[interestednovice]

I really don’t know what “bad faith” means but I’ve addressed all your points already. You’d think I’d asked for the BBC to be closed down based on that reply. But I actually said part of it would remain public. And as far as I know the council tax is compulsory but I myself didn’t say anything about a council tax. I said it should be funded from a general tax stream not have it’s own specific tax, in regards to BBC News. The rest of the BBC it’s either adverts or subscription if we are going to be realistic here. So it’s not really possible to get away from it. The harsh reality is that, if I don’t watch something why should I pay for it? We already pay vast amounts of tax and BBC news would be there in public form to address the gap in my mind. It wouldn’t just be news presenters reading the news clearly. Please don’t misunderstand me, I recognise the need for public service broadcasting to a point, but I think retaining BBC News will meet the needs. I don’t see why you’d need the rest. Especially as lots of the content is sold commercially also.

I think you do start to lose some of the power and “special” status of the BBC if you start to break it up, so personally I wouldn’t like that to happen.

I do think that what you suggested could be made to work though, although it wouldn’t be my favoured option.