Re:General taxation (Score 1)

"...think that the TV license is a bad way to do it, and it ought to be included in general taxation..." A redeeming aspect of the funding being liecense & not taxation-based is that it frees the BBC from government control in it's day-to-day affais. This means Politician A can't threaten to slash funding to exert pressure upon the organisation but we still get publically funded, quality & easily accessable broadcasting.