The End Of the BBC Is Nigh!!

[Martin56]

Whether you agree with Gary Lineker's opinion or not, the only way out now is for the BBC to sell MOTD to another channel & hope that today's news, ends up as tomorrows Fish & Chip wrapper!! .

Well said Gary, & write your own cheque for your future ventures!!t

No Games this weekend would've been sweet!!

Edited March 12, 2023 by Martin56

[Ken L]

I don't have a TV licence and can't stand football, so I've been watching this week's events with a somewhat detached interest.

Mr Lineker has been a prize pillock for years, and I suspect that after ignoring multiple warnings, he will now be forced out. I don't see how MOTD can be sold off though, because, unless there have been some weird shenanigans, the contracts with the football league etc will have been signed by the BBC or BBC studios.

The BBC is now well past it's sell-by date though and needs radical reform. Personally, I'd strip it down to one TV channel, one radio station and one news website and privatise the rest.

Those single channels could/should be funded from central taxation and exist primarily for emergency government communication and culturally significant broadcasts.

[Martin56]

35 minutes ago, Ken L said:

The BBC is now well past it's sell-by date though and needs radical reform. Personally, I'd strip it down to one TV channel, one radio station and one news website and privatise the rest.

Those single channels could/should be funded from central taxation and exist primarily for emergency government communication and culturally significant broadcasts.

That's a very good response Ken, & yes, maybe a bit more, opinionated & less robotic ideals could shine through!!

[chesters1]

I would ditch it completely there's thousands of other TV channels and I haven't listed to a radio for decades.

If you want the bbc get it here !cheaper than the licence fee here And WITHOUT the uk tv tax!

https://www.bbcselect.com/where-to-watch/

I wonder if using a VPN gives you the excuse in court saying" just a minute the yanks don't need a licence why should I ?" (Like anyone other than in the uk with a satellite dish)

 

If you subscribe to britbox your paying twice for the bbc I presume the bbc input is paid already by the licence fee ?

 

Edited March 12, 2023 by chesters1

[Huge_Vitae]

Clever manipulation of fact to the question is he a BBC Employee?

perhaps something to do with the £4.9m tax bill the tax man is chasing him for that he says is the responsibility of the BBC.

[Nicepix]

Why would the BBC have to sell MOTD? It is not as if the host is the star, football is. There are plenty of pundits who will take his job should the oppertunity arise. 

He compares the UK Goverment with the German Government of the 1930's. That regime rounded up all the opposition politicians and put them in front of firing squads. The same regime encoraged the population to commit atrocities against German Jews and ultimately invaded Poland and Czechslovakia. Really Gary? 

 

[Huge_Vitae]

On 3/16/2023 at 3:30 PM, Nicepix said:

 rounded up all the opposition politicians and put them in front of firing squads. 

 

Whose manifesto is that now and where/when do we vote?

[chesters1]

Too quick ,hang them on lamp posts and hand out iron bars !

[Martin56]

On 3/21/2023 at 11:42 PM, Huge_Vitae said:

 rounded up all the opposition politicians and put them in front of firing squads. 

The Night of the Long Knives, as I recall??