I am on of the many who DO pay my licence and I think, the more the non payment is publicised, the more likely people will use the "defund the BBC" excuse not to pay. IMO, to the detriment of information hubs. People claim the Beeb is biased, and it is to a certain extent, particularly here, in Scotland where it tends to underplay what the Scottish SNP led parliament is achieving while overplaying any failings but most other outlets are owned and controlled by the super rich. What kind of bias do you think they'll be leaning to? Yes. The BBC needs to be shown to be independent of government control. Maybe by introducing an element of "people power" such as a cross sectional committee made up of ordinary citizens, but we need something of a reasonable magnitude to counter the propaganda churned out by the millionaires' club.

Hi Stuart, it's a pity you never posted this a couple of days ago as I've just came back from Portree, had a bit of work up there this week.. I'll be more than happy to help you out mate if the club cant, gimme a pm bud..👍

BBC loses £1.1billion as millions of homes refuse to pay the licence fee amid 'bias' storm