Very true and to think Ester Rantzen who heads child line also knew , wtf didn't she go to the police now look at her given a knighthood making her dame ester rantzen , ever notice those involved with child abuse or knew child abuse was happening within the BBC, the tories suggest they get a knighthood, what's that saying birds of a feather flock together.
@@liquidignition, right on, Aussie bro. Be sure of one thing though, the BBC is about get its ass kicked when millions more cancel. Not a matter of if, but when.
@@adrianwright8685, except the BBC is not of reasonably high quality, far from it. It's a propaganda mouthpiece for left wing opinions. Even so, they could just make it pay per view instead, but they know many people would choose to ditch it.
The way the scumbag saw that the TV was not plugged in to the aerial socket - AND THEREFORE UNABLE TO RECEIVE A LIVE TV SIGNAL - and then calmly plugged it in and insisted the householder then turns on the TV hoping he would then receive a live signal was nothing short of entrapment. In Court, this video is powerful evidence that the TV could not receive a live signal UNTIL the BBC scumbag enabled it to do so.
Except it's not the BBC behind it. As far as I know the government appoint the TV licence collection agents. The BBC just get whatever is passed on to them. They're not responsible for the actions of the collectors.
Police hate these calls, but they are easy jobs for an hour or two... Less Paperwork too as its sod all to do with them... They can just write "TV LICENSE INSPECTION" and thas tehir hours covered... I promise you, I have spoken to many police officers and they feel teh same way we do about CRAPITA and their goons... But they have a job to do, They dont get to pick and choose even though it seems like it most of the time.
The one thing I find so gob smackingly unbelievable is the fact that two police officers can actually condone and assist two toerags to intimidate and bully a homeowner in their own home over a "crime" of believing he could be watching TV without a licence.
Cops in the family. Police do not want to be there, but under Communications Act 2003 Sec 366, they are obliged to attend. Every cop sees this for the ball-ache and waste of time that it is, to be using the Police to enrich scumbag companies like Capita and the BBC.
Peter the police are nothing but government licensed thugs !! And the BBC are advertising themselves so who's the fool here US or the MPs & Government !! 😡
We must remember that the police these days are not particularly interested in general crime and, in fact, actively support such people as protesters who choose to block traffic, for example.
Imagine a large supermarket chain were to send you threatening letters warning you that it is a crime to shoplift from them, and implying they could take you to court. If you don't respond to their letters, they then send people round your house to search your kitchen cupboards for items stolen from their stores, assuming everyone is shoplifting until they can prove otherwise. NO-ONE would EVER put up with such conduct. It would be a national scandal. Yet, that is pretty much what is going on here with the BBC.
Shops have signs displayed at entry points saying, "Shoplifters will be prosecuted" and "We do not tolerate abuse of our staff", etc. Are those threats to you? No, they are statements to all.
TV license goon showed up at my door the following took place: Goon: Hi sir have you got a TV? Me: No Goon: But there’s a satellite dish on the side of your building. Me: There’s milk in my cornflakes doesn’t mean I’ve got a cow in the garden. With that I shut the door.
I know this happened 7 years ago but if someone comes to your house under a warrant with the police and they're not even qualified to turn on a TV how can they inspect it? Even if he managed to get it to receive live TV it's him who is now watching without a licence,, the whole thing was rediculous.
Just cos a TV is capable of receiving signal, does not mean you use it to do so. Most houses have external aerial with a cable in the house. This is not evidence that live signals are watched. Always film prices like them connecting wires n cables etc. It is not an offence to have an aerial and cable. As the owner stated, I can operate my TV power with remote other than TV remote. Again, not evidence live signals are watched. We all know they use false information to obtain warrants etc. His TV is not visible from street etc show can they obtain warrent without sufficient evidence that an offence is being committed and why do the police allow this?
@@Magpie74 what a load of shit. Why the hell would there be an aerial lead running from his tv, all the way over to the socket and then both the power and aerial unplugged? Obviously because he yanked them both out when he saw who was at the door. Fuck you all carry on over a tv licence, all this shit for ten quid a month or something. Pay for your fucking licence.
