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Go to Germany and you'll see the benefits of your high tax. Clean streets, trains that cost pennies to cross the country, £3 pints etc.

You pay your tax here and my local community park hasn't had the grass cut for two summers now and i've lost count of the amount of pot holes within half a mile of my house. Not to mention the inability to get a doctors appointment without private healthcare.
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The grass isn't always greener https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250814-germany-sacks-rail-chief-with-train-network-in-crisis

 
In terms of income tax the UK is pretty much in line with the world average (give or take). Scandinavian countries are certainly top end of the scale.

In terms of VAT we also raise a broadly comparable amount to most similar economies. We do have more zero VAT rates than a lot of countries.

We are well below average in terms of social security taxes (such as NI)

We haven't been a relatively high taxing country since we peaked about 60 years ago. At that point we were.

Similarly when it comes to corporation tax we are nowhere near the top . Our main rate is 25%. There are many with way higher rates.

Accepting that tax comparisons between countries are not atraight forward as there are other ways of taxing but, overall the idea that the UK is one of the highest taxing nations is not supported by the facts.

 
Yet another BBC employee (Scott Mills, not that that is any suprise, Nick Grimshaw is 100% next) sacked for Noncing.

At this point is it a prerequisite in the hiring process?

Sooner the TV Licence is scrapped and we stop funding these wrong’uns the better.

 
Yet another BBC employee (Scott Mills, not that that is any suprise, Nick Grimshaw is 100% next) sacked for Noncing.

At this point is it a prerequisite in the hiring process?

Sooner the TV Licence is scrapped and we stop funding these wrong’uns the better.
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Wait until you hear about the US government.

At least in the UK, these people face some sort of consequences, even if justice is often delayed.

 
Looks to me like the BBC expects to be challenged, every time I look at the web-site they are asking me to create a profile which I resist.

Then often between programs they advise they can make these programs because they are funded by the tax payer.

If they do lose the license fee they will need to cut services on both radio and tv and possibly also the internet. Some of these programs would certainly be bought by other providers and yet some will certainly be lost.

As well as the presenters being involved in unpleasant sex abuse or sex coercion acts the tampering with Trump's broadcast was borderline criminal.

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I ain’t paid my tv licence in years.

Sent them a letter saying I don’t watch it and they said ok we will check back in 2yrs to see if you require our service again. Ain’t heard from them since.

All mainstream media are a joke and anybody who believes anything they report really need to wake up.

The Covid lies and cover ups and the hatchet job they have done and still do on Trump is outrageous.

I’m not Trumps biggest fan but if you can do that, in full view of the world to the president of the USA supposedly the most powerful man in the world what could they do to Joe Public and what else can they lie about. My answer is anything they like.

 
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Yet another BBC employee (Scott Mills, not that that is any suprise, Nick Grimshaw is 100% next) sacked for Noncing.

At this point is it a prerequisite in the hiring process?

Sooner the TV Licence is scrapped and we stop funding these wrong’uns the better.
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Netflix will cost more than the BBC in 2 years time. Not a single person I know and I am certain you know, consumes more content via Netflix than the BBC. If you did you wouldn't complain about it as why moan about a service you don't use.

The moment the BBC goes, because people are so hung up on a licence fee and brainwashed by right wing rags who just want to make money, everything will turn to sh*t. Every TV show you watch will be American made, any subscriptions you have will go up in price 10-20%. And every website you visit will be littered with ads.

And guess what, every single one of these people who get sacked from the BBC would get away scot free if they were in Hollywood. Do you really think Netflix, Disney, Amazon would sack someone because 10 years ago they were questioned about a sexual offence 20 years ago? Not a chance.

I find it absolutely baffling that people can't see this.

 
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Looks to me like the BBC expects to be challenged, every time I look at the web-site they are asking me to create a profile which I resist.

Then often between programs they advise they can make these programs because they are funded by the tax payer.

If they do lose the license fee they will need to cut services on both radio and tv and possibly also the internet. Some of these programs would certainly be bought by other providers and yet some will certainly be lost.

As well as the presenters being involved in unpleasant sex abuse or sex coercion acts the tampering with Trump's broadcast was borderline criminal.

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Licence fees for the ABC (Australia's equivalent of the BBC) were abolished in 1974. Replaced by direct government funding. End result: whichever variety of government is in power uses the funding, and threats to cut such, as a means of turning the broadcaster into a government mouthpiece. Be careful what you wish for.

 
I'm sure I saw Emma Barnett out on the piss in Leicester city centre on Saturday. Tried giving her the eyes but I think she interpreted it as a come-on rather than intending a brief conversation along the lines of 'I wish you wouldn't interrupt your guests so much' and 'could you get Amol's autograph for me please?'

 
I'm sure I saw Emma Barnett out on the piss in Leicester city centre on Saturday. Tried giving her the eyes but I think she interpreted it as a come-on rather than intending a brief conversation along the lines of 'I wish you wouldn't interrupt your guests so much' and 'could you get Amol's autograph for me please?'
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Can we have these in your dialect? More, have you contemplated calculating Richard's penalty for overstaying in the car park?

