UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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Well, it worked for David Camero-- er, I mean, "Harold Saxon"...."Pick a fight with DAVID TENNANT" doesn't exactly seem like a winning strategy...
Sunak hits out at Doctor Who star Tennant over criticism of equalities minister
The Prime Minister spoke out after David Tennant criticised Cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch.www.shropshirestar.com
Guess it shows that people just automatically vote by the party logo on the ballot, not the name next to it?
Apparently Corbyn for all his many faults is meant to be a good constituency MP (as in, he lives in the constituency, actually turns up and listens to locals) so I’m surprised that he’s failing in the polls. Maybe his recent apologism for the Russian invasion of Ukraine is offputting to his constituents?
LOL, Frogface Farage is going in a strop and won’t appear on BBC television because they didn’t give him preferential enough treatment for his tastes. Someone who owes his entire career to the BBC’s politics department giving his fringe party more coverage than by rights they ever deserved.
Maybe he'll change his mind if they throw in a milkshake.
Unfortunately, one thing I do know about UK politics is that the BBC license fee is just about one of the most universally hated policies in the entire country. I can't think of a better way for a candidate to get support than to announce that you plan to get rid of it.
I can't cast a ballot for him, but I like the effort put into this long shot....
I’ve watched American broadcast television. The licence fee is better than the alternative.
Do remember that the commercial media absolutely guns for the BBC constantly due to its public broadcaster status. And the cuts to the BBC over the last 14 years have sapped its popularity – unfortunately it doesn’t produce anywhere the quality or quantity of programming as they did just a decade ago. (Unfortunately I’m doubtful of the incoming government improving matters.)
"Should we ask who the other guests are?"
"No, I'm sure it's fine."
Actually not sure if it's worse he appeared with her or it's worse they made the Prime Minister wait to come on afterwards instead of going first.
I am sure that was deliberate.
Oh, sure, but I don't understand why they can't just fund it from taxes like a proper public service. I've heard stories of officials going door to door and shaking people down like mobsters, poking around in their houses trying to find a TV or something they can claim looks enough like one to qualify.
And what part of that statement DOESN'T sound like the tax man?
Long and short: the TV license fee is, in fact, a tax. It's just a tax you can opt out of if you're good at hiding shit, or don't watch the TV.
Long and short: the TV license fee is, in fact, a tax. It's just a tax you can opt out of if you're good at hiding shit, or don't watch the TV.
It's really not. A tax would be paid by everyone, automatically. If they only demand money from people who are using the service, that's called a fee. I'm not fond of governments just charging fees for services rendered, especially if it's that hard to even tell who is and isn't actually using them. If people wanted to be charged to use something, that's what private companies are for.
Under that definition, you are right. But under that definition a property tax isn't a tax, it's a fee(you are paying the government to recognize and enforce your exclusive use of a piece of land, essentially), same would go for sales taxes, import duties, road tolls, etc.
What's the difference between a fee and a tax?
The person who issues it. That's it. Every tax you have ever paid is a simply a routine fee you pay to the government. Collection is sometimes convoluted, but still just a fee. And considering how effective most forms of bureaucracy are with money: junk fees.
The person who issues it. That's it. Every tax you have ever paid is a simply a routine fee you pay to the government. Collection is sometimes convoluted, but still just a fee. And considering how effective most forms of bureaucracy are with money: junk fees.
Oh, I absolutely support funding it from general taxation. As long as it is kept fully independent, both officially and in practice. No big party seems to want to promote that policy, though.
The door to door inspection thing isn’t something that happens these days (at least bot like that), and they don’t have by law the power to break in and search a household.