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Each time I have had the misfortune to live in a borough under the control of the Lib Dems it was like the lunatics had taken over the asylum. Lib Dems are simply not competent enough to run a council, let alone the country. I dread to think what state Teignbridge will be in by the end of their term in office, as they will surely get booted out at the next elections.
You could not make it up...the lib dems refuse 10k grant for the airshow as they have declared a "climate emergency" .It was said that Torbay got 160k visitors for the air show bringing in much needed cash for the area. Pity the poor spokesman in charge of tourism for Teignbridge trying to defend teignbridge decision. Dont the lib Dems realise they are only in power as a protest vote. Funny ...
Apparently Jeremy Hunt, one of the tory leadership candidates, was involved when this idea was first mooted. If you want some background info click on this link and have a read https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/jeremy-hunt-pensioners-pay-for-tv-licences/
It's not only me raising concerns.
Let's face it, you're never going to vote for Boris so I don't see why you are getting your knickers in a twist about this.
That was some 12 years ago and if a week is a longtime in politics then 12 years is an eternity. Times change. And anyway it's totally out of character for the normally media loving Boris not to want to be on the telly.
I don't remember all these televised debates happening previously when the Prime Minister changed during the life of a government, for example Blair just handed power to Gordon Brown and that was the end of the matter.
There just has to be a question concerning all this at the (very appropriate) BBC tory leadership/Prime Minister hustings being held on Tuesday. Our Next Prime Minister , hosted by Emily Maitlis, will be broadcast on BBC One at 20:00 BST on Tuesday. A maximum of five candidates will take part, as the person who gets the lowest number of votes in that day's second ballot of Tory MPs ...
@majorp - did you phrase the question so that it could be posed to, and answered by, all the candidates? I believe that was a requirement. BoJo now agreeing to attend the BBC question and answer hustings on Tuesday but still not the live audience one with Channel 4 on Sunday. Good Grief! This is the man that supposedly will show 'Brussels' what for. Yet he's not prepared to face a live ...
If ITV costs anything less to run than the BBC I'd be very suprised. Even if I don't own or watch a television , advertisers pay to run ITV and consequently I pay for it when I buy their products. No escape! If I chose to buy a newspaper six or seven days a week, I'd pay vastly more each year than a TV licence - and the papers are supported additionally by advertising. Sky's monthly ...