 
Licence fees for the ABC (Australia's equivalent of the BBC) were abolished in 1974. Replaced by direct government funding. End result: whichever variety of government is in power uses the funding, and threats to cut such, as a means of turning the broadcaster into a government mouthpiece. Be careful what you wish for.
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You don’t think the BBC is already a government mouthpiece then?

Agendas and programming in everything from the news to Eastenders

 
Can we have these in your dialect? More, have you contemplated calculating Richard's penalty for overstaying in the car park?
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Can't openly admit to listening to Radio 4 here or the peasantfolk will tear one asunder for 'posh bollix'.

That said, the way Justin Webb pronounces 'Pakistan' is so posh that my cat (who is called Parker) thinks he's being called every time Webb says it.

 
Licence fees for the ABC (Australia's equivalent of the BBC) were abolished in 1974. Replaced by direct government funding. End result: whichever variety of government is in power uses the funding, and threats to cut such, as a means of turning the broadcaster into a government mouthpiece. Be careful what you wish for.
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I don't see a problem for the BBC unless Reform win the next election and they will probalby get the same deal as the other media stations.

 
Netflix will cost more than the BBC in 2 years time. Not a single person I know and I am certain you know, consumes more content via Netflix than the BBC. If you did you wouldn't complain about it as why moan about a service you don't use.

The moment the BBC goes, because people are so hung up on a licence fee and brainwashed by right wing rags who just want to make money, everything will turn to sh*t. Every TV show you watch will be American made, any subscriptions you have will go up in price 10-20%. And every website you visit will be littered with ads.

And guess what, every single one of these people who get sacked from the BBC would get away scot free if they were in Hollywood. Do you really think Netflix, Disney, Amazon would sack someone because 10 years ago they were questioned about a sexual offence 20 years ago? Not a chance.

I find it absolutely baffling that people can't see this.
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I don't need the right wing to tell something is sh*t. I don't like the BBC, I have zero use for it outside of Football, I don't really watch tv at all anymore. It's not enough to justify the price for me. Too many scandals, too many overpaid twats up their own ass, absolute sh*t tv that doesn't interest me. I don't see why I should have to fund this, it's outdated rubbish.

I don't know how the BBC can justify it's current existence going forward. I'm a Millennial, and I've stopped watching it. My niece and nephews are Gen Z and Gen Alpha, none of them touch anything to do with the BBC. So in 10-20 years time, where is it's audience going to come from?

 
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Licence fees for the ABC (Australia's equivalent of the BBC) were abolished in 1974. Replaced by direct government funding. End result: whichever variety of government is in power uses the funding, and threats to cut such, as a means of turning the broadcaster into a government mouthpiece. Be careful what you wish for.
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Well, only our version of the Tories has 'threatened' as such, running a campaign to privatise the service and with one former conservative prime minister railing against the ABC for being too critical of him. It worked, as the ABC's board is now stacked with conservative figureheads and a very conservative editorial policy. The funding cuts have meant that a lot of the ABC's informational/non-political content, which was essential at times, has been removed. The cuts also meant that the ABC sold the majority of its rights to top-rating kids show "Bluey" to Disney, missing out on most of the benefit of a multi-million dollar franchise even when its creation was wholly subsidised by the taxpayer.

 
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Well, only our version of the Tories has 'threatened' as such, running a campaign to privatise the service and with one former conservative prime minister railing against the ABC for being too critical of him. It worked, as the ABC's board is now stacked with conservative figureheads and a very conservative editorial policy. The funding cuts have meant that a lot of the ABC's informational/non-political content, which was essential at times, has been removed. The cuts also meant that the ABC sold the majority of its rights to top-rating kids show "Bluey" to Disney, missing out on most of the benefit of a multi-million dollar franchise even when its creation was wholly subsidised by the taxpayer.
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Is Radio Australia holding up? The BBC World Service has been slashed.

 
I don't need the right wing to tell something is sh*t. I don't like the BBC, I have zero use for it outside of Football, I don't really watch tv at all anymore. It's not enough to justify the price for me. Too many scandals, too many overpaid twats up their own ass, absolute sh*t tv that doesn't interest me. I don't see why I should have to fund this, it's outdated rubbish.

I don't know how the BBC can justify it's current existence going forward. I'm a Millennial, and I've stopped watching it. My niece and nephews are Gen Z and Gen Alpha, none of them touch anything to do with the BBC. So in 10-20 years time, where is it's audience going to come from?
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If you don't watch TV or listen to the radio I have no idea why you would even bother commenting on the BBC.

You're 100% in the minority in the country if that is the case.

 
If you don't watch TV or listen to the radio I have no idea why you would even bother commenting on the BBC.

You're 100% in the minority in the country if that is the case.
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Uh, maybe because I still have to pay for it! I could watch or listen to no BBC tv or radio channels and I would still have to pay a tv licence to watch football on Amazon Prime. It's an absurd tax.

 
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