Jeremy Clarkson

WA Toffee · March 25, 2015

He is pretty much the BBC version of a drunk HK

davek · March 25, 2015

There's worse things going on than this etc etc why focus on Clarkson etc etc

Yes. But he is a grade A racist **** who should be thrown into a pit and filled in with lime.

Let's have it right. He's the ugly face of Britain, not some overgrown schoolboy who's a bit of a lad.

SpurtingLesbian · March 25, 2015

FOr Christ sake, he's not died.

If the pube-headed Tory Bully gets fired he'll have a series on Sky before the end of the week.

If the other two cut their own throats and follow him so be it.

Bruce Wayne · March 25, 2015

davek said:
There's worse things going on than this etc etc why focus on Clarkson etc etc

Yes. But he is a grade A racist **** who should be thrown into a pit and filled in with lime.

Let's have it right. He's the ugly face of Britain, not some overgrown schoolboy who's a bit of a lad.

Is he sculpting those views or reflecting them though? I don't watch telly or read newspapers so couldn't really care less either way, but you'd imagine, such are the numbers of people who appear to support him, that even if he wasn't around, some other mouthpiece for that community would emerge.

davek · March 25, 2015

Bruce Wayne said:
Is he sculpting those views or reflecting them though? I don't watch telly or read newspapers so couldn't really care less either way, but you'd imagine, such are the numbers of people who appear to support him, that even if he wasn't around, some other mouthpiece for that community would emerge.

Those attitudes are always popular. Sneering at the French, for example, is as old as the modern British state. It's embedded and it is merely articulated by him. He's the big divvy at school who the other kids used to get to shout out rude words because they didn't have the bottle to themselves. He's the champion of the PC-haters.

Clarkson might have an education and a sense of comic timing, but when you cut to the chase he's just a racist bully throwing his weight around because the BBC have continued to pander to him. The fact he survived using the word n*gg*r tells you how craven that organisation is. Imagine an American network allowing a nobhead like that to continue working for them after saying n*gg*r. His feet wouldn't touch.

Moomin · March 25, 2015

I hope he gets raped to death by a savage gang of honey badgers.

Deleted member 28206 · March 25, 2015

Tory who fights over food standards, i can't believe it.

Bruce Wayne · March 25, 2015

davek said:
Those attitudes are always popular. Sneering at the French, for example, is as old as the modern British state. It's embedded and it is merely articulated by him. He's the big divvy at school who the other kids used to get to shout out rude words because they didn't have the bottle to themselves. He's the champion of the PC-haters.

Clarkson might have an education and a sense of comic timing, but when you cut to the chase he's just a racist bully throwing his weight around because the BBC have continued to pander to him. The fact he survived using the word n*gg*r tells you how craven that organisation is. Imagine an American network allowing a nobhead like that to continue working for them after saying n*gg*r. His feet wouldn't touch.

I suppose my fear is that it's akin to cutting off the hydras head. Another one will simply grow back. The media aren't renowned for their scruples, and if a sufficiently large community lap up particular types of content, then someone somewhere in the media will pander to that, unless the content is so offensive as to destroy their credibility completely. Clarkson and his ilk probably sit just on that line.

Foot Long Hot Dog · March 25, 2015

Been dropped from the Beeb.

Fudging it as a 'no contract extension' but they've basically sacked him and that'll be the end of him on the show.

Wizard · March 25, 2015

Foot Long Hot Dog said:
Been dropped from the Beeb.

Fudging it as a 'no contract extension' but they've basically sacked him and that'll be the end of him on the show.

Probably the end of Top Gear in its current guise too as pretty sure Hammond and May won't resign with BBC after their contracts expire at the end of the month.

There'll be a new version on ITV or Sky within a year.

Think the BBC have done the right thing as you can't just punch someone at work. It's a strong decision as well as it'll cost them tens of millions

Tubey · March 25, 2015

"I cannot condone what has happened on this occasion. A member of staff - who is a completely innocent party - took himself to Accident and Emergency after a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature."

Yet people will still be mystified as to why he's been sacked... Those people are morons, obviously, but still.

Foot Long Hot Dog · March 25, 2015

@Tubey - they've not had the stones to actually sack him though, so they must have been concerned about the possibility of him coming back with litigation to clear himself. Which would indicate that it's not as clear cut as all that.

Dressing it up as a "no contract extension" is a complete fudge, and will no doubt see him collect tge remainder of his current contract value.

Wizard · March 25, 2015

Tubey said:
"I cannot condone what has happened on this occasion. A member of staff - who is a completely innocent party - took himself to Accident and Emergency after a physical altercation accompanied by sustained and prolonged verbal abuse of an extreme nature."

Yet people will still be mystified as to why he's been sacked... Those people are morons, obviously, but still.

Yeah, I can't quite believe how animated people are getting over it. I really like Top Gear and despite his obvious issues I don't mind Clarkson. But he has hit someone, while drunk, at work. How could the BBC do anything but fire him.

Groucho · March 25, 2015

When he was going on about actual motoring matters then he spoke a lot of sense. Away from motoring matters, he spoke a lot of garbage.

Let's be honest, if any of us here belted a colleague, we'd get the sack.

Wizard · March 25, 2015

Foot Long Hot Dog said:
@Tubey - they've not had the stones to actually sack him though, so they must have been concerned about the possibility of him coming back with litigation to clear himself. Which would indicate that it's not as clear cut as all that.

Dressing it up as a "no contract extension" is a complete fudge, and will no doubt see him collect tge remainder of his current contract value.

The report has found that he was "verbally abusing" the guy for 20 minutes before a 30 second "physical attack". There were also loads of witnesses. Pretty sure the contract thing is just because the contract is up in a week anyway.