This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Scrap the uk tv license, make the bbc go commercial.
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We have hundreds of channels which we can watch free, but we have to pay a fee to watch bbc whether we want to or not, it’s like saying you have to pay cigarette tax even if you don’t smoke, it’s archaic and should be done away with.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231342
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