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it is a public service, and a public good. so fund out of direct taxation since everyone gains.

there's an good point in there being over looked - individual's sense of value. many people value the BBC output and see the licence fee is good value (i do myself). other's do not. that's fine, they should have the right to not buy that service, just as we dont force anyone to buy Sky or...

most wealthy people will be paying far more tax than others. paying 100k is more than 10k, unless politically spun. what you mean is they might have a lower marginal rate, because asset sales are taxed at a lower rate than higher rate personal income, though above basic rate personal income...

why not fund out of general taxation? certainly for the community service end. as so many are happy to pay, a subscription based service would make more sense for main channels wouldn't it? the TV licence might have made sense once, now there are so many alternatives it doesn't fit. and its...

never quite convinced by this line... you'd happily pay £160 TV licence for a handful of radio channels? its for the BBC how they spend their budget, if they'd rather provide historical dramas over local radio and news. maybe there needs to be some revision of whats public service or high...

by your own statement, until they've claimed asylum they acted illegally. also, if its legal to cross in a boat, why are we asking for legal routes to be provided? i dont know why people keep getting hung up on this issue, all you're doing to dragging the argument back to a side issue rather...

if we were taking the view b) then there would have been more talk about the policy and less about a football pundit this past week. "totally new" and "absolutly no parallels" are too much, just that making reference to Nazi Germany is clearly caused a distraction. some wont even like the...

seems a great outcome.

novelty or not, it's going to be used by those that would love to reduce cost of MotD. i have a feeling this is all going to end up badly for us as football fans, reduced coverage and then rights going to ITV. :eek:

i dont understand why you and others want to walking it back. the whole intent of the tweet is to compare langauge to that used by Nazis. why is it so wrong to say that?:shrug:

clearly the tweet is very controversial, though you're right the scale of the reaction does seem a tad excessive. its become a larger discussion than the policy he was criticising. its over two days after this comment, still top story:

Lineker will be dropped from MotD, many aspiring football pundits will decide if they end their career or step in. BBC management dont have any interest in backing down and many outside the BBC think Lineker overpaid and too much money spent on football rights anyway. could see MotD gone from...

watched by the target audience though? its an odd side issue to keep coming up, based on speculation by anonymous source, denied by the producer.

theory this morning is this suits both parties: Lineker wants to move on to other things, beeb want to end largest contract. the stalemate wont be resolved because neither side really want it to. BBC wear impartiality like a hairshirt, applying it where not necessary. they could have got out...

pretty peculiar of BBC to go to war on this issue, not reading the room and seeing where it obviously goes (he'll be reinstated after being "spoken to about future conduct").