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Originally Posted by Chris
I suspect this is meant to be another piece of headline-grabbing sabre rattling, to try to ensure the charter renewal goes the way they want it. These sorts of things don't slip out by accident. They are letting us know they're thinking about it so we will understand how hard they had to work to avoid it.
I could of course be entirely wrong, but my prediction as of right now is that later on today, or later this week, we will be being told how the red button has been "saved from the axe".
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I completely agree. They've suggested that the Olympics, Wimbledon, snooker and f1 could all go to save money - emotive events that will upset people and turn public opinion against supposed cuts in the licence fee. No apologies for wasting it on foreign import formats like the Voice when they should have been creating their own prime time entertainment, merely a warning that they're being so hard done by they might have to sell the Crown Jewels. I've no doubt that your prediction of a spun "save" will prove to be right.