In your little world nothing is ever up for negotiation?
So why not go back to the original 'bargain' where the BBC didn't pay for OAP licences. If you don't think anything should be ever changed.
They were shoved into it.
This way, the giovernment saves money and the BBC are on a hiding to nothing. Either they:
a) Charge over 75s and get hammered
b) Cut programming and get hammered
Exactly what the several BBC haters on here want.
After all, services like TV etc are something to make a profit from. The end user doesn't matter a toss.
Top Gear earned the BBC tens of millions of pounds, which they used to cross-subsidise those programs that few people watch or listen to.
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