Look at the body language of that guy in the white shirt. He's enjoying this. He's lording his power over someone and he's enjoying every second of it. That guy isn't there to do his job, he's there to satisfy his fetish.
perceived power. He doesn't have the right to plug the TV in etc. I'd have charged him £200 per watt/hour for the electricity if he wanted to see it working
he has NO power over anybody! You simply tell him to prove in a court of law you have broken any laws. If your tv is able to recieve a signal, it doesn't prove you watch live tv. Tell them straight to take you to court, give no names or details and if summoned then you need to ask why you've been summoned and upon what EVIDENCE? You need evidence for a conviction, correct?
It is amazing that even after the Tories got rid of 21,000 police officers in England, the police can spare two officers to go around to this guy's house. Crime especially murder by stabbings have gone up in England.
Easy prosecution. That's the whole point. They don't have to investigate a crime and put themselves in danger. In reality they catch people when they incriminate themselves. For that reason they like to go after single women and the elderly.
cause the police enjoy a nice quiey easy shift doing this stuff. its that or running roujd a shity high rise astate trying take down a violent druggy hurling abuse at them....not a hard choice is it, thats why theres never any police around for the real crime. but if theres aload of pointless micky mouse crap to be around for there always there and double quick too. thats the sad truth about the police these days. get thow a shift the eaist way possible lol
Who can spare them? They're there because this guy obstructed the execution of the warrant previously or was threatening. He could've allowed inspection peacefully first time. I don't know how this ended up but at the rate he was going he may have another warrant out to have his electronic devices inspected...
The first line of the caution: "You do not have to say anything" Goon then tries to say not answering question is 'obstructing their investigation'. Hate the goons.
@@anthonyharris6881: I believe the police officers and the license inspectors are recruited from a group whose parents failed to teach them the meaning of the word "no."
I had the same harassment when I lived in Swansea. I didn't even HAVE a television yet they time after time they would show up "demanded" to enter and search my house to ensure that there was no TV. The aggressive "reminders" for using a television without a licence were piled high. It was pointed out that I had an aerial on the roof to which I replied that I also had an empty garage so did that make me guilty of not taxing a car that wasn't there? Total bullying scumbags, the lot of them. Well done mate.
He did the right thing by keep referring back to the police for advice on their position.....which in each case was “Nothing to do with us, it is not our investigation”. Did he even ensure that warrant was from a judge? Notice how the police absolutely did not want to process him at the station....I bet they hate doing these escort duties.
The police couldn't arrest him because he didn't obstruct them, didn't obstruct "the warrant" or didn't obstruct the TV licencing men. The latter tried to lead the officers down a path of "you're obstructing the ivestigation" and to be fair the Police failed to act on that because as you rightly point out "it's not our investigation"
I personally couldn't contain my rage with that nob. Waltzing into somebody else's home with a sense of entitlement and authority and then talking like he owns the place, it would send me over the edge.
That's what they are hoping for. Get you angry and get you talking and then get you convicted. In regard to Capita, revenge is best served cold and then watching them disappear with their tail between their legs. If they later seek and get another warrant and nothing comes from that, I would suggest a civil case alleging Harassment may be in order.
@@AH1981 Their presented evidence to the court would be something like "I saw or heard a TV" or "The home owner was aggressive and alluded to the fact they had a TV" or something similar. Hence why you don't talk to them and close the door one they mention "Are you the homeowner?".
You handled yourself very well with your carefully put responses. You didn’t allow yourself to be bullied by these lowlife workers and kept your dignity in the process.
I can't get over how they can actually call on the police. I couldn't get the cops to turn up when someone was trying to steal my neighbour's car and, on another occasion, break into my other neighbour's house...
Similar happened to a friend, shed broken into, bike stolen. Found for sale on Facebook, police told him to buy it back! I said should of told them defaced a pride flag while breaking into the shed, they'd be there in seconds
@@Daniel-wb4lr my son was kicked off his bike, found the bike three days later on facebook marketplace so I got in touch with the seller and arranged to buy it. THEN I called the police and informed them that I was going over to a: retrieve my son's property and b: break the thieving cunt's legs. The police called the next county and they sent someone instead and got (most of) the bike back.
