Privatise the BBC

Why doe we run a publicly funded Entertainment Empire called the BBC?

The Government have just privatised the Royal Mail for £3.3.billion - what would the BBC be worth?

WE don't pay SKY anything, you're free to subscribe or not. Buy a newspaper or not, go to the Pub or not, smoke or not, its your choice your money but why does every household in the UK have to pay.

The TV Licence is £145.50

Roughly if there are 24million households in Britain and they all buy a licence (watch TV) that's an incredible £3.5billion pounds a year. Just about what the Government got for the Royal Mail. SO sell it off and give us all shares in it. No more TV Licence - let them make money like Sky and BT etc.

That's and end to wrangling in the Houses of Parliament of who got paid what etc.

No one is elected to run the BBC. I pay £120 a year to my local council in Council Tax - for this they empty my bins every week and more - that on its own is good value. What if all the council employees left all their lights and computers on 24 x 7 you'd be angry? YES! Yet the BBC every day I see the news and behind there is a room full on top notch computers and screens all left on with no one working there. The lights are blazing too - no dim withs there! Yet yes the BBC is just like your council WE ARE PAYING the bills! SCANDALOUS. but do They care - no because they're accountable to no one. If it was private it would be different the Board would insist that all teams were accounted for their costs or they'd be out.

I believe in Public Service Broadcasting but not at £3 billion. Some of the Overseas aid budget could be diverted into this perhaps.

They need to do something for the unfortunate folk who either won't or can't get on broadband, education by the BBC that could be paid out of the education budget. 

Surely in the 21st Century, especially in a financial crisis, when we're cutting Benefits,  we shouldn't be paying for Entertainment on our taxes?

Or maybe I'm wrong and its Opium for the masses? We don't want riots in the streets, let folk stay at home and watch Eastenders/ Coronations Street or X factor (oh dear the BBC doesn't do 2 out of 3 of those).

Tiring day in the Garden

Today's task was Cut the Grass. Well its done.
Beginning with fixing the caravan cupboard door. The trim had started coming off. Just needed sticking back, but it had to be the door next to the Microwave which was partially covered so necessitating me taking the whole door off. any way glued, but it curves so had to "bend" it around. Some tape stuck along would hold it in place. then grass cutting. Finally disaster a gust of wind took the poly tunnel door and broke it. Granted the wood is ageing but so I spent an extra 45mins fixing it. Now sat with a  glass of wine and poacher cheese.

So the Government have heeded my advice and moving in the right direction and announced measures to ensure one's pension pots move with you when you move jobs.

As I have said before its a scandal that if you move jobs (frequently - and who has a job for life these days) each company pension you have is worthless if you've oly got a few years in it. Less that 2 and you can cash in but then you end up with no pension hence the Pension Crisis we're in now. If you add up all the years then if you were in one scheme it should be quite good. So if the Government puts its foot down and MAKES the Bankers (Pension funds) play fair then transferring should not be penalised (so much), In the long run the Government benefits as we all get fairly decent private pensions, we all want to join a scheme and thus don't need to depend on handouts.

Lost Pensions Scandal

I've said this before people pay into pensions and then change jobs and its lost. This is the biggest scandal. We need the Swiss system, where your pot goes with you for life.

The Government should not let the Bankers make millions yet again at our expense. Capped fees and if people know their pension is safe they'll be more inclined to save. Saving helps the Government and we all share in the benefits.

Come on don't let this go on as another osBorne Conspiracy!

Pay in little and the bankers take their share and make millions out of us all.