Younglings don't pay
The BBC is a farce. A smaller and smaller number of people are buying licences as more money is wasted on free web services for foreigners and the non-paying smartphone users. They spend enormous amounts on minority events and sports like tennis and golf which provide huge numbers of their hangers on with expensive freebies, ignoring sports like cycling. Everything is dumbed down with celebs even what used to be serious science topics. The one thing which does need subsidising is radio. The sooner they have to live in the real world like the rest of us, the better.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
