As a law-abiding primate, Monkey would never consider dodging the television licence fee, but according to reports in a host of newspapers, around 400,000 Brits tried to avoid stumping up the cash last year. The Independent reports that one homeowner claimed the telly was only used as a reading lamp, another said the household pet corgi was related to one of the Queen's pooches, so they should be exempt, while one 'enterprising' chap seemed to think that because he'd nicked the telly, he should be let off the charge. The Independent, P23
