14-07-2019, 10:47 AM
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Re: Petition by Age UK protesting withdrawal of free TV licences for over 75s
Originally Posted by JJ50
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Food, a place to live, clothes and warmth are essential to a person's life, definitely not a TV. The Government has better things on which to spend the tax payer's money than free TV licences.
Originally Posted by Mups
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– Snip –But that will be fine will it, because you have warm clothes and food. If you are really lucky, the nurse might even remember to bring you a newspaper once a month!
Originally Posted by Muddy
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What a smug response If you are old, housebound and lonely TV may not be essential to life but it certainly adds to the quality of life for some elderly people
14-07-2019, 12:28 PM
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Re: Petition by Age UK protesting withdrawal of free TV licences for over 75s
Originally Posted by JJ50
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Food, a place to live, clothes and warmth are essential to a person's life, definitely not a TV. The Government has better things on which to spend the tax payer's money than free TV licences.
I have to say...I could live without the TVs channels...because most of what they show is rubbish..IMO.
I have prime Amazon ...so watch a lot of films..I really look forward to watching those of an evening.
I would miss them....but way back,when there were no TVs....you just find other ways to entertain oneself.
But because I have a tv...I couldn't give it up now.
..If you are confused....then so am I.
..after reading my post back to me.Edit to add...I never watch tv...so I can,I believe,cancel my tv license...
14-07-2019, 01:27 PM
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Re: Petition by Age UK protesting withdrawal of free TV licences for over 75s
Originally Posted by pauline3
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I have to say...I could live without the TVs channels...because most of what they show is rubbish..IMO.I have prime Amazon ...so watch a lot of films..I really look forward to watching those of an evening.
With the present discussions about TV licences, and the greed of the BBC in denying over-75s their free licences, I can foresee more and more people opting for films, etc. on the internet, both the free ones and the paid-for ones.
Unless the quality of TV programmes improves, I might do just that as well.
It's not just the cost of the licence, which isn't all that great. It's the fact that we are being held to ransom by the BBC who certainly don't deserve our support, bearing in mind the crap that they produce and, more importantly, their undeniable political bias.
14-07-2019, 02:08 PM
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Re: Petition by Age UK protesting withdrawal of free TV licences for over 75s
Originally Posted by JBR
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I tend to agree. There certainly is a lot of rubbish on TV these days. In my opinion, there are few programmes that are really worth watching and when I look at the number of programmes I record, there are not many.With the present discussions about TV licences, and the greed of the BBC in denying over-75s their free licences, I can foresee more and more people opting for films, etc. on the internet, both the free ones and the paid-for ones.
Unless the quality of TV programmes improves, I might do just that as well.
It's not just the cost of the licence, which isn't all that great. It's the fact that we are being held to ransom by the BBC who certainly don't deserve our support, bearing in mind the crap that they produce and, more importantly, their undeniable political bias.
I agree..JBR!.
14-07-2019, 03:03 PM
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Re: Petition by Age UK protesting withdrawal of free TV licences for over 75s
Originally Posted by JBR
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I tend to agree. There certainly is a lot of rubbish on TV these days. In my opinion, there are few programmes that are really worth watching and when I look at the number of programmes I record, there are not many.With the present discussions about TV licences, and the greed of the BBC in denying over-75s their free licences, I can foresee more and more people opting for films, etc. on the internet, both the free ones and the paid-for ones.
Unless the quality of TV programmes improves, I might do just that as well.
It's not just the cost of the licence, which isn't all that great. It's the fact that we are being held to ransom by the BBC who certainly don't deserve our support, bearing in mind the crap that they produce and, more importantly, their undeniable political bias.
14-07-2019, 03:42 PM
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Re: Petition by Age UK protesting withdrawal of free TV licences for over 75s
https://campaigns.ageuk.org.uk/page/...n=campaigns_TV
Originally Posted by Baz46
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A petition protesting about the withdrawal of this concession for over 75s to have a free TV licence has been started by Age UK:https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/tv-licen...es-gmb-latest/
The petition has now reached more than 371,000 signatures and can be found on a link in the text of the above link should anyone wish to sign it.
Or you can access the petition direct on this link without going via the news item:
www.ageuk.org.uk/tvpetition
"Thank you so much – you are really keeping up the pressure on TV licences. I wanted to update you on what’s been going on.
Over 36,000 of your fellow campaigners have written to Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson to ask them to stick by their manifesto promise. This is phenomenal! We are planning how to hand your letters in to them both next week in a way that gets the most media attention possible.
Nearly 6000 of you tweeted Hunt and Johnson within the space of 24 hours which meant they got the message loud and clear just how many of us are angry about this. Together we are a real force to be reckoned with.
Our petition has reached over 600,000 signatures and we’re continuing to get stories in the papers every week. We’re also trying to make sure a question is asked about TV licences at all the Conservative leadership hustings.
Thank you for all of your support – I’ll be in touch again very soon,
Rosie
Age UK Campaigns Team"
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