They can't. Their warrant is just a piece of paper. I've seen other videos where the guy is clever enough to refuse them and they say they'll come back with a warrant. If they had one why would they need one? They just try to scare people. He didnt have to let them in.
@@stevepalpatine2828 I’ve received a number of threatening letters from licencensing .... and it causes me great alarm and distress in the manner it is worded and threatening ... doesn’t and shouldn’t that come under the act of harassment ? If not even attempt of extortion through threatening behaviour 🤨
@@wahidkhaliq4776 Sorry you're going through that brother. They don't have any real authority. You can watch videos that explain how to deal with them. The easiest way is to go on their website or write to them and tell them you don't require a license as you don't watch live broadcasts (whether you do or not) they have no way to confirm otherwise unless you are tricked into letting them in. You don't have to answer their questions, and you don't have to open the door to them. They won't get a warrant that allows them to break down your door. The furthest they will go is turning up with what they _claim_ to be a warrant, that is just signed by a JP and doesnt allow them to force access. I've seen videos of them trying this and the ones who were smart enough to still refuse them they go away sulkily saying they will get a warrant. If they had one, why would they need one? Fill in their form online and if they send someone out, you dont have to deal with them. You dont even have to give them your name. As soon as you hear TV license, shut the door.
@@fazemills663 He has the 'necessary authority to inspect a tv'.. ..I can't get over how backwards the UK is for even allowing this in the twentytwenties.
if he was a smart guy I would of Disconnect the aerial in the wall and screw the cover back when they turn the tv on it would have no signal what so ever job done they cannot prove nothing all sorted 👍
Strange how that works isnt it. I'm from Canada and we pay for CBC through taxes but it's a pittance. The CBC is ducking useless and wish they would sell the company. If they did this tv license shit in Canada I wouldn't even open the door. God damn leeches.
I can hardly believe there are scum greedy enough to not pay their license and that they do not watch BBC but such scum exist. How else can people enforce the license without looking in a house. Its hardly surprising that they need police protection when gits try to stir up opposition to them doing a legitimate job. Its hard to see why they would believe you when you are obstructive.
Ha ha they're about as zany, two mute cops, a cuckold geek with a clipboard and a flash harry who used to be a copper....The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off (1994)
redf you’re missing the point we haven’t signed up for the BBC ..we don’t fucking want it ...if I stop paying for Netflix and cut me off bully boy tactics a stealth tax.. more people what fuck the BBC off the better it’s an outdated system
i know. But they are basically high pressure salesmen. They have to sell a minimum of 28 per week and are promised good bonuses on top of that. The BBC will need more and more money from licence payments to fund this. Crazy
@@redf7209 Ha ha ha Crapita Troll....we are on to you...ps... 39 years no licence, watched what I liked ...and yes I,m on the special list...you know you will get nothing....not a penny not even a word.
The police have infuriated me in this video. They have no right to be so vague and pressing with you when you allowed them in. The police CANT enforce the tv license. You should have straight away said you’re calling a solicitor and refuse to do anything till one is arranged to come. You thoroughly deserve protection. They’ll leave before they get there I promise.
@@18150690 These Capita vermin use the Police as a mental battering ram in order to get their trash in the door, even though the law allows them to use the Police. Police have no interest in being there to watch two Capita goons playing at Cops.
The police in the vid, hardly said a word, they're only there to keep the peace. The ones doing all the talking were from Capita, a commercial corporation that fraudulently tell people, not consenting to contract is a crime, no powers of arrest, they need your name to create joinder, before they can take you to court. Giving them your name, is assumed a verbal contract, then not having licence they then take you to court for breach of contract... No Contract, no case, no case no crime. It's all a con trick...He could have just shut the door on them, police or not. They assumed authority, yet had no powers of entry. All intimidation tactics.
The police actually did a very good job here. They did the minimum to just keep the peace without interfering with either side. What more can you ask of them exactly?
