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	<title>Comments on: BBC Licence Fee</title>
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		<title>By: Paul Reynolds</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/09/16/471/comment-page-3/#comment-27582</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul Reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How the hell does an ad for Ken Livingstone&#039;s Fight  for something or other at only £6 per head  end up here [Ed:  moderated]?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How the hell does an ad for Ken Livingstone&#8217;s Fight  for something or other at only £6 per head  end up here [Ed:  moderated]?</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Reynolds</title>
		<link>http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/09/16/471/comment-page-3/#comment-27581</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul Reynolds</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting . So you are pro bbc. You think I&#039;m fooled by all that twaddle about The Proms. It doesn&#039;t pay politicians to get on the wrong side of the bbc. I&#039;m not going to waste my time writing much here. It would be like writing to the bbc and expecting them to publish my opinion and I know the truth would not help their cause one bit. I will write more about this interesting discovery at the facebook group 10 million for no &quot;TV&quot; licence. The inverted commas are mine. 
 But I do copy and paste these comments I make. That&#039;s one nice advantage of the internet over the days when there was only tv and &quot;points of view&quot;.So it does make it harder to cover up the truth and it won&#039;t be long now before we&#039;re not forced to subsidise your wonderful nights at the bbc Proms and we can choose to watch the stuff that only appeals to the lowest common denominator .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting . So you are pro bbc. You think I&#8217;m fooled by all that twaddle about The Proms. It doesn&#8217;t pay politicians to get on the wrong side of the bbc. I&#8217;m not going to waste my time writing much here. It would be like writing to the bbc and expecting them to publish my opinion and I know the truth would not help their cause one bit. I will write more about this interesting discovery at the facebook group 10 million for no &#8220;TV&#8221; licence. The inverted commas are mine.<br />
 But I do copy and paste these comments I make. That&#8217;s one nice advantage of the internet over the days when there was only tv and &#8220;points of view&#8221;.So it does make it harder to cover up the truth and it won&#8217;t be long now before we&#8217;re not forced to subsidise your wonderful nights at the bbc Proms and we can choose to watch the stuff that only appeals to the lowest common denominator .</p>
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		<title>By: cano</title>
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		<dc:creator>cano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why do they call it a licence fee anyway. It is just a BBC Tax – plain and simple.

The difference between a licence and a tax is the – Pay as you wish use. I mean a licence is a purchase to use a product or service. A tax is a mandatory contribution by law by all or qualifying citizens.

Well, I have got SKY at home that I decided to buy and pay for – so please take away the BBC (I dont want it) but forcing me to pay a tax for something I dont want to use is wrong.

