Bizarre logic of TV licence fee evaders

BRITISH TV licence fee evaders have been particularly inventive over the past 12 months in the excuses they have offered for not paying their dues.

Alongside the usual attempts to blame relatives or animals, bizarre logic and a lack of common sense ruled the list of implausible pretexts.

They included: “I’ve got no licence because when I called TV Licensing they refused to barter with me. Everything should be up for negotiation,” and “I don’t watch the television; I just use it as a light in the dark.”