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Hi Wes, remember Woof25? aka Mike RIP who passed away in December 2016. We lived in north London, he had the ground floor flat and I had the one upstairs. Everyone, utilities was informed of his death including the TV license authority with copies of his death certificate. I returned to Kenya in February 2017. I was back in the summer and found several notices on the door mat from the TV license authority asking about a TV license for Mikes flat. One of the letters said they had sent an investigation unit round and how there was no reply. There was also written threats of prosecution. I rang them up and I told them how distressed I was to see these threatening letters and there was no need for it. I was immediately put through to a bereavement team. They apologised and said they would put a note on Mike’s address to say he was deceased. However, they did say they would send out a TV license reminder in 6 months for the new occupant. I told them not to bother with that and to leave it for 12 months. That appeared to have got through and they left it for a year. So there you have it, a mix of poor comms and good comms.
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It may seem heavy handed to threaten at first contact. The apparent lack of a licence is in some cases the rule of ignoring a request until prosecution by way of a 'letter of intent' of court action. So the company involved resorts to the blunt instrument technique. They never have to face the public including in court and are never subject to sanction. Guilt is the opening assumption and the onus is on the accused to prove their innocence.
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How many pensioners license fees could be paid by Lineker's salary of £1.75m Just for talking about football
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Do you watch him taking about football then Ronnie? Perhaps his job could be given to a hard-up multi-car owning OAP for a slightly lower salary - after all, round-the-world cruises and posh restaurants have to be paid for somehow! Last edited by MSS; 11th June 2019 at 13:22.. |
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I think there is talk of decriminalising the offence, but looking at this it still is, incredibly, a criminal offence.
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BoJo is promising tax cuts for the high earners whilst the over 75s are loosing free TV licenses.
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This is not a political statement, but in my opinion he is actually being very smart by putting tax cuts for high earners and wealthy pensioners on the table. Both labour and the tories have a problem in that their respective voting bases are have moved to vote for the B and LD parties respectively. What Bojo is doing is offering a traditional olive branch to woo the traditional tory voters back to supporting the party. A smart move on his part as the resulting debt will be a problem for future generations rather than current politicians. |
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