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[BillJ]

And quite right, too, because the TV licence is defined in the Communications Act of 2003 and related statutory instruments. Wikipedia lays it out succinctly, but you can also read the legislation on the UK government's legislation website. It's the government's role to decide whether the licence stays or goes

Seems like that should be up to the people.

 

[26138]

Seems like that should be up to the people.

In theory it is, via Parliament elections.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

A by-the-by, I don’t want anyone to take my posts as criticism of the way things are done in the UK. Just questions and thoughts by someone who grew up in a completely different environment where OTA is concerned.

It just seems like the need for a license where all money goes to the BBC would stifle the growth of other OTA offerings.

You are entitled to question the BBC at all times, as they are a tax payer funded orginisation, steeped in decades of child abuse and sexisum against women, so god help us when the day comes when such corporations cannot be questioned publically, but the day is coming for the BBC, it is just a matter of time now on how many tax payers drop watching uk terrestral tv every year, and as of 2024 the tv licence sits at under 24 million, with a drop of 500,000 from 2023, so it is already on the back leg, and this drip drip drip will will only continue with the help of that yearly increasing licence fee, as there will come a time when increasing the cost of the tv licence fee onto the backs of those still paying it, will eventually have those people cancell it also, it's the law of diminising returns, the BBC is a dinasaur refusing to move out of the way of the incoming meteor, they are the makers of their own demise simply because they refuse to move on from a funding mechanisum that is now 80 years old. Lol

 

[Jayson1]

I know I wouldn't want to be required by law to pay for CNN, even if CNN made some cool tv shows and movies sometimes. Making people pay for BBC by law seems wrong to me. The British do have some weird laws when it comes to individual rights and free speech. Is it a leftover by product of once being a monarchy?

 

[Starkers]

And Americans have weird laws too. Tomatoes/tomatoes.

 

[Jayson1]

And Americans have weird laws too. Tomatoes/tomatoes.

For sure when it comes to some of the crazy state laws that pop up in every state. The U.S Constitution is pretty rock solid though. That is because it's designed to be a living and breathing document. It can change with amendments so past mistakes can be changed.

 

[Starkers]

For sure when it comes to some of the crazy state laws that pop up in every state. The U.S Constitution is pretty rock solid though. That is because it's designed to be a living and breathing document. It can change with amendments so past mistakes can be changed.

Seems strange to suggest the Constitution is at once rock solid but also malleable?

And obviously any piece of UK legislation can be amended (and often is) or repealed. Which is why we no longer have a Witchcraft Act