tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post6658446675778619274..comments2023-05-22T15:18:16.226+01:00Comments on Pox Anglorum: Broadcasting (Television Licence Fee Abolition) Bill 2010-11William Gruffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02434757003701117714noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post-67663643865803747162011-02-10T17:51:21.148+00:002011-02-10T17:51:21.148+00:00Chrysalis: Thank you for your kind comment and go...Chrysalis: Thank you for your kind comment and good wishes.<br /><br />PS: Not being British is something we share.<br /><br />Gruff (English not British, except for my passport)William Gruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434757003701117714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post-39885423570482740602011-02-10T16:22:21.215+00:002011-02-10T16:22:21.215+00:00Well, being that I'm not British, I'll abs...Well, being that I'm not British, I'll abstain from opinion. However, I applaud your efforts at speaking out against things you feel passionately about:)<br /><br />Take careChrysalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01466654754867661186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post-56167183564561405052011-02-09T12:31:35.197+00:002011-02-09T12:31:35.197+00:00Agreed - sooner the better.Agreed - sooner the better.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post-12098497125390007192011-02-08T21:28:20.628+00:002011-02-08T21:28:20.628+00:00I think that it's far more likely that signifi...I think that it's far more likely that significantly large numbers of people will stop paying the TV Tax, before the government abolishes it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post-89516722634201639822011-02-08T20:58:20.692+00:002011-02-08T20:58:20.692+00:00The bill has no chance Harry but ... if all of tho...The bill has <i>no</i> chance Harry but ... if all of those who want the licence abolished write to their Member of Parliament demanding his support for it we might just see a political class, slowly coming to understand that it can no longer take its privileges, and sinecures, for granted coming to understand that time has run out.<br /><br />The man in the street cares not one jot for the Eurozone, Iraq, hunting, the rights of photographers, students, quantitative easing, WTC7, Area 51 or lizards in control at the UN. He does care about the increasing number of licences he must buy, taxes and fines pay and forms fill in simply to go about his daily routine while trying ever harder, and decreasing success, to mind his own business.<br /><br />It's a small thing but it's more likely to strike a chord with the man in the street than many much bigger issues.William Gruffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434757003701117714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150556.post-34201425574767275992011-02-08T20:24:09.808+00:002011-02-08T20:24:09.808+00:00* 1st reading:
House of Commons: 05.07.2010.
* 2...* 1st reading: <br />House of Commons: 05.07.2010.<br /><br />* 2nd reading: <br />House of Commons: 13.01.2012 <br /><br />"This Bill will be on the Order Paper for a Second Reading debate on 13 January 2012, although the House is not expected to sit on this day."<br /><br />... and considering it has a further 9 stages before getting Royal Assent... don't hold your breath WG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com