Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC

[balky12]

Cheesy, it's me and you vs the world buddy!

Now I never saw this partnership coming..

 

[cheesyboy]

So how many times do you let the "special ones" have their temper tantrums, where are you going to draw the line?.

I don't know. But I draw it somewhere beyond a one-off scuffle with a colleague.

 

[Trifid]

WTH is he wearing on his head?

A hat.

 

[balky12]

I don't know. But I draw it somewhere beyond a one-off scuffle with a colleague.

One that JC went to his house and apologised for.

 

[Maccapacca]

BBC have been owned here, everyone including the producer will pop off to Netflix to run 'Reverse Gear' leaving the BBC holding the baby as such.

 

[BuffetSlayer]

Whats more telling is the people who are happy in this thread that hate him, most of them are the usual suspects of wet librealists and closet Marxists.

I actualy quite like Clarkson and TG to be honest. We watch it quite a lot. I just think he went too far and needs to brought down a peg or two. Nobody should be above the rules within an institute. Otherwise what you get is a dictatorship, and generally that is not a good thing.

Hardly a fan boy, I've watched about 6 episodes across the past 3 or 4 series.

I just don't think that one-off blow-ups are a reason to dispense with the services of valuable employees. Crap or easily replaceable employees - fine get rid of those, but don't treat special employees the same.

Wasn't calling you one specifically, it was more of a general remark about the content of this thread. I simply cannot fathom how anyone could reasonably argue this situation is the fault of the producer. It is like blaming a woman for wearing a nice dress for the fact she got raped. It is a disgusting and completely backward point of view (imo )

You're not reading what I am saying.

Grounds for dismissal yes. Dismissal no.

If an admin was out for a long lunch things got boozy and in the heat of a moment he hit a colleague there is a high chance he would be sacked.

If an underwriter did the same his chances of being sacked would not be as high.

In a rubbish company, yes what you say may be true. In a company that upholds high standards of conduct, no.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

A hat.

That's no hat it looks like some fiend I saw while messed up on shrooms slowly eating him form the top down!

 

[smr]

That's no hat it looks like some fiend I saw while messed up on shrooms slowly eating him form the top down!

Looks like the shrooms had a lasting affect on you then.

 

[merlin]

Bye bye Jezza.

 

[balky12]

In a rubbish company, yes what you say may be true. In a company that upholds high standards of conduct, no.

I think you are a little naive to how the world works.

 

[LOAM]

I imagine they will have to increase the TV license to make up the vast shortfall of revenue it brought in.

 

[VoG]

I don't know. But I draw it somewhere beyond a one-off scuffle with a colleague.

Then you leave your company wide open to the mother of all law suits, because that's all it takes, a physical scuffle, some one stumbles & cracks their head loosing their life, & you've enabled it by failing to deal with the "talent".

And I should imagine that's precisely what went thru the beebs corporate mind during the investigation.

 

[jetpaczx]

Well he did hit him, no excuses but I will miss Top Gear I wont miss paying my Licence Fee

 

[MrMoonX]

He had been drinking in the pub which is also gross misconduct in what is no doubt every contract, it was the end of the working day. If you go out to a pub and punch your supervisor should you get sacked for it if it wasn't actually at work?

I know I would be I my role, I'd also be referred to a professional body and most likely struck off even if it was outside of work.

 

[ElliorR]

Well from what James May said I'll be surprised if he renews his contract. He is right it is the 3 of them.

Since it turned out he hit him he had to go, no employer can tolerate that and no one should be treated like that at work. In this instance JC was very much out of order and has got the correct result. Now with someone from the BBC comparing this situation to Jimmy Savile and what he did I hope JC screws the BBC to the wall as that is disgusting to JC and to the victims of Jimmy Saville.

I wonder if the name of The Stig will be leaked

 

[jimjamuk]

I doubt the BBC would do that as it leaves them open to a lawsuit. Not firing him over the incident but then opting to let his contract expire without renewal as a direct result of the incident when they were originally planning to renew it is an employment no no surely?

You are confusing employment with a business service (i.e Mr C) provided by a company. Once that agreement is over then there are no legal obligation on either side to each other.

 

[Xordium]

Maybe they can now get rid of Stephen Fry being as he admitted to using cocaine on the premises. Can't have one rule for one and one for another now can we.

 

[dannyjo22]

He's all the things OCUK usually round on.

Fat
Bully
Drunken yob
Smoker
Northener

And now able to claim benefits

Yet still the apologists can't stop giving him a reach around because they like a tv show.

 

[omnomnom]

He had been drinking in the pub which is also gross misconduct in what is no doubt every contract, it was the end of the working day. If you go out to a pub and punch your supervisor should you get sacked for it if it wasn't actually at work?

Yea, you probably would be sacked...

JC is a racist thug, why do people actually care about the tool ?

Good Riddance.

 

[Castiel]

There was a good call I read yesterday to get Sabine Schmitt to replace him. I think he'd rather like the irony of being replaced by a German woman who could drive better than him.

No. She is ok in small doses, but German TG is atrocious and as ironic as it might be, it would soon get boring. Besides, if you can read anything into James May's words..it looks like they will be looking for three new presenters.

I think, realistically, TG as we know it on the BBC is effectively over.