Carole Thatchter

Benipete said:
Anyone that grasses a fellow worker up should be shot.It's just not British.:uzi:
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...unless that worker is stealing all the company assests, and there's a possibility you might not get paid that month, or might lose your job altogether if the firm closes.

Then it's ok to grass, before shooting them.;)
 
comment was much less offensive than n aussie calling me a pommie barsteward, n i do not find that offensive. far more offensive than her comment is what "Ross" got away with,in my book. much ado about nowt in my book.:rolleyes:
 
I would imagine that families with young children would find it far more offensive for the "f---" word to be broadcast at 6.55 just as they were sitting down to their breakfasts, as it was this morning on BBC1.

Reckon the BBC are losing it somewhat.
 
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Wynonie Harris said:
I would imagine that families with young children would find it far more offensive for the "f---" word to be broadcast at 6.55 just as they were sitting down to their breakfasts, as it was this morning on BBC1.

Reckon the BBC are losing it somewhat.
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Well they did make a grovelling apology as the show was closing at 9-15, the thing is Carole didn't actually call the tennis player a Golliwog, she said his hair resemble that of a Golliwog, which makes it even more ridiculous
 
Wynonie Harris said:
I would imagine that families with young children would find it far more offensive for the "f---" word to be broadcast at 6.55 just as they were sitting down to their breakfasts, as it was this morning on BBC1.

Reckon the BBC are losing it somewhat.
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i might have misheard ,but i think David Platt came out with that word on Corrie,,,cor that was supposed to be a family show
 
I think it's about time we had a reasonable BBC licence fee. It's a tax, lets be honest. Why are we not paying for it based on income?
 
andrewb said:
I think it's about time we had a reasonable BBC licence fee. It's a tax, lets be honest. Why are we not paying for it based on income?
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Means tests need admin - the costs of administering such fees would use up a big chunk of whatever fees were gathered - not economic to do that
 
MargaretR said:
Means tests need admin - the costs of administering such fees would use up a big chunk of whatever fees were gathered - not economic to do that
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Not really economic for a poor family to pay as much as a rich one to get vital news information..
 
andrewb said:
Not really economic for a poor family to pay as much as a rich one to get vital news information..
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Having spent a large chunk of my career applying means tests - just take my word for it - assessing each individual family's ability to pay would cost so much that the actual fee would go through the roof and the poorest families would pay more than they pay now

PS and there would have to be a staffed fraud dept for the ones who lie
 
andrewb said:
Not really economic for a poor family to pay as much as a rich one to get vital news information..
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They Don't pay as much. They usually buy the 'Sun' or 'Daily Star', whereas the better off purchase 'The Daily Torygraph' or 'The Times'.;)
 
MargaretR said:
Having spent a large chunk of my career applying means tests - just take my word for it - assessing each individual family's ability to pay would cost so much that the actual fee would go through the roof and the poorest families would pay more than they pay now

PS and there would have to be a staffed fraud dept for the ones who lie
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I wouldn't wish to argue with you on practicality. I am sure you're right. However I still ponder why there was a huge fuss made over the poll tax, and yet not over the BBC licence fee. Since the BBC is essentially a tax, and our government already have a way of raking it in based on income, could this not be used?
 
andrewb said:
I wouldn't wish to argue with you on practicality. I am sure you're right. However I still ponder why there was a huge fuss made over the poll tax, and yet not over the BBC licence fee. Since the BBC is essentially a tax, and our government already have a way of raking it in based on income, could this not be used?
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andrew the introduction many years ago of the poll tax was a financial disaster to many lower paid families n yer wondering?:confused: around 1990 my poll tax was £800 per year, BBC licence was just oer £50 i think, def less than £100 n yer pondering why no fuss oer BBC. lol
 
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andrewb said:
I wouldn't wish to argue with you on practicality. I am sure you're right. However I still ponder why there was a huge fuss made over the poll tax, and yet not over the BBC licence fee. Since the BBC is essentially a tax, and our government already have a way of raking it in based on income, could this not be used?
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There is continually a fuss about the BBC licence fee. It's the most outdated tax ever!!!!!
 
If you applied poll tax rules to the licence fee it would be mayhem
Six people can watch tv in one house and all 6 have to pay a fee = ridiculous!!!
...and there will be some who never watch(allegedly) - try proving that they do:rolleyes:
 
There shouldn't be a licence for the BBC in the first place.

Take it away and they might just start being a bit more careful with how they spend their cash and not waste it on ridiculously overpaid and incapable presenters.
 
Gayle said:
There shouldn't be a licence for the BBC in the first place.

Take it away and they might just start being a bit more careful with how they spend their cash and not waste it on ridiculously overpaid and incapable presenters.
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Spot on Gayle if they had to work to raise the money like he independent TV companies have to, people like Ross wouldn't get such outrageous salaries
 
cashman said:
andrew the introduction many years ago of the poll tax was a financial disaster to many lower paid families n yer wondering?:confused: around 1990 my poll tax was £800 per year, BBC licence was just oer £50 i think, def less than £100 n yer pondering why no fuss oer BBC. lol
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Well, I am aware that the poll tax was very expensive, and I'm against it, the introduction of it was wrong. The similarities I see are that it was a flat tax because 'everyone uses the same services', well the BBC is a flat tax. As I don't believe in a flat tax on income, because it punishes the poor, I am wondering why people are not creating a fuss about the BBC licence being a flat tax. It is £139, which is not as much as rates, but £139 none the less.
 
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