This is ridiculous that this is still happening. Using intimidation to scare people by sending TV licence officers around to house to make them feel they have broken the law. Other company's don't have this right to send officers around to people's homes with warrants to intimidate them. I'm not fully educated in the law but where does this stand in the harassment law?, once you have said no to a product you no longer want and informed them that should be enough, how are they allowed to pursue you to make you feel guilty for not continuing to have there service? Why isn't this an offence under law ?
@@davef21370he put his foot through the door before he was given access by the owner. Even coming through the front gate of the garden can easily be seen as forced entry.
@@ForkCandle123 you can't be asked to operate equipment for them, or alter the state of the TV. The offence is for WATCHING TV as it is being broadcast. If your TV is tuned to bbc1 but is turned off, you aren't breaking any law. If they make you turn it on, now you are.
Never ever give your name to anyone, even the police. They need your name to take you to commercial court so never give it. We all have a common law right to remain silent.
@@tracyniemeyer8691 - You're absolutely correct, and remember that you and only you, can confirm your name. No one else can ever say you're called a certain name, because none of us has a name, your birth certificate proves that at the bottom by saying "A certificate is not evidence of identity ".
My thought exactly... Bit late to be asking the guy his name... These people do like you to incriminate yourself though, and make it as easy as possible for them.
thats normal everyday intimidation in Britain. the norm is that you are not allowed to ask questionsand speak only when spoken to or be arrested for obstruction
But is some random license inspector even allowed to "read rights" to people. I thought only the police were allowed to do this. Seems like these guys only had one objective, to try and intimidate him into admitting something.
tried to accuse you of “obstruction” What do you mean by TRIED? They DID accuse the man of obstruction. Ther eis nothing TRIED about it. Remove that word TRIED out of your vocabulary because you do not know what it means .... Same goes fro Should be Would be Could be . .. Never use any of those words. Soon as you hear anyone say SHOULD BE it means that they don't have a clue. When you hear "REALLY" tacked into a sentence, that sentence may lack its own reality.
@@JohnDoe-bd5sz I thought the only other organisation, after the police, that can legally question under caution are HMRC. The police officers in the clip would/should have known that. They should have intervened, but it was 'someone else's baby'
How do you prove to them that you don't watch any live broadcasts ? They will always be suspicious of men for example, watching football and the rugby 6 nations.
I've watched this many times and it still is in my view one of the best ways for handling these types of BBC License callers. It was a bonus that the Police officers were present and upholding their oath. Very educational and entertaining delivered with great composure.
Nope only way to deal with these people is to treat them like the door-to- door salesmen they are. The "warrent" is usually only for breach of the peace.... they assume you will become unpeaceful. 🙄 and you don't have to allow them in even if they have police and a warrant.
These are fake warrants ,they're not legal,you are under no obligation to let them inside your property,if it was a real warrant they would have to have the persons name ,they didnt .He should have asked the policemen to escort them out for trespassing, and harassment!!!
@@magsk6721 i believe they are a warrent of peaceful entry aka if you let them in or the door is unlocked they can walk in but cant force themselves in
im sure its illegal to read someone their rights acting as law enforcement and by the way the 2 police looked at each other i think they knew that but let it go ahead which they should be ashamed of.
Please plug in the antenna, please turn on the TV ... please tune it to a live channel ... And NOW you've been caught watching live TV. There's a reason they don't want to do it themselves - it proves nothing. They're after being able to say _"We witnessed him watching live TV"_ If you're ever in this situation and they enter under warrant - Go make a cuppa, lie down on the sofa, put your feet up - and invite them to _"have at it"_ ... you are under no obligation to assist them in their investigation of the equipment, and you CERTAINLY shouldn't be operating the equipment. They ask you to break the law, and if you do, they'll have you for it. If THEY manage to get a live signal through their own manipulation, it says nothing about whether you watch live TV. They're devious friggin bastages
Public: "There are underage vulnerable girls being drugged and raped by grooming gangs all across Britain !!!" Police: ---- TV Licensing: "A man doesn't own a TV license !!" Police: "We'll send two officers round right away sir".
