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Saturday, December 21, 2024

BBC TV Licensing Goon Accused of Knocking Over Disabled Woman

A BBC TV Licensing goon has been accused of knocking over a disabled woman.

Amanda White, 50, of Chorley, Lancashire, told The Sun that the as yet unnamed TV Licensing goon turned up at her home a few weeks after she cancelled her TV licence. The goon tried to hand her a letter about her unlicensed status.

She told The Sun: "He was very aggressive. I refused to accept the letter but he chucked it through my door as I was closing it.

"He then wouldn't take it back, so I tossed it outside.

"He had the cheek to push it through my letterbox, so as he got in his car I walked up to his window to give it back to him.

"I had my hand on his vehicle and he just accelerated, pulling me to the ground. He paused for a second up the road, clearly saw I was injured on the floor, and drove off. It's disgusting."

TV Licensing goons, like the shitbag featured in today's article, are employed by BBC contractor Capita Business Services. The BBC, however, as the statutory Licensing Authority, retains full legal responsibility for everything done in the name of TV Licensing.

Based on previous dealings we've had with Capita, we'd fully expect it to deny any wrongdoing on the part of its miscreant employee. That is the Capita default setting, even when the evidence against its employees is overwhelming. We are reminded of previous occasions where Capita employees have attempted to force their way into properties and assaulted members of the public.

Amanda has reported the incident to Lancashire Police, so we eagerly await further updates.

Just a quick reminder to anyone who is new to these parts: If you do not legally need a TV licence, you do not need to communicate or cooperate with TV Licensing at all.

Ignore its shitty letters; close the door on its shitty operatives; and enjoy your legally-licence-free existence without giving TV Licensing a second thought.

TV Licensing simply cannot be trusted and is best ignored entirely.

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Monday, December 2, 2024

Gregg Wallace: BBC Ignores Warnings Over Conduct of Pretentious Presenter

Gregg Wallace - that's Gregg with two "g"s and don't you dare forget it - is the latest "talent" to besmirch the reputation of the BBC.

The 60-year-old Masterchef host stands accused of making a string of inappropriate comments to woman he described yesterday as being "middle-class" and "of a certain age".

The comments are said to be of misogynistic and sexualised nature, as outlined in the allegations below.

Dr Kate Tomas, a contestant on Masterchef back in 2008, accused Wallace of "sexually harassing" her.

She left the programme just before the quarter finals, but declined an invitation to appear in a follow-up because of the impression Wallace had left on her.

Speaking on TikTok, Dr Tomas said: "I refused to go back because of him. I complained at the time, but nothing was said, nothing was done.

"He is disgusting. He is repulsive. Anyone who knows me will know my deep fucking hatred for this man."

Dr Tomas went on to describe how, in her view, Wallace was a "racist piece of shit", which she supported with a claim that he had feigned an Indian accent when speaking to an Asian crew member.

Former Newsnight anchor Kirsty Wark appeared in the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef.

Speaking to BBC News last week, Ms Wark recounted filming in a retirement home.

"Gregg Wallace came in and launched into a story of a sexually inappropriate nature about his now former wife," she said.

Ms Wark recalled how cast and crew were left uncomfortable by Wallace's comments, which she described as "one way traffic" with no-one else encouraging the conversation.

Author Emma Kennedy appeared in the 2012 series of Celebrity Masterchef.

Recalling Wallace's interaction with a crew member, she said: "The photographer had a young female assistant and she bent over and in front of me. Gregg went over and went 'corr!' with his hands over her arse."

Ms Kennedy said she complained about Wallace's behaviour at the time.

Television presenter Kirstie Allsopp met Wallace in the green room during the filming of a pilot episode. She recalls that Wallace was in the company of his then partner, who left the room for some reason.

Ms Allsopp said that the moment the woman left the room Wallace started boasting about the "sex act" the couple performed every morning.

Ms Allsopp remembers feeling flushed and embarrassed at the unprofessional topic of conversation.

Wallace denies the allegations against him. Given his chippy social media video yesterday, he's clearly aggrieved that "middle-class women" are picking on the "working-class grocer's boy".

It should come as little surprise that the conduct of the repugnant Londoner has been on the BBC's radar for at least the past decade.

In time honoured BBC fashion, it appears to have simply brushed the matter under the carpet and allowed everything to carry on as normal - just like it did with noncey news man Huw Edwards only a few months ago.

This is yet another demonstration of the BBC's inability to tackle wrongdoing and keep its house in order.

The whole organisation is rotten from the head downwards. It wants euthanised at the earliest opportunity.

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Monday, September 30, 2024

TV Licensing Prosecutes Woman Detained Under Mental Health Act

There are seemingly no depths TV Licensing wont sink to in order to secure either a licence sale or conviction.

The BBC's scummy revenue generation arm has been at it again, this time with news that it decided to prosecuted a woman detained under the Mental Health Act.

The 32-year-old woman told the TV Licensing goon visiting her property that she was "not feeling well" and revealed that she had post traumatic stress disorder and trouble keeping up with her finances.

You'd think that would be a red flag to most decent people that her case needed closer investigation, but the shysters at TV Licensing decided to haul her to court anyway.

The woman, who admitted the offence of TV licence evasion, was prosecuted via the Single Justice Procedure.

In her letter of mitigation to the court, she said: "I have been in hospital since June of this year and have been struggling with my mental health for a long period (of) time.

"I did not intentionally not pay my TV licence, but due to my mental state during the time of the offence I forgot to pay and I am sincerely sorry."

Given the circumstances the magistrate dealing with the case decided to step away from their guidelines and impose an absolute discharge. This effectively marks the offence, but there is no other punishment.

However, it is yet another case that should never have made it as far as court.

Following the goon's doorstep interaction with the woman, alarm bells should have been ringing at TV Licensing that there was no public interest in prosecution. Even so, it could sense blood - and an easy result - so decided to press on with prosecution regardless.

TV Licensing told the Evening Standard that it was unaware of the woman's circumstances - not that you can believe a word uttered by TV Licensing.

A TV Licensing PR harlot said: "Our primary aim is to help people stay licensed and avoid prosecution, which is always a last resort.

"We followed established process in this case and asked for further information, however, details the customer provided to the court were not made available to TV Licensing.

"We will now contact the customer to review her case."

Yada, yada, yada - yet more TV Licensing bullshit. We've heard it time and time again. If it's not bullying the dead and bereaved, it's threatening people who have already paid.

There's not a day goes by where TV Licensing, acting fully in accord with its corrupt BBC paymasters, demonstrates how utterly clueless, incompetent and morally void it really is.

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