This is not a political point
Nadine Dorres will not be the one make such a a decision in two years, who knows if this even government will be? Itās a nonsense comment.
Whoās going to pay Gary Linekerās over inflated salary??? But mind you he did take a pay cut from Ā£1.75 million to Ā£1.36 million.
What ever the decision of the government is, but bbc license fee is an extorsion. collecting fee from millions of families and funding few enterprises and individuals in the name of salary or invoice. it is insane and must stop.
Just ignore the Licensing Letter - They canāt force you to pay
3 great points
@NeilB yes she wonāt be in place but it is only a distraction from some other stories, canāt think what they were, must of been under reported. 
@Coolsmp this is the problem with the BBC they cut the cheaper news type things then pay extortionate money for a glorified commentator or spend tonnes on game shows or US imported things.
@ravi.ramireddy agree it is stupid and costly to implement the whole license ecosystem. We should go the scandi way and tax people up to X a year. Maybe you start at Ā£20k a year and then the poor donāt pay.
As long as government donāt control it, as they should have no input, then the BBC is a must but not so sure it needs to be so big and have so many avenues.
I am quite happy with the UK system, friends in Germany are telling me that they have to pay 18.36 Euro, even if they donāt have a TV. Not even the radio is free or youtube. Every household has to pay this, with some exceptions for poorer households or younger people in full time education.
No complaints with there being a proper review of how the BBC is funded as long as itās more nuanced than the āGary Lineker gets how muchā straw man argument.
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I recon a lot of people who want it scrapped havenāt considered what would replace it.
As mentioned by @cggb1978 , you have no choice in Germany. Australia is the same it was replaced with a hidden tax.
A tax solves the problem but I think creates a new one in that it makes funding completely beholden to the government thatās in power. I donāt think thatās what people want with the BBC.
At the same time just as an example I donāt pay a tv license as I donāt watch tv. But I do use the bbc news website. The BBC have no legal way of collecting any reasonable fee from me for using their services. I think itās an archaic system thatās not fix for purpose, but it doesnāt need scrapped it needs reimagined (for lack of a better word).
I wouldnāt mind paying a few pounds a month for bbc news, but currently they canāt offer me that.
(If itās a public service I do think some of the wages are ridiculous, but thatās probably a different subject) maybe they need a public broadcasting arm and a comercial arm?
Works out at Ā£13.91 a month.
The channels available on Freeview is amazingly superior compared with many EU member state, the US, or in Chile. There are some excellent exceptions like Germany,
and France.
Iāve travelled a bit, and only then did I really appreciate the deal we get on freeview.
BBC has a commercial broadcasting arm. The sell BBC World, ex-BBC Prime, BBC Amercia and many others around the world. Additionally, BBC1&2 are transmitted in Benelux, and in Scandinavian countries. Did you every wonder why their English was so good? 
The BBC is the envy of the world and we should be as proud of it as we are the NGS. Neither are perfect and neither should be above checks and balances.
I did wonder why everyone in Benelux can say āStupid boy pikeā & āMange tout Rodney, Mange toutā with perfect delivery! 
But this isnāt a strawman, as there are many many people on massive wages that simply could be done by people at the beginning of careers or accept a normal wage rather than paying this premium. MOTD is fine when GL is off same as some news shows donāt need premium wages to read a script.
Similar as when we send all these expensive crews all over the world by planes to highlight climate issues when we could just pay local people to film it etc. Sir David could narrate from his home town.
BBC always says we need to cut local news rather than the big wages. The BBC is a great platform for celebs to make a name for themselves and if they want to leave for bigger money then great as there is an endless production line of people who would do the job for what is still a huge wage.
I donāt see why we donāt do the Scandi model as it is too expensive for young/poor/old people. Iād happily pay more now than when I was 16-23 struggling on my own in my flat with all these new bills in life.
I donāt really use the BBC much but it is worth keeping independent and paid for by tax but god we could save a lot of money from the strawmen arguments.
But as @CashCow says this is all a diversion and probably not even going to happen. 
Donāt forget the BBC shop where Americans and Canadians can buy their favourite memeoriabia!
(Funded by UK licence payers)
Profits go to the Gary Lineker Fund
I am surprised to learn that people still watch tv.
In millions. Audience figures 27 Dec 2021 - 02 Jan 2022
| 1 | HAPPY NEW YEAR LIVE! (FRI 23:59) | BBC 1 (inc HD) | BBC | 10,109,621 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | THE TOURIST (SAT 21:02) | BBC 1 (inc HD) | BBC | 8,694,349 |
| 3 | CALL THE MIDWIFE (SUN 19:59) | BBC 1 (inc HD) | BBC | 7,369,639 |
| 4 | THE TOURIST (SUN 21:01) | BBC 1 (inc HD) | BBC | 7,120,092 |
| 5 | BBC NEWS AT SIX (TUE 18:00) | BBC 1 (inc HD) | BBC | 5,414,298 |
| 6 | BBC NEWS AT SIX (THU 18:00) | BBC 1 (inc HD) | BBC | 5,308,251 |
| 7 | CORONATION STREET (MON 21:04) | ITV/Breakfast Total | ITV | 5,236,178 |
Half of those things are on Netflix, you donāt need a TV license for it.
Irrelevant. Point is people do watch TV.
And yes you do need a TV licence to watch Netflix. UK Law.
EDIT for future readers: The statement about licence for Netflix is wrong. But the original point about people watching TV (which is what the whole point of the audience figures referenced is, is correct).