Yes it's disgusting, the police need to take a very good look at themselves and remind themselves why they are there and who pays their wages, lazy cowards.😔
@@jean-lucpicard5510 Why are you ignoring the police's inaction but then shifting the burden onto me ? Are you doing anything about it or are you happy that 10s of thousands of vulnerable girls are being attacked. 1 - It's the police's job, which they should be doing. I pay tax... a lot of it, so indirectly, yes, I am doing something about it. 2 - I'm not in a position to do anything against it. Chiefly because I don't live anywhere near these regions. However I wouldn't turn a blind eye to it.
I spent four years trying to tell them i didn't even actually have a tv. (Which was true) So they asked why i told them my place was a place of work and i didn't need a license. So i told them that was because on THEIR shitty online form there was no means of telling them i simply didn't need a license because i had NO TELLY! And that now they werw here at my house and could see i had no telly, perhaps tbey could stop harrassing me every year? This continued for the whole 6yrs i lived there! There is still nowhere on their stupid online form to tell them you have no tv! Their manner was totally ridiculous too. One held some device which waz meant to intimidate me with some preposterous assumption of being able to tell secret info about me. They were rather distressed by my high state of amuzement. They also tried to act az if they had the powers of the police or law court, and were bamboozled by my understanding that they hadn't. Even if i had a telly, i wouldn't be paying for my own state propaganda shite!
On the form you fill in online, there is the option to state you don't have a TV set. It's combined with other statements within the same option because not having a TV set alone is not a valid reason not to have license. Just read through it again.
Wow, it is so weird that police office would be helping a company harass and charge someone for something they did not order! This is scary! My sympathy to all who are effected by this nightmare.
Well there you just said it, if he's 'helping' then he's breaking the law and not remaining impartial. They work on fear, know your rights. If the copper is corrupt, he's privy to the law himself, just inform him his job is to remain impartial, and can he state any laws which suggest otherwise, tell the guy he can answer in court himself when you prosecute.
@@user-bo3mp8un6c Well he will care when he's pulled in before a judge for is conduct, and his department gets sued! When you take big money, the bosses start to act and somebody has to be made accountable for it. Plenty of examples out there too, feel free to check for videos which result in big court cases.
Disgraceful that the police are aiding and abetting these tyrants over a civil matter .They claim to be understaffed perhaps they would be better deployed tackling the crime wave currently sweeping the country .
Why is it an invasion of privacy ? have you any idea how many letters and knocks on the door this guy has ignored before it got to this ? We don't watch TV in the garden normally so unfortunately warrants have to be acquired to prove this guy is stealing and up to him to prove he's not which at this stage he's had plenty of opportunity to do so.
You don't need a TV When you have entertainment like this, So they want to get your TV Aerial plugged in, tune your TV , In front of Armed Police ,Read you your rights and Tell you your Obstructing, Be Funny if Goon got a belt of 240 Volts off the "Apparatus"
What a disgraceful activity - revenue raising for the government enforced by police , actioned by petty bureaucrats. get rid of this insidious tax !! The Australia government removed this con in 1974 !!
Wtf are you doing letting them into your home like that? Address the constables and ask them directly if they are a) under their oath today b) if there has been a breach of the peace? and c) which man or woman (d/b/a as a 'judge') has signed the alleged warrant. Man, this makes me really mad watching this tbh. Like said below, we have the highest knife crime rate since records began post world war 2 and the po-lice are actively assisting goons into peoples homes...good to see where the priorities lie isnt it?
I can't believe the police allowed them to plug in an antenna, that entrapment. What uf ut was still tuned in from a year or 2 ago and you do only watch dvds. That's shocking
Its not entrapment, its the tv people fixing up the offence then pinning the offence they set up on him...or trying to, and when that failed went for double jeapordy with trying to obstruct.
