Jeremy Clarkson suspended from BBC

Jono8 · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:13

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...remy-clarkson-suspended-eco-feminist-top-gear

If only Top Gear were to have reviewed the i8 and praised it recently......oh wait. :rolleyes:

Honestly.... I mean she has presumably been paid to write that drivel.

madindehead · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:15

I don't buy that he attempted to punch someone over a lack of food. Clarkson is an idiot. But I don't believe he would try and punch someone just because someone didn't order some bacon sarnies. He doesn't come across as violent. Just a bit of a ****. Something else is going on.

StriderX · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:18

To be honest the Producer looks like a right **** as well.

/not even sarcasm.

jetpaczx · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:18

See I find this left wing thing funny... If he has punched someone in anger then he deserves to be disciplined, regardless of your status you need to face the consequences of your actions. Political leaning aside, yeah I am a Lefty

But I still want both sides of the story I do like JC and Top Gear.

FortuitousFluke · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:20

I'm not really interested in this until the rumours are substantiated, or not as the case may be.

What I did find interesting was a former Stig on BBC Breakfast effectively saying that if he did do it it's just a punch up between two guys and nothing to be moaning on about. I'm wondering if this is indicative of the culture of those working on the show, because it certainly flies in the face of a lot of employment best practice.

balky12 · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:25

Jono8 said:
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...remy-clarkson-suspended-eco-feminist-top-gear

If only Top Gear were to have reviewed the i8 and praised it recently......oh wait.

Honestly.... I mean she has presumably been paid to write that drivel.

Oh dear. I hope someone hasn't paid her for that article. What a load of drivel.

Why does feminism have to come into it? Her explanation doesn't even make sense.

Do better than the most watched show on Earth? Go on then love.

Kronos · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:26

Mind you in the good 'ol US of A it is acceptable to thump your colleagues if the depiction of the police service and hospitals in TV programs is anything to go by. They are always at it and no one bats an eyelid.

cheesyboy · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:27

balky12 said:
Oh dear. I hope someone hasn't paid her for that article. What a load of drivel.

Why does feminism have to come into it? Her explanation doesn't even make sense.

Do better than the most watched show on Earth? Go on then love.

It's clickbait, and not a very subtle one at that. Unfortunately, even the broadsheets do it now.

ElliorR · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:27

It is amusing how people say lefties this and lefties that and assume some consipracy. My political views are a lot further left than the majority of the posters on these forums, to be fair Thatcher was further left than most here

, but I like Top Gear and like JC. I don't dislike someone because their political views differ from mine, I'll dislike someone if I find them abhorrent. One thing I don't like is violence anywhere, certainly not at work.

He deserves to be treated fairly and once all the facts are known and we may never hear them fully.

madindehead · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:32

ElliorR said:
He deserves to be treated fairly and once all the facts are known and we may never hear them fully.

Of course we won't hear them fully. This is the BBC, who covered up paedophilia within the corporation, but allowed leaked footage (only intended for the editors and never broadcast) to be used against Clarkson. That footage was only relevant if it had been shown on TV. It wasn't, yet someone leaked it to get Clarkson in trouble.

rickjames · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:35

Him getting sacked would be the next step in getting rid of overpaid presenters at the Beeb

cheesyboy · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:37

rickjames said:
Him getting sacked would be the next step in getting rid of overpaid presenters at the Beeb

Clarkson is in no way overpaid. Nothing like it.

madindehead · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:39

rickjames said:
Him getting sacked would be the next step in getting rid of overpaid presenters at the Beeb

Sure. Because that's going to happen...

Delvis · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:41

I don't understand the hype.

Don't like Clarkson? Don't watch the show.
If he did ASSAULT someone, then yes, his employer should put in place the necessary practices that their contract state.

Done.

thep02 · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:43

FortuitousFluke said:
I'm not really interested in this until the rumours are substantiated, or not as the case may be.

What I did find interesting was a former Stig on BBC Breakfast effectively saying that if he did do it it's just a punch up between two guys and nothing to be moaning on about. I'm wondering if this is indicative of the culture of those working on the show, because it certainly flies in the face of a lot of employment best practice.

The above and a grauniad article about the fracas seem to indicate it was a male who had a punch launched at them in a dispute over bacon sarnies that weren't where they were meant to be.

Aston998 · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:45

I dont think anything will happen to him! Who would they change him with? idea guys?

madindehead · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:45

thep02 said:
The above and a grauniad article about the fracas seem to indicate it was a male who had a punch launched at them in a dispute over bacon sarnies that weren't where they were meant to be.

Which is what makes me think is total crap. I don't get the impression that Clarkson is the type of person to launch a physical attack on someone due to a lack of food.

balky12 · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:47

rickjames said:
Him getting sacked would be the next step in getting rid of overpaid presenters at the Beeb

How is he overpaid? how is anyone overpaid? you are worth what someone is willing to pay for you at the end of the day...

Clarkson hosts the most watch show on the planet. Think he can command whatever salary he wants tbf.

ubersonic · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:47

madindehead said:
Which is what makes me think is total crap. I don't get the impression that Clarkson is the type of person to launch a physical attack on someone due to a lack of food.

What red blooded male wouldn't fight over bacon butties? :eek:

Cosimo · 11 Mar 2015 at 11:47

Westyfield2 said:
From the petition's founder:

“Top Gear is the BBC’s greatest export and Jeremy Clarkson is central to the show’s success. He’s a living legend and the overwhelming success of the petition shows how popular he is with the British people. A bunch of left-wing pinkos at the BBC have been out to get him for ages, we want to see him re-instated and the BBC’s bed wetters defeated.”

Looks like he's got the right audience signing...

Pft. You cancel Top Gear and I'll cancel you with an AK-47.

The BBC are a bunch of stuck up PC toffs. Jeremy is the true voice of the UK

Stop this political correct inquisition.

**** the producer who gives a **** about him!!! You can get another producer there's only one Clarkson

I think that whoever suspended Clarkson should be suspended. Give the PC gestapo a dose of their own medicine for once.

Hundreds of well thought out responses in there.