TV license ad rant

[Bill Walker]

If you're English you know full well you need a TV license. It's not done in most parts of the world so it makes sense to advertise it to recent immigrants who don't speak the language yet doesn't it?

shouldnt they learn English before being allowed to immigrate? I think thats what he's saying

I wouldn't go that far. Of course, people should make an effort to pick up the lingo once they settle somewhere, but it's a two-way street. There are millions of English-speaking expats who can't speak the native tongue of the countries they now call home. Life would be much more dull if you had to be fluent in the language before moving somewhere.

How would one get employment in a country that you cant speak the language of?

I think its a requirement to get into Oz

 

[urmston]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

shouldnt they learn English before being allowed to immigrate? I think thats what he's saying

I wouldn't go that far. Of course, people should make an effort to pick up the lingo once they settle somewhere, but it's a two-way street. There are millions of English-speaking expats who can't speak the native tongue of the countries they now call home. Life would be much more dull if you had to be fluent in the language before moving somewhere.

How would one get employment in a country that you cant speak the language of?

I think its a requirement to get into Oz

Never end a sentence with a preposition.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you.
165,000 prosecutions last year alone.
10% of all Magistrate cases are for TV licence non payment.

 

[DelToro]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

So you don't pay your TV Licence because you can get away without paying it?

So the rest of us effectively subsidise you,

Nice one urmston.

Presumably you support Amazon and Starbucks etc in their approach to avoiding due payment.

 

[urmston]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you.
165,000 prosecutions last year alone.
10% of all Magistrate cases are for TV licence non payment.

If you think I'm going to spend £145 per year to subsidise dimwits who want to watch trash like Eastenders and Come Dancing then you are mistaken.

I regard it as my social and moral duty not to help morons pay for this type of stuff.

After all, I don't help them pay for their fast food burgers, porn, lager or any other junk they want.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

So you don't pay your TV Licence because you can get away without paying it?

So the rest of us effectively subsidise you,

Nice one urmston.

Presumably you support Amazon and Starbucks etc in their approach to avoiding due payment.

Don't fuck about with Urmston...he took Leeds on alone in 1977 and 1978. Not a scratch either.

 

[urmston]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

So you don't pay your TV Licence because you can get away without paying it?

So the rest of us effectively subsidise you,

Nice one urmston.

Presumably you support Amazon and Starbucks etc in their approach to avoiding due payment.

Don't fuck about with Urmston...he took Leeds on alone in 1977 and 1978. Not a scratch either.

That's right.

Thanks for reminding everyone.

After those days I can cope with a snivelling creep from Capita who wants my money to waste on trash TV for the fat and stupid couch potatoes of our land.

 

[mancityvstoke]

So you don't pay your TV Licence because you can get away without paying it?

So the rest of us effectively subsidise you,

Nice one urmston.

Presumably you support Amazon and Starbucks etc in their approach to avoiding due payment.

Don't fuck about with Urmston...he took Leeds on alone in 1977 and 1978. Not a scratch either.

That's right.

Thanks for reminding everyone.

After those days I can cope with a snivelling creep from Capita who wants my money to waste on trash TV for the fat and stupid couch potatoes of our land.

quick............turn the telly off

 

[DelToro]

Someone should tell these newcomers to our country that when you don't buy a TV licence the police are completely uninterested in the 'crime'.

And despite the fact that the government's very own National Audit Office now officially classes the TV licence as a tax, HMRC aren't interested either.

Some blokes the BBC hires from Capita are, and they have virtually no powers to investigate.

Just saying.

I haven't used the English language, or any other, to buy a TV licence for years.

So you don't pay your TV Licence because you can get away without paying it?

So the rest of us effectively subsidise you,

Nice one urmston.

Presumably you support Amazon and Starbucks etc in their approach to avoiding due payment.

Don't fuck about with Urmston...he took Leeds on alone in 1977 and 1978. Not a scratch either.

What did he do?

Write a mild letter of complaint to the Leeds Evening Post?