I can scarcely believe this story is true:
The BBC is failing to prosecute viewers who refuse to pay the television licence on principle amid claims that the corporation fears creating a wave of "martyrs".
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The BBC's approach to such viewers contrasts with the "bully-boy" tactics it employs to force others to pay the £139.50 annual levy. Some people have received more than 80 warning letters, threatening prosecution and a maximum £1,000 fine...
But if it is true, it is unacceptable, a corrupt form of favouritism: in which everyone with a TV is obliged to pay the licence fee, except for those whom the BBC arbitrarily decides to overlook. Public pressure of one kind and another is called for to iron this matter out.