BBC Director-General Tim Davie says he backs 'enforcement' for TV licence fee evaders
The head of the BBC has said it is right that licence fee dodgers are taken to court.
Director-General Tim Davie claimed that the public also back ‘enforcement’ for those who evade the annual charge to watch TV, which rose to £174.50 this year, despite growing calls for decriminalisation.
Asked if he approved of the current system, under which those who refuse to pay up can be prosecuted and slapped with a £1,000 fine, he told BBC Breakfast this morning: ‘I do approve of enforcement. And actually, when you talk to most people who are paying their licence fee, they would say if people are evading the licence fee, it should be enforced.’
Pressed on whether that meant he supported people being fined or going to jail, Mr Davie said: ‘Absolutely I support the current system.’
He makes you feel that you are once more in the land of official insolence, and that, whatever you are collectively, you are nothing personally.
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6 comments:
...and then They link paying for your TV licence to owning a BritCard... all part of a cunning plan.
I don't know why they don't require a bar-code to be tattooed on your forehead - but don't give Them ideas.
DJ - yes, BBC management gives a strong impression of hanging on until the licence is not optional because neither is anything else.
This rant came just before Al Beeb was castigated by Ofcom over their 'impartial' documentary on Gaza, where the narrator was discovered to be the son of a Hamas official! So how much was this narrator paid by this taxpayer funded organisation, and how much ended up in the coffers of a terrorist organisation? It seems that Davie's interpretation of impartiality is open to question, so why should taxpayers continue to fund this bigoted white elephant?
Penseivat
Penseivat - yes it is a bigoted white elephant. It just shrugs off scandal and pursues compulsory funding which it probably knows it will get in the end. Disgusting outfit.
I'm concerned that if they do away with the Licence Fee they'll just fund it from general taxation so we'll carry on paying for it whether we use it or not. It has to become a subscription service like Netflix.
Vatsmith - I agree and the technology to shift it to a subscription service has been available for years. It's a seedy racket.
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