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BBC pays burglar shot by Tony Martin
The Guardian ^ | March 4, 2005 | Owen Gibson

Posted on 03/05/2005 12:20:13 PM PST by neverdem

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To: Selous

Which is why we must keep Hellarry as inconsequential as possible,...PBS/NPR much $$$$$$ already


21 posted on 03/05/2005 12:55:04 PM PST by Dad yer funny
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To: Selous
Anyone with a TV set here is compelled, by law, to pay the BBC an annual license fee of around $200.

It's anyone with a set now? I spent about 1.5 years in the U.K. in '91 - '92, and it was anyone with an antenna then. I had to pay the bill twice, as my stay spanned two billing periods. Oh, well, at least I didn't get billed for Maggie's Poll Tax. Some of the people working with me did, and they had a tough time proving that they were U.S. citizens.

22 posted on 03/05/2005 1:01:43 PM PST by jimtorr
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To: hiredhand
...and to think that England was once considered the greatest nation on earth.

All kidding aside, but you're right. It's like seeing a beloved elderly relative slipping away into the depths of Alzheimer's.

23 posted on 03/05/2005 1:03:11 PM PST by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
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To: neverdem

Didn't he tell his story for free on the witness stand?


24 posted on 03/05/2005 1:27:09 PM PST by razorback-bert (Dulce est desipere en loco)
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To: hiredhand

England,,,Double Stupid.


25 posted on 03/05/2005 1:39:02 PM PST by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: Grannyx4
Well, well, well... the same idiotic culture of greasing up to the crims does exist here in NZ.

We had recently a farmer shooting and wounding two guys he found loading his quadbike to their ute... and of course the silly state indicted him.

I don't remember the outcome, but the Federated Farmers provided him with a lowyer and led a a huge public campaign for his exoneration.

I say, they should award them both - that is, Tony Martin and the NZ farmer - medals for bravity and contribution to the public security.

26 posted on 03/05/2005 2:08:47 PM PST by Neophyte (Nazists, Communists, Islamists... what the heck is the difference?)
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To: USNBandit
Hey, crime does pay!

It sure does. With crime we need police, prison guards, lawyers, and judges. With more crime, we need more of the above. This is the racket that the socialists run. Remember Clinton was to put an extra 100,000 police on the streets rather than take an extra 100,000 criminals off the streets!

At some point paying protection to local gangsters will be cheaper than paying for government. The age of the warlord follows the fall of a decadent overtaxed society. It happened to Rome. It happened to the Soviet Union. It will happen here.

27 posted on 03/05/2005 3:07:14 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Some say what's good for others, the others make the goods; it's the meddlers against the peddlers)
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To: jimtorr

It's actually per household/residence/business address - though there are reduced rates for multi-occupancy premises such as nursing homes and similar. It still stinks but there is talk of phasing it out by around 2012. Mind you, that's not altrusim on the part of the BBC, they just recognise that, by then, broadband reception will be so widespread that most households will be viewing via the net. In order to capture that, they'll need new legislation and it wouldn't have a cat in hell's chance of getting through Parliament.

As to the dreaded poll tax - it's gone. That issue was so unpopular and evoked so much public dissent (indeed riots) that they had to scrap it and go back to the old city council tax. It was also the only issue in recent years in which we Brits actually got so pi**ed at our government, we came close to displaying emotion ;-)


28 posted on 03/06/2005 8:53:05 AM PST by Selous
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