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| Hoof Hearted 11 Mar 15 3.05pm | |
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Quote fledgling at 11 Mar 2015 3.02pm
Quote The Sash at 11 Mar 2015 2.48pm
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Unlike Fledgling I like Clarkson. (There is nothing unnatural about a love of automobiles, by the way.I have had deep and meaningful relationships with many cars!) I suspect Clarkson and myself are opposite ends politically but it's really important that organisations like the BBC have people on the tv who won't tow the politically correct line. Clarkson loves taking the p**s and good luck to him. The BBC is frightened of its own shadow. As for smacking producers... Each to their own and I too like those who don't tow the political line but preferably not by being racist and ignorant.
Point being, two sides to wevery story, and two vantage points as well. Know nothing of what Diane Abbott has said or done so can't comment and don't really understand your first point. As for Clarkson, what's the other side to the debate? He's shown himself to be a casual racist, ignorant/disrespectful of other cultures and politically insensitive when a guest in another country. Now he's clumped someone, maybe under extreme provocation, maybe not. Don't get me wrong I'm not sitting here seething like a Daily Mail reader, his behaviour is that of an attention seeking child. Trouble is he's an adult in the media spotlight and you can't behave like that. Whilst I have no flag to wave for Clarkson. - Why not ?? Serious question and not intended as a dig. TV is flooded with vanilla, talentless, vapid, inoffensive, anodine autocuties, quota fillers and those who have the depth of personality of a puddle. At least he diverges from that. Clarkson plays his cartoon character very well (and very profitably) - that of fat, balding out of condition middle Englander who's dress sense doesn't stretch beyond Next catalogue. He's cultivated a persona as a cardboard cut out, stereotypical unapologetic xenophobe trading on cardboard cut out stereotypes of everyone and everything else. To paraphrase Stephen Fry - So people get offended - so f*cking what ? Edited by The Sash (11 Mar 2015 1.01pm) I think that's a very expansive question but in short because of the politically sensitive, easily offended society we live in.
To flip it then surely the politically sensitive, easily offended in society should like it or lump it. You'd think. I just turn over when his bulbous face looms. But the outraged have a voice and complain to the media organisation who they part fund. The national media get hold of it and the BBC gets negative attention and are now over a barrel. Maybe I should have phrased it "you can't behave like that and expect to keep your job presenting a prime time television show on one of the BBC's flagship channels". As I pointed out earlier, Jimmy Saville got away with it on the Beeb, so clearly doing the right thing is not in their DNA.
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 rednblue4eva  Norwood 11 Mar 15 3.13pm |
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Some years ago a mate got sacked from work. This other bloke (smack head, stoned out of his brains) came into the loading area shouting & swearing then started swinging at my mate, who tried to get out of the way but got thumped He hit back, supervisor saw it so they were pulled apart & both suspended At his hearing he argued what was he supposed to do, stand there & let the other bloke kick the s*** out of him? Made no difference, gross misconduct & both were sacked If Clarkson really did hit him then the BBC have no alternative but to sack him, if it went to court all the previous warnings would show he'd been given several chances
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| DanH SW2 11 Mar 15 3.36pm |
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Imagine actually giving a sh*t about this.
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on me shed son  Krakow 11 Mar 15 4.18pm |
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Quote nickgusset at 10 Mar 2015 11.25pm
It's gone downhill from here...
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| chris123 hove actually 11 Mar 15 4.23pm |
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What would Harry Hill suggest?
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the despotic banana  Dept. of Baboon Maintenance 11 Mar 15 4.47pm |
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With Jeremy Clarkson suspended, here's my vision for an eco-feminist Top Gear: [Link]
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| fledgling Beckenham 11 Mar 15 4.55pm |
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Quote the despotic banana at 11 Mar 2015 4.47pm
With Jeremy Clarkson suspended, here's my vision for an eco-feminist Top Gear: [Link]
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| Midlands Eagle 11 Mar 15 4.59pm |
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Quote Stuk at 11 Mar 2015 2.21pm
Whatever happens in the long run to Clarkson or Top Gear not showing the last 3 episodes of this series, that's been made with licence money, is ridiculous. The other TV companies are probably already working out how much they can afford to spend to secure the three of them. I expect that the shows will be aired once the hullabaloo has died down but if in the meantime Clarkson is sacked they should overdub his voice with someone else's and I would suggest Joe Pasquale or Johnny Vegas
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| Stuk Top half 11 Mar 15 5.10pm |
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Quote Ian J at 11 Mar 2015 4.59pm
Quote Stuk at 11 Mar 2015 2.21pm
Whatever happens in the long run to Clarkson or Top Gear not showing the last 3 episodes of this series, that's been made with licence money, is ridiculous. The other TV companies are probably already working out how much they can afford to spend to secure the three of them. I expect that the shows will be aired once the hullabaloo has died down but if in the meantime Clarkson is sacked they should overdub his voice with someone else's and I would suggest Joe Pasquale or Johnny Vegas
The petition to reinstate him is looking like hitting over half a million, in a day. The petition to sack him got 1400, in almost a year.
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| Lawrie Brooks Green (near Horsham) 11 Mar 15 5.58pm |
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Not wishing to condone violence in any way, but has anyone else seen the photo of the guy he's supposed to have hit. I think it was the M***or who published it.
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| rednblue4eva Norwood 11 Mar 15 6.26pm |
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I expect his neighbours will put in a word for him, Anne Robinson, Rebekah Brooks, David Cameron........
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| Spiderman Horsham 11 Mar 15 6.27pm |
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Quote Ian J at 11 Mar 2015 6.27am
Quote bexleydave at 10 Mar 2015 11.44pm
The problem for the BBC is that JC and his executive producer own 50% of the production company that make TG (the BBC own the other 50%). They sold their stake to the BBC a couple of years ago and Clarkson trousered quite a few million as a result £8.5 million according to the news and the fracas was about the lack of food available after the show!! Unbelievable, we buy their food as well!! Wonder how much tax he paid on his windfall?
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