A ring-fenced share of taxation would work as well. The license fee is really just a poll tax by another name, it's just one that we tend to accept because successive Conservative governments have it made it clear that they would much prefer if that money was spent on something useful, like giving knighthoods to child molesters, and the license fee seems to be the most immediately-reliable way of staving off that outcome.Indeed. It's how the publicly-funded BBC can survive (and not show adverts).
A poll tax, too, lasts as long as Parliament says, it's just that it has to be abolished all in one go, rather than throttled by inches, so it's more obvious. But, I agree that in the short terms, the license is the most practical way of keeping the BBC going, it's just a pity that we're forced to think in the short-term.Ring-fencing lasts as long as Parliament says it does. Having a generally acceptable poll tax to support a reasonably well-liked institution is tolerable, in my view.
The same way american dollars are labeled USD norwegian crowns are labeled NOK
NRK is norwegian reich broadcasting
Indeed. It's how the publicly-funded BBC can survive (and not show adverts).
Apparently, it's up to £1000, plus any compensation and/or legal fees.What's the penalty if they catch you watching TV without a license?
If you don't want to watch TV, don't get a TV. How you'd play a console without a TV screen is another matter.
As for how they enforce matters, I don't know, because I buy my licence yearly like a reasonable citizen.![]()