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 Badger11  Beckenham 09 Jul 23 7.16am |
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I see the Ex Chairman of the BBC is suggesting the licence fee be replaced with a tax based on earnings. That will not go down well, I already pay far too much for a service I don't really use and now rather than abolish the licence fee they want to allow other people to drink on my wallet.
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HKOwen  Hong Kong 09 Jul 23 7.34am |
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They really think they have a divine right to have their heads in the trough and their hands in our pockets. At we still have to put up with this until at least 2027.
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| Spiderman Horsham 09 Jul 23 7.40am |
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Originally posted by HKOwen
They really think they have a divine right to have their heads in the trough and their hands in our pockets. At we still have to put up with this until at least 2027. From what you read, the presenter most certainly did not have his hands in his pockets
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| YT Oxford 09 Jul 23 7.41am |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
Or someone who uses a trendy pronoun. It's nothing to do with a trendy pronoun. It's basic English usage that dates back decades. Either the parent, the reporter or both don't want to identify the gender of the child, hence they continually use "the child" or "my child". The correct pronoun for such a situation is 'they", unless you use the more clumsy"he or she".
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| Spiderman Horsham 09 Jul 23 7.41am |
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Originally posted by baldeagle73
Fair enough if you have first hand experience I just thought he must be a decent bloke by the fact when the bbc tried to suspend him all of his co workers stuck up for him Or it could have been because they were worried they could “fall on the same sword” in the future? Edited by Spiderman (09 Jul 2023 7.44am)
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| Spiderman Horsham 09 Jul 23 7.45am |
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Originally posted by YT
It's nothing to do with a trendy pronoun. It's basic English usage that dates back decades. Either the parent, the reporter or both don't want to identify the gender of the child, hence they continually use "the child" or "my child". The correct pronoun for such a situation is 'they", unless you use the more clumsy"he or she". Mother has used she and my daughter in several articles I have read. Most definitely female
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| YT Oxford 09 Jul 23 8.01am |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
Mother has used she and my daughter in several articles I have read. Most definitely female Thanks. I stand corrected, but the article I first read yesterday morning didn't identify the gender of the child and I haven't read any others.
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| YT Oxford 09 Jul 23 8.12am |
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Originally posted by Badger11
I see the Ex Chairman of the BBC is suggesting the licence fee be replaced with a tax based on earnings. That will not go down well, I already pay far too much for a service I don't really use and now rather than abolish the licence fee they want to allow other people to drink on my wallet. I haven't read this, but he can only mean general taxation. You couldn't possibly set up and run a separate earnings-related charging system merely to collect about £4bn a year as it would cost far more than that to operate. It would be madness. Your gripe about having to pay for something you "don't really use" applies, of course, to everything paid for through taxation. For example, people who have no children pay fortunes in tax so that other people's sprogs can receive an education opportunity that many of them then squander. The list of examples is endless.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 09 Jul 23 8.19am |
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Originally posted by YT
I haven't read this, but he can only mean general taxation. You couldn't possibly set up and run a separate earnings-related charging system merely to collect about £4bn a year as it would cost far more than that to operate. It would be madness. Your gripe about having to pay for something you "don't really use" applies, of course, to everything paid for through taxation. For example, people who have no children pay fortunes in tax so that other people's sprogs can receive an education opportunity that many of them then squander. The list of examples is endless. Sure but some things are essential to society e.g. healthcare, police, social care and education. I don't object to paying my share but I'll be dammed if I am expected to pay more for entertainment just because somebody else wants to watch the BBC. Let's compromise say everybody in the country has to pay a nominal £10 pa levy for the BBC, now in addition to that each viewer household is charged for their usage just like a utility bill, I would accept that. Edited by Badger11 (09 Jul 2023 8.25am)
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Teddy Eagle  09 Jul 23 8.29am |
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Originally posted by YT
It's nothing to do with a trendy pronoun. It's basic English usage that dates back decades. Either the parent, the reporter or both don't want to identify the gender of the child, hence they continually use "the child" or "my child". The correct pronoun for such a situation is 'they", unless you use the more clumsy"he or she". It was meant to be a joke but thanks for the grammar lesson.
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| eritheagle Erith 09 Jul 23 8.37am |
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One of the BBC’s most well known presenters being investigated for paying a teenager for explicit pictures!!! Let the speculation and guessing begin!
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| Spiderman Horsham 09 Jul 23 8.40am |
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Originally posted by YT
Thanks. I stand corrected, but the article I first read yesterday morning didn't identify the gender of the child and I haven't read any others. I think I may need to apologise. Today’s articles describe the child as they, so could be either. I am sure yesterday mother was quoted as saying she. Presumably we will know at some point
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