Cornish,
“TV should be market driven, if you want it you pay for it.”
It is.
You want a TV you have to pay for the privilege.
What the government then choose to do with the money you give them is up to them.
You do not like that then you are free to avail yourself of the democratic process.
Then again it is far easier to rant than to stand.
I pay taxes and do you think I agree with everything the useless tossers in charge spend it on?
I pay National Insurance but have both Private Healthcare and a Private Pension
What many people do not realise is that only 75% of the BBC’s income is from the Licence Fee. Furthermore, there is no mention when discussing the Licence Fee, on the fact that Channel 4 is having all the costs of its digital switchover met from the Licence Fee.
The BBC has to survive for the good of the UK as a whole.
Cheers