The BBC has canceled its champagne order, on which it spent £40,000 of the people’s money last year, amidst fears that the recession will drive more to refuse the £139.50 annual levy that it imposes for permission to watch TV.
The feared loss of income is despite the state broadcaster’s recent “Evaders will pay” billboard poster campaign threating those who do not have a TV licence. Although it constantly makes such threats the media giant finds it difficult to prosecute those who refuse to comply with its demands for money, except when they confess to watching TV without permission.