meltonblue
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no its declined because they spunk the licence payers money down the drain on over inflated prices without a care in the world for eg if the want a tree for background they dont buy one from the garden centre at £50 they pay a firm to buy it from the garden centre who in return charge £250, money spunked down the drain and to line the pockets of the top brass, its always been known as the gravy train,operating on a 1960s funding model in the year 2022 because they know full well if they become a pay to view platform they cant compete
Even if that very specific example is true, it’s got nothing to do with the world service. That used to be funded directly by the government due to its importance, Osborne changed that and collapsed it in to the licence fee which led to the decline in budgets for it.