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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.

You can go on slagging off the BBC all day long hypo, but you can’t pretend that alternative broadcasters don’t produce poor programming too. And just because you don’t think something is worth watching or listening to, it doesn’t mean that others share the same opinion.

Would you have Pelle back?

Nice to have a choice.

Don’t tell me that Boris is looking to get rid of that too?

I bet most of us grew up watching kids programmes on BBC. My kids did too.

The BBC is a great British institution and I expect that most people in the UK have grown up enjoying its products. It would be a shame to see it dismantled.

Or the foreign service or anything else that is of no interest to you.

Right wing terrorist this time apparently.

Johnson seems to be going after everyone who doesn’t suck up to him, so not to worry, I’m sure he will sort the BBC out.

Dumbing down has been going on in the media for some time, not just at the BBC. I don’t understand why they broadcast things like Mrs Brown’s Boys, but you can’t blame them wanting to be all things for all people as they have to cater for the masses and not the elite. Yes there are things I wouldn’t watch on the BBC but there are also plenty of things I do watch. The Christine Keeler Trial was excellent recently. I still think they do news and current affairs well and their wildlife programmes are second to none. Each to their own, but I for one are pleased that there is still one broadcaster that isn’t polluted by adverts and is free of people like Murdoch.

One of his con temporise was talking about the amount of abuse he used to get yesterday. Sounds appalling. Still the only footballer to come out as gay. People shouldn’t have to, but until more do it will not be normalised. If rugby players can do it...

On Sotonians.

Good to see rapists being convicted and banged up. It’s just a shame that many of them don’t though.

Then don’t watch it Whelk. Saw the last episode of Good Omens on BBC2 tonight which was excellent.

It seems I missed another referendum on the purchasing of Trident.

I’m not sure if that was ever the case. On a small scale perhaps but prolonged verbal abuse isn’t good. As for bailing out of social media, makes sense but if all your friends are on it still you are still going to get feedback. Add in seeing yourself plastered all over the tabloids when you walk past a news stand and it must be deeply unpleasant. You shouldn’t have to stop using social media. Online abuse should be dealt with. It has no place in a civilised society.

No thanks

Can we expand this? I have no intention of using nuclear weapons. Can I stop paying for Trident?

Nah Weston, I’d be ok with this one. They would advertise it on the BBC.

Perhaps we should have a referendum about it?