Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC

humbug · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:55

Good Grief, when i signed that petition an hour ago it had 85K signatures, it now has 115K.

estebanrey · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:55

humbug said:
If the rumours are true (And i doubt he just walked up and punched him) then its the first time i believe Clarkson has ACTUALLY done something wrong.

And what other job does throwing a punch at someone get overlooked just because it was the 'first offence' (disregarding the fact his employer clearly doesn't agree this is the 'first time' he's done something wrong given he was subjected to a 'final warning' last year).

The_Abyss · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:56

Boxing.

PhysicsMan94 · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:56

The_Abyss said:
Boxing.

Sliver · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:56

Thread derailing.

humbug · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:58

estebanrey said:
And what other job does throwing a punch at someone get overlooked just because it was the 'first offence' (disregarding the fact his employer clearly doesn't agree this is the 'first time' he's done something wrong given he was subjected to a 'final warning' last year).

As i said, i doubt it panned out like that.

Rroff · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:58

humbug said:
If the rumours are true (And i doubt he just walked up and punched him) then its the first time i believe Clarkson has ACTUALLY done something wrong.

Some of the stuff ("pranks") he has done to producers in the past would have got him fired from any other job.

Sliver · 11 Mar 2015 at 00:59

Piers Morgan deserved his slap.

estebanrey · 11 Mar 2015 at 01:11

humbug said:
As i said, i doubt it panned out like that.

He wasn't suspended for using the N-word (cryptonite for the left-wing BBC) during a leaked recording or for slipping in another racial slur into a televised one, so for them to do it now suggests something significant did happen.

Wizzfizz · 11 Mar 2015 at 01:21

Don't care really! I think he's crap. The show is stale. He thinks he's bigger than his employer, he isn't. He should know better. Just look at Johnny ross. Easily expendable

Quartz · 11 Mar 2015 at 02:28

estebanrey said:
I quite like Top Gear but won't support a principle that just because I like a product, its staff can get away with workplace violence.

Agreed.

If any one of us threw a punch at a colleague at work we'd be out the door the same day. No suspensions or investigations, so why should Clarkson be allowed to commit common assault and just carry on as normal?

You're assuming he's guilty. Why did whoever he allegedly attacked wait so long before reporting it? Something doesn't smell right.

mejinks · 11 Mar 2015 at 04:36

Publicity stunt?

deuse · 11 Mar 2015 at 05:23

So no more top gear> Well this season anyway.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31828184

Participant · 11 Mar 2015 at 05:34

Dammit

. Auntie has got to let him go now if they're to save face based on the 'final warning' comment.

Tute · 11 Mar 2015 at 05:34

I think he's great and will defend him to the hilt against the taking offense brigade but if he really has struck someone then I can't back him in this situation.

I do hope he doesn't lose his job over this as it would most likely end TG but if I did that in the workplace, I would expect to lose my job and rightly so.

Of course, this is still speculation.

omnomnom · 11 Mar 2015 at 05:45

A petition to bring that moron is just ridiculous, let's leave petitions for important issues... Just a thought.

Clarksons an idiot, he should've been sacked years ago.

Great news

Malevolence · 11 Mar 2015 at 05:49

Tute said:
I think he's great and will defend him to the hilt against the taking offense brigade but if he really has struck someone then I can't back him in this situation.

Surely it all depends on the context. For all we, the public, know this 'producer' may have said or done something that warranted a slap. We don't know the details yet.

Turambar · 11 Mar 2015 at 05:52

Quartz said:
Agreed.

You're assuming he's guilty. Why did whoever he allegedly attacked wait so long before reporting it? Something doesn't smell right.

How easy do you think it is to bring disciplinary action against a star in the organization that protected Jimmy Saville for so long?

Spook187 · 11 Mar 2015 at 06:21

He's a bit of a plonker with his attitude to things, Top Gear is very average telly to say the least, staged bumps and crashes like were all born yesterday. Next please.

Jono8 · 11 Mar 2015 at 07:01

Spook187 said:
staged bumps and crashes like were all born yesterday. Next please.

Wait what? It is all staged and scripted? This is truly enlightening news!