I know that the TV licence is a silly, unnecessary, bureaucratic nonsense but .... I remember a poor, oldish lady in a TV licence court who evoked enormous pity and sympathy from the Bench.Her financial condition was not good and our hearts went out to her. I really cannot remember clearly which of us it was - or even if it was the Legal Advisor - who suddenly pointed out that there were literally thousands of people in Sheffield in her condition - or indeed, much worse - who had made the effort to 'do the right thing' whilst she had not.
It puts matters into a proper perspective then, doesn't it?
If her punishment had been too light, then we would not have been being fair to all those others who had struggled to put away, what was for them, a costly £2 per week.
