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Oddly there's a degree of justice in that, A number of our British farmers have left here and bought very cheaply huge tracts of the rich and fertile steppes in such as Bulgaria and Romania. Bringing in modern large machinery and methods they've done extremely well, making lots of money. Tit...

That seems a sensible compromise, since digital TV also receives numerous radio channels which blind people can make use of and which are no longer licenceable. (They once were). .

Not that I know of and I think it unlikely since the offence is receiving and the wording of the law implies even installing in preparation to receive requires a licence. And of course listening to the sound is also receiving the program. .

It's not that simple though: A TV Licence is a legal permission to install or use television receiving equipment to watch or record television programmes as they are being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, and to download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on...

The law is very clear and those claims are untrue**. It's been made clear on a number of occasions that if an "apparatus" is capable of receiving, it has to be licenced whether used or not. The claimants are relying of a later clarification that it only applies if the set is ever used to...

This part is the same in the UK, but TV's in second properties also have to have a licence. The only exception is a full time student in residence away from home who can enjoy the cover of the licence in their family's home for their own TV. .

Thatcher also covered up for one of her MPs over his known paedophilia. She was warned by MI5 but ignored it and they co-operated in that: Information Link .

They aren't and never were and neither of us has posted that. .

Standard Tory rant about the BBC. They appoint the people in charge of it in the usual Old Boy network way but then don't take any reponsibility for the outcome. The BBC is a part of our society and reflects it, both acted the same way in the 1970s and before, knowing all the misbehaviours...

Savile won an award from Mary Whitehouse's National Viewers' and Listeners' Association in 1977 for his "wholesome family entertainment", so it wasn't just the Beeb who had a strange idea of that. Times change and so do standards, today's British public get hysterical over almost anything that...

I don't join in with the rabble rousing. Prince William is talking nonsense in saying what Diana said was influenced by Bashir's methods. A year earlier Sir Max Hastings interviewed Diana and has confirmed she said no different to him then from what she said to Bashir about her "marriage of...

And not just suggest, compel: Between 1947 and 1963, a total of 395 National Servicemen were killed on active service. .

EddiePJ had a long running disagreement with a prominent poster who often posts on the same subjects as you Neal, so that might have a bearing. The loss of KirstinS is a complete mystery since he was a regular and enthusiastic poster. However after frequent posts there was a gap of three...

I thought of you as I typed it, but it was deliberate. While the fight for Scottish independance continues and political stability has question marks elsewhere, the government is likely to restrict discussion on such grants to England. As the regions mentioned clearly show. The fact that...

Maybe not. The UK and Germany were in Musk's sights for his European battery factory and he settled on Berlin for it, being in the EU important of course. Since the newest Tesla, the still quite large Model 3, has been selling well in Europe, Musk is considering building smaller e-cars more...

I think our defence strategy now is made up of three components, the nuclear submarine missile deterrent, air and land launched missiles, and drones. We don't have the numbers to have a large scale conventional land war, nor even enough to train a new army in time, so it's technology to the...

I doubt we'll ever embark on such a foolish operation as the Falklands war again. We would dearly love to get rid of the hugely expensive Falklands to Argentina now, but can't sell this move to the public for at least another fifty years. The lack of wisdom behind the Suez war and the...

Indeed, Grant Shapps as Transport Minister first announced this in 2019 after the election success. He nationalised Northern Rail, said they won't be the last by any means and confirmed that the other networks being run by government such as Eastern Rail would continue to be. Hard on his heels...

Government policy on travel to Amber list countries according to Boris Johnson: "You must not travel to them unless in the most extreme circumstances such as a relative seriously ill". Conversation one with an amber list relative: "Hallo, how are you, I hope you are keeping well? I was...

Actually it does work well for those like me who don't drink alcohol. I'd just collect my free beer and give it to those who had been denied it by the wicked, bullying government! :) .