> I know a lot of people will call us stupid for doing so, but I'm also convinced that the BBC will lobby (or whatever they need to do) for changes to the licen

> I know a lot of people will call us stupid for doing so, but I'm also convinced that the BBC will lobby (or whatever they need to do) for changes to the licensing laws once the UK officially is out of the economic danger zone. I'm not entirely sure where you've got this idea from, but you do realise that the bulk of the BBC's funding comes from the licence fee[1], and that TVL (the organisation that sends nasty letters through the post if you don't have TV[2]) is part of the BBC[3], right? [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom#Licence_fee_expenditure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Uni... [2] - http://www.bbctvlicence.com/ http://www.bbctvlicence.com/ [3] - http://www.televisionlicence.info/tvl/who http://www.televisionlicence.info/tvl/who