Refuse to pay your TV licence fee - UK Agriculture Fight back

[David.]

Do we honestly think a BBC that relied on adverts would be better, it is worth the license for radio alone.
Despite what some may think, the World Service is a trusted source of information the World over, especially in countries where their own media is pure propaganda.

 

[uztrac]

Thanks to the forum members,you have inspired me.I currently get a pensioner licence but that will be resinded next year,So I will adopt the guidance offered on this forum as to future action/s.

 

[Farfrae]

As I keep saying if you don't want to pay your TV licence (legally) all the info is here on this forum



TV Licence Resistance – Fighting To Abolish The TV Licence

Basically, stop Direct debit but do tell them that you no longer watch TV

Ignore all letters (which are designed to be threatening)

Capita agents (goons) who are payed on commission have no powers at all. Their job is to talk people inro confessing.

Do not talk to any TV licence goon who might appear on your doorstep (just shut the door without saying anything),. If you want to wind them up just video them without engaging in conversation they hate that. People then post them on the above forum!

Current advice is not to remove the implied right of access as it can flag you as being 'trouble' and worthy of one of the very, very rare search warrants. This virtually never happens and even then thy have to prove you are watching TV which is of course virtually impossible.

 

[NZDan]

That is exactly how we ended the TV license in NZ, a couple of business men took out full page ads in a couple of major Newspapers to get it started and about 70% of people didn't pay, it was scrapped before the next year.

 

[Storeman]

I’m sure I’ve heard there’s nothing in a detector van that can detect if you’ve got/watching a telly or not. it’s just a fancy made up van to perpetuate the myth.
Can’t be certain but I’m sure I saw one when I was young, can’t be sure, it could have been a photo promoting the propaganda

Actually, they could with the old analogue televisions. The demodulation of the RF signal created harmonics on other frequencies. It was these harmonics that the detector vans were able to pick up. The frequency that the harmonics were on indicated what channel was being watched.
Now that everything is digital, I guess the above no longer applies. Although smart TVs', PCs, laptops etc may well send back such information.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Actually, they could with the old analogue televisions. The demodulation of the RF signal created harmonics on other frequencies. It was these harmonics that the detector vans were able to pick up. The frequency that the harmonics were on indicated what channel was being watched.
Now that everything is digital, I guess the above no longer applies. Although smart TVs', PCs, laptops etc may well send back such information.

Probably me getting my wires crossed then, it would explain why I’m sure I’ve seen a detector van when I was young and would also explain the comments I’ve heard in more recent times that there is no way of detecting if you’re watching tv.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Forecasts tend to be fairly good when everything is steady going and reasonably predictable anyway, it’s when things are changeable that they are less reliable.

 

[Red Fred]

Threatening 1960s geezer tells us it is not a hoax:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2435827143325269

 

[deleted user 837354]

The BBC is dying anyway, hugely bloated, overpaid and staid. Worse still it is no longer apolitical. I don't watch their bilge any more, the only thing worth watching are the wildlife documentaries and if I want to watch those I can buy them on Amazon. With programmed TV dying on its feet it can't be long before the idea of a license fee is no more.

 

[roscoe erf]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=420749155274394

 

[Gong Farmer]

Concerning his last comment - not a chance.

 

[pellow]

I do not have a TV licence, a TV or a landline phone but get the TV licencing letters regularly, no visits as far as I'm aware, I have notified them a couple of times that I do not have a TV but the letters still keep lighting the fire

 

[Dave6170]

Brace yourself everyone

BBC One - Meat: A Threat to Our Planet?

Liz Bonnin investigates whether our growing hunger for meat is destroying our planet.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wonder if they ll do, Flying: threat to our planet??? Doubt it

 

[ajd132]

Having been watching His Dark Materials and now War of the Worlds I think the bbc is doing some great stuff again

 

[steveR]

Having been watching His Dark Materials and now War of the Worlds I think the bbc is doing some great stuff again

Not knocking either but I found HDM hard going and WOTW slow to get going... Must be the 10 sec snowflake influence on me... Or just too old to be arsed to watch multiple episodes!

 

[Daniel]

We watched World on Fire which ended last week, it was pretty poor, characters managing to get from the fighting in Poland to Dunkirk with no explanation, other characters joining up to fight one week, and being a fully trained naval gunner present at the sinking of the Graf Spee near Argentina the next. All muddled in with the BBCs obsession with diversity and political correctness.

 

[ajd132]

We watched World on Fire which ended last week, it was pretty poor, characters managing to get from the fighting in Poland to Dunkirk with no explanation, other characters joining up to fight one week, and being a fully trained naval gunner present at the sinking of the Graf Spee near Argentina the next. All muddled in with the BBCs obsession with diversity and political correctness.

I do agree there is a ridiculous amount of diversity and PC in his dark materials. I never remember certain characters being black or having deformed arms. I don’t care about that sort of thing and it doesn’t detract from a good story but it’s just so transparent what the bbc are trying to do by casting certain people.

 

[Daniel]

I do agree there is a ridiculous amount of diversity and PC in his dark materials. I never remember certain characters being black or having deformed arms. I don’t care about that sort of thing and it doesn’t detract from a good story but it’s just so transparent what the bbc are trying to do by casting certain people.

World on Fire had an interracial gay couple in occupied Paris who were aided in their escape by a Nazi officer who, wait for it, turned out to be gay as well. The only possible reason for this implausible sub plot, which never really went anywhere or contributed anything to the story, would have been to appeal to the diversity officers at the BBC and so get the series commissioned.

Netflix do these big budget TV shows so much better than the BBC these days.

 

[Bill the Bass]

So has anyone actually stopped paying their licence fee? I’m going to the bank on Wednesday morning to stop mine.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

So has anyone actually stopped paying their licence fee? I’m going to the bank on Wednesday morning to stop mine.

Will not be paying it here ever again....I would urge all farmers and anyone involved in the industry in any fashion to stop paying theirs too..continuing to pay it is just funding them to broadcast more lies and propaganda about our industry