I almost did a full week in the clink for no licence, came out built like a tank, wife had moved on she said she couldn't wait, kids all grown up but they still recognised me but obviously had grown fond of their step dad while I was away, but I'm cool with that. Life all good now🙏
Knife crime in this country is through the roof and here we have 4 team handy to prosecute a civil guy for a TV licence!!! Other countries in the world are laughing at us! Embarrassing
greenaum the warrants are often unsigned by a magistrate and can be bought at a private court.A warrant must be issued by a magistrate after witness testimony under oath an offence has taken place.This is what I understand to be the law
@Nigel 61. @Jack Sorry that is not true, I was out when the police and TV people turned up at my home with a warrant and they smashed my front door down. I did not have a tv, but they still got away without paying for a new door+ frame etc on the grounds that my home was locked up so I obstructed them. And the police can gain a warrant in England by phone or email now! Its a total fuck up!!
When i cancelled my TV license 2yrs back i removed the Antenna cable and threw it in the bin. All i watch now is Netflix, or i stream RU-vid via my laptop to the TV. No licence needed for that. Im waiting for the day to come when they knock on the door. "Sorry not interested in buying one, as i dont need it".
When I tell my friends from abroad that we're supposedly "required" to have a TV license, they laugh, and who can blame them. What isn't funny though, is the way the TV licensing company bully people into paying for it and send officers round to investigate people's homes. I've not paid mine in years and have no intention of doing so.
Time the license is scrapped. Its a Tax to fund the BBC. I don't watch that awful institutions programmes, so why should I pay for bankrupt ex-celebs to prance around in gliter?
If you scrap the license, you'll be paying for it in tax money anyway. Better to find a better way to charge those who actually use it. If people don't want BBC services, there should be a way to block access and stop them paying for it
Average Maker you should, in this day and age, be able to pick and choose which channels you watch, sky can turn sky sports off if you don’t want to subscribe to it, so why can’t the shitty bbc do the same ffs
It does pay for radio worldwide, it pays for BBC news worldwide, it pays for the BBC websites (of which there are numerous), the actual output on BBC 1, 2 , 4, News Parliament etc are a small part of a much larger organisation.
ITV is unwatchable trash. Channel 4 is the best solution, publicly owned like BBC but with adverts. The TV licence is really expensive for what you get, £12.56/month for a single network which has too low a budget to make shows which look good (see Dr Who) or give interesting prizes on quiz/game shows (e.g. £1000/episode top prize rolling over each show). Compare you what can you get for similar or less money from e.g. Netflix.
@@quaker57 If you want TV with ads, you go ahead and enjoy. I do not want TV with ads - every 10 minutes. This is not free. You have to pay for it. Maybe 10 minutes suits your attention span. It does not suit mine.
@@KX36 I agree about Netflix, (don't forget their budget is getting bigger daily) but some of there stuff - considering the budget - is depressingly familiar - end of the World Sci-fi being one example. Neither is the comedy outstanding - yet. The fact that they may stop buying films, so we will even less choice is also a downer. I just think people don't know when there are onto a mostly good thing. I know it's not perfect, but people in the States would give their right arms for TV without ads. AD break - Credits - AD break - 10 minutes of a programme - AD break. I literally would be tearing my hair out. The BBC exists because we pay a TV licence, and while they cosy up to the government then it escapes criticism. They could definitely give better value, but what about all the goons who think it is somehow clever not to pay their licence? This guy is anything but a law abiding citizen. If he just removed the aerial I would have sympathy, but he didn't. Sorry, if you don't like it go and live in America. He and other of his ilk are making the BBC cut corners.
Brian Harris they are not even government, just another private company been given power over citizens by our government in exchange for money! A very very slippery slope.
I've just read through all the posts and I noticed that no one mentioned that you can refuse to let them in even if they have one of their non warrants...Close the door they have to walk away....(I do appreciate that this guy was fitting the goons up).
It's a civil matter so tell the police to ask the licensing men to leave. You can use reasonable force to remove them. Or tell them all to piddle off. No legal right to enter your property...tv licence goon can't give a caution.
It's a criminal matter. There has been a move to de-criminalise it but that was abandoned. QUOTE "You could be prosecuted if we find that you have been watching, recording or downloading programmes illegally. The maximum penalty is a £1,000* fine plus any legal costs and/or compensation you may be ordered to pay." www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/detection-and-penalties-top5
@Ryan It does matter though, what you say about the TV "bailiffs" is correct, but if it gets to the magistrates court and don't pay any fines then as you say enforcement agents can use force to enter in an attempt to recover the fines, and presumably costs and outstanding licence fees.
