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[hugh]

Use to watch sky news each morning but Kay Burley really turn me off she was so rude to people she interviewed. I now watch GBNews who have poached many well known faces. In my view a much better news channel.

[klondike]

I too watch GBNews but only on catch-up as I binned my TV licence. Mostly in response to BBC remain bias. I haven't missed watching live TV. Most was recorded anyway and only the news watched live.

[hugh]

I also should bin my TV licence because all my entertainments on sky, Netflix, amazon prime. Both sky news and the BBC are anti Boris.

[Alex]

I'm glad you came round to GB News Hugh as you weren't too keen in the beginning were you ?  I think it's great, of course I can't watch it live 

[klondike]

Do you think we'd be allowed to if we squinted? 

[Alex]

or watched on the laptop with sunglasses on ?

[zoony]

Do you still get Freeview Alex? Cos GBNews is on Ch236..

[Alex]

Yes I can get Freeview but we're not supposed to watch that without a licence 

[hugh]

I'm glad you came round to GB News Hugh as you weren't too keen in the beginning were you ?  I think it's great, of course I can't watch it live 

Cannot remember that Alex, so I will fall back on my age as a reason. I will play chicken and carry on paying for a TV licence its not worth the feeling of someone coming knocking on my door. The forking out not going to break the bank.

[klondike]

If you watch live TV then certainly you should pay. If the money didn't go to the BBC then I would willingly pay and put my set top boxes back on. As it is I'll stick with catchup, Prime and downloads.

[hugh]

My understanding if you can receive live TV you have to have a licence.

[Alex]

If you don't watch live TV, why should you pay for a BBC licence which is what it is, ITV doesn't receive any of the licence fee as far as I'm aware  ?
I've stuck to the rules and my telly aerial is unplugged, I haven't really missed live TV at all, Netflix is great.    On the odd occasion, reading a good write up from a BBC drama, I'll think 'I'd like to have seen that'  but that 'odd occasion' isn't worth paying £160 for.

[zoony]

Dramas? ..I'd like to watch a decent one but it seems that if it doesn't centre on a mixed-race marriage and various kinds of homosexuality it doesn't get made..

[Alex]

The Responder starts Monday on BBC  I love Martin Freeman, he plays the lead.

[klondike]

Probably cast as a transexual lesbian if it's on the BBC.