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I disagree. Sky etc are commercial businesses. The BBC is a public service. It is a part of the fabric of our community and as such everybody should contribute. There is indirect benefit to everybody in the making of cultural and educational content. Numerous examples, but if you have kids at...

I agree with everything you say about the value for money but sniping about the BBC comes from both left and right. Constant accusations of bias from both sides in order to get their own way may bring it down eventually. The world will be a worse place if that happens.

Fair enough. I didn’t know people did that. We’ve always had a tv license and I think it the best value tv subscription we have.

I’m not so sure. We can’t have a public service broadcaster without a universal license fee. The BBC is either a community asset or it just another Sky or ITV.

Surely you know that which side of that fine line a situation lies depends upon the person or organization being discussed ?

Why didn’t they play the theme tune ? It’s usually the best bit.

I enjoyed that. A proper highlights package not edited to suit a storyline pre written in crayon by the three goons.

I’m not sure this has divided people. They are divided anyway and social media is their outlet of choice because shoving politics down other people’s throats is not generally the done thing in real life. I’m a bit bemused by it all from a football perspective because if ever there was a bunch of...

So politics aside….because it’s the same people saying the same stuff as a proxy for a general election thread. So the commentators have now gone on strike and the BBC have said there will not be any manager interviews tonight. Match of the Day is all a bit toxic now but Sky have highlights anyway.

He was happy to sign a contract making him the highest paid presenter at the BBC but unhappy with the terms and conditions. Tough really. It would be good if the BBC could get rid of Lineker, Shearer and Wright and just show more highlights. They aren’t a patch on Carragher, Carney and Neville...