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br> Re: Jed Babbin's Gilligan's Ghost : /p>

Just a quick update for Secretary Babbin on Conservative policy towards the BBC.

Last year, the Conservatives hired a broadcaster and administrator called David Elstein to produce a report into the BBC's future. The UK's analogue TV signal is to be turned off by the end of the decade. Elstein's suggestion was that in the future digital age, the BBC should become subscription only. This would enable it to continue with its niche "public service" remit, while removing the burden of the licence fee.

Jed is dead right about the iniquity of the licence fee, of course. My fiancee and I had the pleasure of buying our first home together last month. Later today, I will be going to the offices of the borough in which we used to live to ensure that we will both be able to vote on May 5, having been informed by our new borough that we have moved too late in the year to qualify to vote there. Hopefully, we will both be able to exercise the franchise, the right of my fathers, in a two weeks time.

p>Setting up a new licence fee took just a phone call. br> -- Martin Kelly br> Glasgow, Scotland /p> p> EXPANDING ON 1787 br> Re: D. Kelly Jones's

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