I see Jim Davidson is 'trending' for supposedly "bashing" celebs who have been promoting the idea of taking in refugees (Ukraine) and in turn saying, or rather questioning, would they take in a homeless Veteran.

Now, I think either would be a worthy cause of course but would be interested to see other's take on this?

I don't know much about JD apart from the usual stereotypes to which he is associated and have seen limited coverage of his comedy, to the extent I have no real comments in any circumstance.

Is he spouting 'right-wing' nationalistic, anti-immigration nonsense? Is he just primarily contrasting and raising awareness around the treatment of veterans? Or has he raised a very valid point regarding where people's, or namely 'celebs' priorities lie with regards to virtue signalling as opposed to promoting, engaging or contributing anything of actual or original substance?

Genuinely interested.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Charlton !

He's made a good living out of being extremely outrageous and very funny with it Nick. I think he enjoys making controversial remarks and he hates the modern trend of political correctness. I'm not surprised he expressed a view about so called celebrities taking in Ukranian refugees. He would seriously believe that they could do more good helping our own war veterans.

I've met the bloke a couple of times and he's one of those folk who can't help making a joke about everything. But, in private, he's a pussycat who's passion is his motor yacht. My son-in-law is a yacht broker on the Hamble and Davidson is one of his customers. That's how I've met him.

Here he is talking about his boat.
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Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

A cnut of the first order.

Vive le Roy!

I agree, it's shameful. The same in many other countries too, there are countless homeless vets in the States, a country that seems to fast forget about those deemed heroes while they're still serving. Anyone who highlights their plight, including Davidson should certainly be praised for that aspect of their character.

Some interesting takes, genuinely interesting for me to read.

I would still maintain that my view of Jim Davidson would only be that he has some fame as a comedian, and until I watch his comedy properly I cannot judge him on his work and not knowing or having experience of him as a person cannot comment on that. Apparently he's from Kidbrooke, I have some experience of that geographical region... unfortunately.

I thought there were a few more cynical views that could be taken, such as him using it as an excuse to make himself relevant/get some publicity again or if what he was saying was genuine and his point valid despite being made off the back of another cause.

I was mainly interested in this given my lack of knowledge, as a young(ish ) man from SE London who enjoys his comedy, in contrast to a lot of younger folk on t'internet who seem to have extraordinary insight into him and his career despite a larger generational gap, the amount of flags, pronouns etc in their 'handles' and the air of a crowd who have lost all sense of identity with the mere notion of comedy as a concept.

I did ask my dear old Mum for an opinion, as a woman of Ireland and mid 20th century Peckham, whose succinct and thoughtfully considered words culminated in the verbatim statement: "Never really liked him, always thought he was c**t but to be honest don't really know that much about him"... so that was helpful although not unexpected.

I'm currently thinking he's raised a very valid issue just perhaps not in the best way possible, his pantomime villain status not helping his message which does seem genuine, and the subsequent woke, crackhead crowd's responses to it. I'll do a bit more research, provided it doesn't run into dinner/CL games to perhaps gain better insight and evidence for a more informed opinion, grateful for the responses however!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!