Start a thread in the usual places about the Licence fee, advocating that guilty non payers on a second offence have their licencable equipment removed from their premises and destroyed.
If it's possible with motor vehicles why not Television Receiving equipment, TV's, Video Recording Gear, PC's used for TV viewing, Satellite, Cable and DTT boxes.,
Some might pay if that was the threat.
Might not make me the most popular od posters though....
Sorely tempted to
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Given that you can currently receive a £1000 fine or even a prison sentence for non-payment, I think as an alternative punishment, this idea would be much fairer and would fit the crime better.wells wrote:Such a law would be really quite damaging to the license the fee, which many feel is outdated already, this would just about tip public opinion over to the point where it was largely opposed to the fee.
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Has anyone EVER gone to prison for non-payment of the Fee, or is it one of those propaganda pieces churned out by the collection agency?Spencer For Hire wrote:Given that you can currently receive a £1000 fine or even a prison sentence for non-payment, I think as an alternative punishment, this idea would be much fairer and would fit the crime better.wells wrote:Such a law would be really quite damaging to the license the fee, which many feel is outdated already, this would just about tip public opinion over to the point where it was largely opposed to the fee.
Whilst you can go to prison for debt in England and Wales, you CANNOT be put in jail in Scotland for the same.
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Don't know, but there is some irony in that prisoners are exempt from paying the TV licence.Gavin Scott wrote:Has anyone EVER gone to prison for non-payment of the Fee, or is it one of those propaganda pieces churned out by the collection agency?
Whilst you can go to prison for debt in England and Wales, you CANNOT be put in jail in Scotland for the same.