BBC Licence Fee to Be Replaced By Internet Surcharge

[morty]

Anyone else read this?
Or is it fake?

It's the brainchild of one of those cross-party think tanks.
The idea is the TV livence is axed and replaced by an £11 a month surcharge which you'll pay to your Internet Service Provider. No cop out. You have to pay up.

Damn cheeky ..  okay it'll be £132 a year, which is less .... but in principle it's still wrong. 
And on the same week we read that the Beeb might be axing more channels and radio stations due to hardship. 

I still pay my licence though I rarely, if ever watch the BBC. I know braver people don't but I'm chicken.

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[Raven]

Not heard anything like this, not everyone has internet anyway. Also lots of pensioners get the free TV licence as they're on pension credit.
I think it would have been on the News if anything was in it.

[Scrumpy]

I still pay a tv license.. I might be thick but I can't be arsed with any hassle.. 

[morty]

You and me both then ...

Raven .. I was a bit dubious myself as it was in the Daily Express and the Sun and neither of them inspires much trust does it
But it was on GB news too.

[Raven]

Hmmmm, I will be paying close attention to the News tonight.

[JBR]

Yes, I heard mention of this.  Marge pays the TV licence, and she seems to like some of the films which, I must admit, are quite good.
What I don't understand is how can they demand this money from our using the Internet?  Can they do this even if we don't have a television?  If so, then it is nothing more than a compulsory charge for everyone, regardless of what they watch, simply to keep the BBC financed.
If so, then I hope that even more people will vote for Reform in the next national elections, because they have no specific support of the BBC and will, I am sure, get rid of that probably illegal idea.

[GrannyMac]

I still pay a tv license.. I might be thick but I can't be arsed with any hassle..

Me too.