[Metrobeans]

P14 - Raise the license fee Petition, Addzter

Raise the license fee for households with more than three TVs or equivalent devices

This petition...

calls upon parliament to:

Introduce a higher license fee of £180 (up from £145.50) for all households that contain more than three devices used to view broadcast television programs.

"Devices used to show broadcast television programs" include all televisions that are capable of receiving analogue terrestrial television, digital terrestrial television (such as Freeview), satellite television (such as Sky, FreeSat) and cable television (such as Virgin Media), whether on their own or combined with a set top box. It also includes all computers (PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc) that are used to access online services allowing the user to view television broadcasts live on their device (such as TVCatchup).

The higher license fee for households with more than three TVs or equivalent devices will help the BBC to stay competitive as well ensuring the continued high quality of all the corporation's services.

[Moleman1996]

No from me

[Jarred]

Finally, a petition that recognizes the truth. Helping out stretched families in a time of recession isn't what we need. No, what we need is to bog them down with yet even more taxes and put it towards television. Afterall, socialistic state run TV matters more than lowering the costs we force onto people, I can live with less money, but god, if I didn't have a couple of state owned TV channels I don't know what I'd do to survive. I can't wait to see what they do with this money when they put it towards their high caliber, artistic, thoughtful television pieces such as Strictly Come Dancing. Thank god it's not just celebrity driven bull****.


(Naturally, I voted no.)

[RoryS]

I'm afraid it's a no from me.

[Metrobeans]

The noes have it! The noes have it!