No party would set up a sys­tem like the licence fee, but the licence fee is here to stay. “It works in prac­tice, how can we get it to work in theory?”

Method of col­lec­tion of the licence fee may have to change. But prin­ciple of house­hold tax ring-fenced to sup­port lead­ing Pub­lic Ser­vice Broadcasters/Broadcasting (PSB) widely accepted.

Des­pite huge inter­ven­tion of licence fee, free mar­ket prin­ciples have been more import­ant to suc­cess of UK broadcasting.

We need good PSB. Vital part of the mix.

Doesn’t define PSB as entire out­put of a PSB.

Pop­u­lar TV is v import­ant but we don’t have to worry about it like PSB which might not be self-supporting in a pure mar­ket system.

BBC News — prob­ably the most respec­ted news­gath­er­ing organ­isa­tion in the world.

Com­pet­i­tion and choice will not con­tinue due to struc­tural changes in the mar­ket place.

PSB says its job is to raise a sub­ject and let politi­cians take it on — it’s enough to simply raise an issue. We can expect more from PSBs. And they need to take some respons­ib­il­ity for the social impact of the pro­grammes they produce.

We need a broader vis­ion. Tak­ing social respons­ib­il­ity is not tak­ing polit­ical respons­ib­il­ity. Not say­ing we should have more worthy programmes.

Dis­patches on alco­hol not a fig leaf for Hollyoaks and booze.

Not in ter­rit­ory of social engineering.

Appalling lack of good local news TV in the UK. I’m a loc­al­list. Believe in local demo­cracy and local TV news.