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December 13, 2008
Saturday
 
 
BBC contractor fired in TV Licensing scandal
Alex Singleton (London)  Arts & Entertainment

A victory has been achieved in the fight against the disgracefully threatening letters sent by the BBC's TV Licensing arm. The company responsible for sending the letters, Proximity London, was fired by the BBC on Friday after it was found that millions of letters had contained false statistics.

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This whole campaign against the licence fee and its enforcement is going to backfire. They'll end up replacing it with something worse and impossible to avoid- my guess is an ISP tax.

The only campaign worth fighting is against the existence of the BBC itself.


Posted by Ian B at December 14, 2008 05:53 AM
The only campaign worth fighting is against the existence of the BBC itself.

I would have to agree with that.


Posted by Perry de Havilland at December 14, 2008 02:10 PM

Check out http://www.itsmummy.com/


Posted by Chris Speight at December 14, 2008 07:32 PM

Ian B makes a very valid and spot on point.


Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at December 14, 2008 10:39 PM

On a related matter, I saw an atrociously Stalinist advert on TV today threatening "benefit cheats". One of those gruff Eastenders-type voices growled that it's no use, We Have Ways of seeing what you're up to that you can't even imagine. Nice.


Posted by manuel II paleologos at December 14, 2008 11:37 PM

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They are shocking. The "no ifs no buts" ones are unbelievable because they come close to saying you have no come-back, no way of defending yourself. And what if you are innocent and it's "no ifs no buts". I

If you're not au fait with the UK you'd be bloody staggered by them.


Posted by Nick M at December 15, 2008 01:02 PM

hey even i agree with Ian...


Posted by Martha at December 17, 2008 09:53 AM
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