Should the over-75s lose their free TV licence?

BBC DIRECTOR GENERAL Tony Hall has certainly got a cheek! Yes, there are some over-75s who could afford to pay the licence fee, but there are a greater number who could not. Before he even considers scrapping it, may I suggest he looks at the BBC presenters who are paid up to £2 million a year for a few hours’ work a week. Gary Lineker is an expert on football matters, but has no charisma. Is he worth all that money for presenting Match Of The Day once a week? Yes, he is the host for coverage of matches in the Champions’ League, European Cup and the World Cup, but he never lowers himself to cover the Championship. P. W. GOODMAN, Plymouth, Devon. TO THOSE over 75 who are moaning they might have to pay for a TV licence, just get rid of your set, as I did last year. I don’t miss it at all, and feel liberated. I believe that TV fries your brain, depresses you and makes you anxious and stressed. Lots of other people who have given up television say that it has transformed their lives for the better. What do I do in the evenings? I read, write, enjoy silence, think, listen to the radio and phone my friends and family. I feel more in the moment and attuned to my surroundings and community. FRANCIS HULL, Nottingham. INSTEAD of giving the over-75s a free TV licence, prescriptions, bus pass, heating allowance and £10 Christmas present, why not give us a free airline ticket to Switzerland to do the cull that is obviously required? Sorry, I must dash off to work to boost my measly pension and pay my income tax — my 50th year of doing so. JENNY BURT, Romney Marsh, Kent.