The BBC has become “a law unto itself”: IEA expert comments on the future of the BBC licence fee
1 June 2021
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Mark Littlewood writes for The Times
31 May 2021
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Commenting on the future of the BBC licence fee, Professor Philip Booth, Senior Academic Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs and author of ‘New Vision: Transforming the BBC into a subscriber-owned mutual‘, said:
“The licence fee is an anachronism, and the BBC has become a law unto itself. It is funded via government and yet, quite rightly, not directly accountable to politicians.
“It should either be sold commercially or it should be owned as a mutual organisation by its subscribers. It would then be truly accountable to the people who chose to subscribe.”
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“The licence fee is an anachronism, and the BBC has become a law unto itself. It is funded via government and yet, quite rightly, not directly accountable to politicians.
“It should either be sold commercially or it should be owned as a mutual organisation by its subscribers. It would then be truly accountable to the people who chose to subscribe.”
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