Please call this licence the BBC tax.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do they call it a licence fee anyway. It is just a BBC Tax – plain and simple.</p>
<p>The difference between a licence and a tax is the – Pay as you wish use. I mean a licence is a purchase to use a product or service. A tax is a mandatory contribution by law by all or qualifying citizens.</p>
<p>Well, I have got SKY at home that I decided to buy and pay for – so please take away the BBC (I dont want it) but forcing me to pay a tax for something I dont want to use is wrong.</p>
<p>Please call this licence the BBC tax.</p>
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		<title>By: r .kendall</title>
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		<dc:creator>r .kendall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ur not allways right gaunty, u might not like griffin, but, everyone has a right to rep[resent us how they feel, and, a lot of people are agreeing with griff at the moment, a lot,.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ur not allways right gaunty, u might not like griffin, but, everyone has a right to rep[resent us how they feel, and, a lot of people are agreeing with griff at the moment, a lot,.</p>
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		<title>By: John Gray</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Gray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 15:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can we sack all the MP&#039;s including the North East hating tory party and their wisteria trimming, two faced con man of a leader, David I&#039;ll say anything to get votes Cameron.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can we sack all the MP&#8217;s including the North East hating tory party and their wisteria trimming, two faced con man of a leader, David I&#8217;ll say anything to get votes Cameron.</p>
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		<title>By: sinclair.d</title>
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		<dc:creator>sinclair.d</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 20:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pensioners should not have to pay the licence fee.
We retire at 65 or must we pay to keep these people and 
their huge salaries and pensions .Also who draws up the
contracts for Ross etc.Do they get a bonus the more they
pay them.?
Yes i would like these big fat cats at the bbc sorted out.
DONT FORGET ITS OUR CASH THEY ARE SPENDING THE SAME AS OUR 
SO CALLED MPS ?.MR BROWN COULD STOP SIR FREDS PENSION/BONUS
FOR BEING INEFFICIENT(ITS STRAIGHT FORWARD) HAS HE GOT THE GUTS?LETS NOT FORGET SIR FRED.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pensioners should not have to pay the licence fee.<br />
We retire at 65 or must we pay to keep these people and<br />
their huge salaries and pensions .Also who draws up the<br />
contracts for Ross etc.Do they get a bonus the more they<br />
pay them.?<br />
Yes i would like these big fat cats at the bbc sorted out.<br />
DONT FORGET ITS OUR CASH THEY ARE SPENDING THE SAME AS OUR<br />
SO CALLED MPS ?.MR BROWN COULD STOP SIR FREDS PENSION/BONUS<br />
FOR BEING INEFFICIENT(ITS STRAIGHT FORWARD) HAS HE GOT THE GUTS?LETS NOT FORGET SIR FRED.</p>
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		<title>By: lesley twyman</title>
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		<dc:creator>lesley twyman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No &#039;leapords don&#039;t change their spots&#039;  My son was killed by an IRA bomb in London so you can imagine my disgust at Edward Kennedy receiving a knighthood, Barak Obama dining Gerry Adams in the White House - Come on you Americans - no excuse now for your ignorance - you&#039;ve dug your own dead out of the rubble following a terrorist attack so you know what it&#039;s like - stop courting these murderers - the Knighthood has just cost Brown my vote (if he ever had it).
It&#039;s well documented how much the Kennedys (led by old man Joe) hated us and I&#039;ve seen no evidence of that having changed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No &#8216;leapords don&#8217;t change their spots&#8217;  My son was killed by an IRA bomb in London so you can imagine my disgust at Edward Kennedy receiving a knighthood, Barak Obama dining Gerry Adams in the White House &#8211; Come on you Americans &#8211; no excuse now for your ignorance &#8211; you&#8217;ve dug your own dead out of the rubble following a terrorist attack so you know what it&#8217;s like &#8211; stop courting these murderers &#8211; the Knighthood has just cost Brown my vote (if he ever had it).<br />
It&#8217;s well documented how much the Kennedys (led by old man Joe) hated us and I&#8217;ve seen no evidence of that having changed.</p>
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		<title>By: Melody Rex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melody Rex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The likes of terrorist Qatada should be sued by relatives and survivors of the atrocities carried out by the terrorists. The payment by the Human Rights Panel is a mockery of innocent peoples Human Rights to live a safe life.
Once someone takes away anothers Right for a safe and peaceful life then they should pay with their Rights being removed leaving them nothing to hide behind.

What on Earth are our politicians doing to earn their extortionate pay? David Cameron is right when he says we should tear up tyhe European Human Rights Bill and have the British Human Rights Bill.  Stand up you gutless politicians and fight for the safety of the British peoples.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The likes of terrorist Qatada should be sued by relatives and survivors of the atrocities carried out by the terrorists. The payment by the Human Rights Panel is a mockery of innocent peoples Human Rights to live a safe life.<br />
Once someone takes away anothers Right for a safe and peaceful life then they should pay with their Rights being removed leaving them nothing to hide behind.</p>
<p>What on Earth are our politicians doing to earn their extortionate pay? David Cameron is right when he says we should tear up tyhe European Human Rights Bill and have the British Human Rights Bill.  Stand up you gutless politicians and fight for the safety of the British peoples.</p>
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		<title>By: John Southorn</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Southorn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please comment Boris on whether the BBC is operating within the requirements of its charter, especially with respect to political bias and lewd broadcasts by Jonathan Ross and others. I believe that the BBC is failing in its public duty to uphold high standards of broadcasting, while appreciating that this may be a topic for dispute. I have cancelled my DD and do not intend to pay a licence fee on principle until this matter is resolved. Entirely agree about music, and I also enjoy R4, but these do not require a £139 tax.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please comment Boris on whether the BBC is operating within the requirements of its charter, especially with respect to political bias and lewd broadcasts by Jonathan Ross and others. I believe that the BBC is failing in its public duty to uphold high standards of broadcasting, while appreciating that this may be a topic for dispute. I have cancelled my DD and do not intend to pay a licence fee on principle until this matter is resolved. Entirely agree about music, and I also enjoy R4, but these do not require a £139 tax.</p>
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		<title>By: david</title>
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		<dc:creator>david</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the difrence being the blobby suit cost 60 quid the proms cost 6 million.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the difrence being the blobby suit cost 60 quid the proms cost 6 million.</p>
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