The BBC is an anachronism. Its Royal Charter does not make it independent of the government of the day, and it ties itself in knots presenting lies as 'balance'.
For many the Licence Fee is a tax for a broadcasting service that they rarely watch. The fact that non-payment is criminal is highly questionable.
As with the NHS, successive governments will tinker with it, gradually starving it of funding until it collapses.
Adrian /
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