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As well as going after the BBC, it appears that Johnson is now looking to privatise Channel 4. Cross Johnson at your peril.

Plasters are now apparently being provided in different skin tone colours. Now as much as I take some effort in co-ordinating my wardrobe, I really don’t give a stuff about the colour something is that I stick on my skin to stop blood seeping out. I suppose I should be happy, at least I will be able to get something to match my skin tone when I get a sun tan.

The BBC has the impossible task of being all things to all people. We have to accept that money will be spent on things that we personally think is a waste, but others won't. They are in a no win situation but as a public service, they have to provide just that. At 42p a day though I don’t think we can complain too much about the cost for what they provide.

I have a neighbour from hell who is a West Ham fan so it would be great to add a nail to their Premiership coffin. That and to get one over on “Winner” Moyes.

The Sun lost £68m last year. Yay!

Are we the only ones allowed to criticise our club? I have seen plenty of criticism on here about our home support. We can dish it out but we can’t take it. As mentioned, even when we had four consecutive top ten finishes and a great performance in a major cup final the flak was flying towards the club from our own supporters. The fact is, he isn’t wrong.

I thought the right wing types were all for the Great British institutions. Apparently not.

Are you incapable of working out paying for something for the general good no matter what service that is for? FFS we are talking about £2.97 per week! It is worth that for David Attenborough alone. Just to put things into perspective it would cost you £4.50 a week for The Sun.

Nearly there. Hats off to everyone at the club for an amazing turn around. A special shout out to the board for keeping faith with Ralph.

Of course not. It is entirely possible to have a public funded organisation with an independent regulatory body. Do you think people who don’t want to use the NHS should get a tax rebate?

Why should we have a choice with the BBC when we don’t have a choice with other areas of public spending on things we don’t use, like Trident for example?

There is a difference between a judicial verdict and having a view on that verdict. I never disputed the fact that Boycott was found guilt, I just wondered what it was about the evidence that convinced the judge. People do it all the time, like those who believe that having sex with incapacitated women is not rape.

So one person out of 60 odd million.

The principle of funding certain public services whether you want them or not. Keep up.

Yes, but I would prefer that a new way of funding was found. Never watch Match of the Day?

I will never forgive him for those four consecutive top ten finishes either mate, but it is time to move on.

So are you saying that everyone who objects to the licence fee and anyone in their household never watches a BBC programme, never listens to the BBC on the radio or never looks at the BBC news online?

They would have been heartened to see the lady in the dodgy blonde wig on question time going all Farage on Question Time on Thursday night then and getting away pretty much unchallenged. I am sure they would think that is worth the licence fee alone for this year.

I have Sky

I didn’t say that you had said it, but the way you slag off the BBC you would think that it was complete rubbish compared to everything else out there. I have lost count of how many channels are on my TV, but I don’t watch 95% of them because I have no interest in them. I still have to pay for them though. You can be selective as you like, but when you ignore the great many wonderful broadcasts on BBC you weaken your argument.

There are plenty of republicans in this country who help fund the monarchy. That is the way society works. We all contribute to things we may or may not like, may or may not use. I don’t know why you have to use this to bash the left again. Perhaps deep down you are really ashamed for hoisting Johnson on us and are acting out? Who knows? Anyway, I doubt if any BBC supporters would have a problem with changes. The best one I have heard is scrapping the licence fee and funding the BBC through our taxes.