After nearly 6 weeks of enforced "stay at home" duty imposed by the Medicos , I have come to the conclusion that...........
1. The present £150.00 TV license fee is nothing less than a fraud being perpetrated upon the British public by what appears to be (to me at least) a government controlled quango, and represents NO value for the fee payable at all !
2. From October 2011, I have decided that should I wish to view programmes made years before, and repeated with monotonous regularity day in day out, week in week out, then the there are many other means available to the viewing public other than the soon to be redundant (hopefully) BBC.
3. No doubt after the above date I shall be treated to various letters from the TV licensing people, making me aware of the "horrendous" penalties awaiting me should I use my non existent TV. I did seek advice on this matter a few weeks ago, and that was to ignore any letters, and in the probable event of an enquiry agent calling, to politely ask him to leave. The letters will continue, I have been reliably informed, but to answer any of them would merely place the householder at greater risk of continued "official harassment", non reply being the order of the day.
4. British television is rapidly emulating the garbage being broadcast by other countries (notably the USA) in that programmes are being endlessly repeated, and it's a bad sign when the cooking shows and DIY progs are aired thrice weekly, and furthermore, I'm NOT interested in how the police dealt with crime several years ago, having witnessed just how it was dealt with in the past week ! I don't seem to recall seeing any Scoobies or EVOs screeching to a halt, their occupants leaping out armed with Tasers and CS spays and arresting the baddies...but then again I might not have been looking closely enough !
Never mind fellas, soon be Christmas again, and time once more for those evergreens faves....White Christmas, Great Escape, Wizard of OZ, and who could forget The Sound of Music ? (I have, in fact NEVER seen it)
In short....The BBC can emulate both a Penguin and a Pelican, in that they too can stick their bill up their ar*e