Is this the beginning of the end of the BBC?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010...nce-fee-frozen
The BBC licence fee is to be frozen at the current level of £145.50 for the next six years, a 16% cut in real terms, after the corporation today concluded a bruising round of funding negotiations with the coalition government.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...cence-fee-raid
BBC bosses fear that the coalition government is gearing up for a £500m-plus raid on the licence fee, by forcing the broadcaster to meet the full cost of free television licences for the over 75s.
The benefit – which was introduced by Gordon Brown when he was chancellor – costs £556m, and is currently paid for out of general taxation. But ministers are considering passing the bill on to the BBC as part of this week's comprehensive spending review.
Not content with destroying British industry to the point where it won't function again properly, the last time they were is office, the ****ing Tories have already started on hurting the BBC.
It's a real problem for them. People like Rupert Murdoch have been complaining for years that the BBC's mere existance robs him of his precious profits, and now that he's backed the Tories in the media (and probably with cash behind closed doors), he and people like him will begin to make the institution suffer which will only get worse and probably lead to the government selling it off (that and the NHS if they can ruin that as well).
How many days has this Tory government been in power now? (167 days) Already they've sparked my ire. It's just like being a kid again.
What ever happened to Nick Clegg? Is he a toilet cleaner or personal butt-wiper for Mr Cameron yet?