TV License vs Broadband Internet Only

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 11:56:33 -0000, "Adrian A"
wrote:

Scott wrote:
snip
If you wish to respond to my posts, please have the courtesy to quote
me correctly then address your response to what I have actually said
and not a single sentence taken out of context. If you read my post
you will find that I said I thought subscription would probably be the
fairest method.

Scott

He didn't respond to your post, he responded to Roderick Stewart. If your
going to complain about atribution get it right yourself.

What to you mean? He IS Roderick Stewart. His first words we

In article , Scott wrote:
etc

So Roderick Stewart asserted that I wrote said something that I did
not. If you have a different interpretation I would be interested to
hear it. It seem plain enough to me though.

Scott

"Bill Wright" wrote:

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying them all
their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs England a
fortune. No real ale either.

Yeah. I also wish Gordon Brown's "dangerous drift towards separatism"
drifted off already. Anyway, I understand that the separatists have
their own calculations claiming to show that Scotland is subsidising
England. Separatism within the EU (e.g. Czech Republic/Slovakia) seems
to energise the economies on both sides. Also, it might make Westminster
concentrate a bit more on internal English interests rather than wasting
our money in trying to save the world.

--
Dave Farrance

Bill Wright wrote:


"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
om... Heracles
Pollux wrote:
Or if you're fortunate enough to live in Scotland just wait a
couple of years until we get independence, then the BBC won't
bother you ever again.

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying
them all their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs
England a fortune. No real ale either.

Dont you read any financial papers, or ignore oil fields?


--
wigwambam

"chippy" wrote:

Bill Wright wrote:

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying
them all their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs
England a fortune. No real ale either.

Dont you read any financial papers, or ignore oil fields?

As it happens, the dividing line between "Scottish oil" and "English
oil" has been factored into financial calculations for some years. The
Scots aren't getting the raw deal that some of them believe. In fact
most of the oil is in "English" waters. Because the eastern end of the
land border lies on a stretch of coast that faces the north west, the
line of equidistance between England and Scotland draws a line through
the water that heads north-west for several miles, which is a bit
unfortunate for Scotland, but that's the way it is.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/99112601.gif

--
Dave Farrance

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:20:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:


"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
news:1hrub7w.sjfeiv1ifmiglN%[email protected] com...
Heracles Pollux wrote:
Or if you're fortunate enough to live in Scotland just wait a couple of
years until we get independence, then the BBC won't bother you ever
again.

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying them all
their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs England a
fortune. No real ale either.

Remember it's yourselves that took us over.




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We're climbing up the sunshine mountains
Where the pretty breezes blow
We're climbing up the sunshine mountains
Faces all a-glow

Lister wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:20:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying them all
their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs England a
fortune. No real ale either.

Remember it's yourselves that took us over.

James VI, King of the Scots, inherited the English throne part way
through his reign, so he also became James I of England. The scumbag.

--
Dave Farrance

Dave Farrance wrote:

Lister wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:20:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying them all
their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs England a
fortune. No real ale either.

Remember it's yourselves that took us over.

James VI, King of the Scots, inherited the English throne part way
through his reign, so he also became James I of England. The scumbag.

The English bought the votes of the "parcel of rogues" who voted for the
Union 300 years ago next Tuesday.

--

Immunity is better than innoculation.

Peter

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:06:24 GMT, Dave Farrance
wrote:

Lister wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:20:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying them all
their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs England a
fortune. No real ale either.

Remember it's yourselves that took us over.

James VI, King of the Scots, inherited the English throne part way
through his reign, so he also became James I of England. The scumbag.


I was talking parliamentary terms




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We're climbing up the sunshine mountains
Where the pretty breezes blow
We're climbing up the sunshine mountains
Faces all a-glow

(Peter Hayes) wrote:

Dave Farrance wrote:

Lister wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:20:32 -0000, "Bill Wright"
wrote:

The sooner the Scots bugger off the better. The we can stop paying them all
their giros to **** up the wall on 8X. Bloody Scotland costs England a
fortune. No real ale either.

Remember it's yourselves that took us over.

James VI, King of the Scots, inherited the English throne part way
through his reign, so he also became James I of England. The scumbag.

The English bought the votes of the "parcel of rogues" who voted for the
Union 300 years ago next Tuesday.

I see. That should've been easy. Seeing as how copper wire was invented
by two Scots fighting over a penny. ;-)

--
Dave Farrance

Mark Carver wrote:
Scott wrote:
What I would really be interested to know is what other countries with
public service broadcasting plan to do. I believe there are other
European countries with publicly funded broadcasters.
Only one other I think, Sweden's SVT. All the other European PSBs are
now funded by a mixture of 'tax/licence' and advertising.

Switzerland has a compulsory licence system to fund the
public TV and radio channels somewhat analogous to the UK
one. However, fairly recently there have been the
introduction of advertising in an attempt to offset rising
costs - creating the worst of both worlds.

The situation is exacerbated by the necessity to have
services (multiple channels) for all three official
languages full-time.

This in a country bordering four other states and normally
able to receive transmissions from all of them.