FPT: The latest Hail Mary Pass to appeal to Captain Mainwaring. The Government having reached an agreement for the BBC to increase its licence fee by the rate of inflation for several years in return… (View Post)

And it's for us as a country to decide what we wish to tax, and invest in our public realm and our future. Rishi attacking the BBC has nothing to do with a cost of living crisis; when a few bill… (View Post)

Anyway - a belated good morning everyone. And thanks for the header, Tim. This sentence grabs me most: The Great British Public mind a bit less about being asked to contribute to the common good of t… (View Post)

The issue there I think is that it reduces distance from political control, and makes it more of a political football - which is exactly what imo we DON'T want. A license fee type setup and taxa… (View Post)

I tracked down the police statement on that "picnic knife" case. Turns out the bit not reported by the Daily Mail involved threats of violence with a knife in a pub, and essentially a misle… (View Post)