@Ryan High Court enforcement agents do work for private companies, DCBL being the one that's featured on TV (you probably won't have seen them if you don't have a licence though). These companies are used by the High Court to do the dirty work for them.
@@rogerbarton497 Only if you are proven guilty and ordered to pay the fine by the magistrate... at that point it is not TV licencing goons showing up it is court appointed ballifs...
Why has he even got an aerial cable attached to his TV set? That looks like a smoking gun for live TV watching or recording and then watching back to me.
@TheWizard22UK No, but having streak knives indicates that he likes steak. Having a tv aerial cable actually attached to his tv though... Come on, let's agree that this guy enjoys BOTH streak if it's put infront him AND he can't resist the lure of live tv, too... Like I said elsewhere, if he's not watching it then no license fee is due, but if he is then he should pay because others have to.
@@ozzyefc44 You are not allowed to watch BBC catch-up though without a license. And you do not need an aerial to watch catch-up TV by the way. You can not watch catch-up TV via an aerial. You can watch catch-up TV via an internet connection. In fact, you need an internet connection to watch catch-up TV.
I wouldn’t want to live in the UK. That right there is one of the reasons we in the US rebelled against British tyranny. We’ll be your allies up to a point, but that shit won’t fly in the US. You have my condolences, mate.
What a waste of police time I today was threatened to have my head smashed in by someone coming to my house police refused to come but because this involves the government getting their ridiculous television license money which is nothing short of a con.
Hi, we're here to forcibly set up your tv to receive signal and then get you in trouble for not having a license, oh and we brought some cops to intimidate you.
I am Ex-pat now living in Canada, but everyone knows in the UK that they need a license to watch TV. Just get one and avoid all of this rubbish as it not fair on the people that pay for it. And now it's so easy to pay for it to. I think they should do what they do here in Canada even through we don't a license here you can't hook your TV to watch any TV until you pay for your Cable/Satellite service. In the UK situation they should make sure you have your license before you can get any service at all. Of course not including DVD/or games console
"You have the right to remain silent but if you don't answer my questions you are obstructing me!" Oh I would LOVE to see that one in court with any half decent solicitor. They obviously don't do many of those visits!
This is akin to a double galzing company coming round your house asking you to pay for windows that you don't have then they install them and say "well look now you do pay up"
I would love for these guys to turn up to my door, I’ve been relishing the day for years but hasn’t came yet. This guy is giving them far too much of his time
The whole thing is a waste of time. Even if he is watching TV without a licence, I just don't care. He's not out cutting brakes on cars or anything. No sane person believes that you are a criminal for watching tele. The police clearly didn't want to be there. The BBC just need to get themselves into the modern age and earn their money themselves.
If you were a police officer, would you care? They're only there to protect the peace, and this guy was clearly polite and fair. There are so many ways around it anyway. I generally don't answer the door to anyone unless I'm expecting them. I'd answer it for police as you should respect the law. The BBC are a company and should not be treated as the law. I'm tempted to agree though that effort needs to go into changing it, and I think it's about people changing their viewing habits. I just watch on demand services that aren't the BBC. So much more choice out there. I do think the manner in which this man handled himself was great though as the effort he was forcing on four people was huge to end up with no result.
MadHaggis the law and the whole system is joke, rigged to protect those at the top and keep them in a luxury lifestyle, the whole game is rigged, wake up man
MadHaggis so basically you'd rather just do what you're told like a good serf, I'd tune him in nevermind the TV, coming in my house like he owns it the idiot, wtf, stood there like that in my house are you joking, I told them to do one years and years ago, and removed their right of implied access, these people are scum and bullies, they knows not to come round here again because they know what will happen if they do
MadHaggis he's not coming in my house end of story, I know the score with the system pal, these people are liars and bullies and they're full of some type of authoritarian head trip they seem to enjoy going on, like I say their implied right of access is removed end of story
