% of people in the UK want changes to the way the BBC is funded.

 

[Fat Bert]

Yet another

Stealth Tax I'm afraid

Same as VAT and Duty on ciggies - stealth

How about a tax on polls?





























Coat....................tackle box............fishing license .......gone

 

[gypsy]

what have he Polish got to do with it?

 

[Punchy]

what have he Polish got to do with it?

Is that polish as in Cherry Blossom?

:dunno:

 

[nitehawk]

Is it just me or does this government suck ass ? man8um

They seem to reward people who can't be bothered to work, prevent people who really want to work from earning enough for it to be viable and then financially cripple people fortunate to be in employment beyond belief.

The harder you work nowadays, the harder the gummint works to remove your money from your possession. :bang:

When's the election, can't fuggin' wait ! :f



New Labour - Tough on Crime*
*Traffic offences only, the magistrate's decision is final.

 

[OzCrow]

Geez a bloody tax on the tele. Aint got that here in Oz. What next for you guys, an oxygen tax perhaps. :dunno:

 

[Punchy]

Geez a bloody tax on the tele. Aint got that here in Oz. What next for you guys, an oxygen tax perhaps. :dunno:

We already have that .... its under the title 'Global Warming', fuel tax and vehicle excise duty


:rant:

 

[osprey03]

Just claim assylum and get it for free.

 

[Wolfie]

Anarchy :bow: :yo: :yo: :bow: :bow: :yo:

 

[Punchy]

Anarchy

Yep I'm with you Wolfie....
I'm going to vote for the next party that says its going to bring in Anarchy

:yo: :yo:

 

[nitehawk]

which party is going to do it any better than any of the others. The national debt is still there so the money has to come from us. We also have to pay for all the freeloading don't want to works, and the druggies medication et al so you are deluding yourself if you think any government is going to save you money.

You may well be right, doesn't mean we've gotta take it lying down and the issue isn't purely about money, it's more to do with justice. The only people who seem to be punished by the system at present are the predominantly law-abiding citizens who work hard for a living. There are so many angles from which the government attack joe public, for instance, if you get done for a speeding offence e.g. exceeding 100mph at 4am in the morning on a deserted stretch of motorway your penalty will almost definitely be heavier than someone who steals a car or bike. Where's the logic ? c7u8

which party is going to do it any better

I honestly can't see any party doing worse. The Conservatives were ar53holes when they were in power but Labour promised that there would be significant differences and that priorities would be adjusted e.g. Tough on Crime.The only thing that they are tough on is motorists !!! I had high hopes for Britain when Labour won the election, for the first couple of years or so things looked to be on the up but since then with dodgy domestic and foreign policy, the UK has seen quite a deterioration.

I don't mind paying higher taxes as long as it is reflected in the the quality of public services. :t

 

[OzCrow]

There ain't much hope for a change for you guys I don't think. Look at the recent elections in the US and here in Australia.

Everyone seemed to think Bush was going to go due to his very unpopular foreign policies and domestic performance and he got back in. Everyone was sick of Howard here in Oz, or so we thought, and he got in with even more seats than he did before. Go figure. :bang:

Sorry fellas but me thinks you will get Mr Blair for a while longer. It's the same old thing I think, people prefer the devil they know instead of taking a punt on the unknown. :dunno:

 

[Jaws]

Its quite simple really.. Almost every feckin referendum/election is nothing but a huge fiddle.
The people who win are the people with the biggest purses.
And once in those purses are made even bigger.

Your dead right.. there is no hope for the brits.. we are by nature hard bastards in a fight.. but just moaners who do feck all when it comes to our own sorry arses.
The few times people have openly rebelled they have won but they are few and far between..
Oh and today I got a letter saying the gas is going up.. this, despite them promising me last year that my gas price would not go up for three years.. Futtin tunts !!!!!

 

[duncan]

well if you blind your self then the tv licence is free {true}

 

[DB on CBR1100XX]

TV Licence..............

...............STILL cheap. Does the alternative do it any better ? Rhetorical, 'No' being the correct answer......................


Anarchy's great for those who can fight for themselves - Prob more selfish than capitalism: and that's saying summat !!!