sadoldgit

Love this. Perhaps you should change your username to Nappies though

I think the fee has already been agreed but I am sure he would do better with wages elsewhere. Also his club can buy out our option and sell him to someone else for more.

The pictures of previous years contestants wouldn't disgrace Rolf or Gary.

I still cant believe that these things still happen. I have just found something called the Miss Inspiration Beauty Pageant that is open to all contestants aged 6 years old and above. WTF?

liar

61 years old and I still cant spell! My bad. Compere.

grizzled

All we need is for Jeremy Clarkson to compare the show and we are good to go!

I just hope they are all over 15 What is it with the hats?

I don't have the figures either but know from work that there is a higher rate of violence against women than against men. I am not sure about the homosexual figures but I didn't used to come across many of those at the CPS - perhaps it is a regional thing? Either way all DV should be treated as an issue. I have just seen the article that Lou started the thread with. I agree that men are more likely to carry out violence than women but when you see something like that you realise that anyone is capable of doing the most appalling things to their partners.

It was a bit like living in a parallel universe. To be told by the Sussex policy that it was policy to remove the male when children are involved is just so wrong. If the perpetrator of any violence is the female why would you leave the children with her? I have seen many posters around Kent about DV and they all deal with male violence against females. Concerned parties really need to deal with DV across the board as you say.

I agree that some people might get off. There was a phone in on Radio 2 yesterday with people phoning in about their experiences and it would appear that plenty of people get sacked in the workplace for assaulting a colleague. For the record, what is your opinion of his behaviour?

When Sir Paul McCartney proposed to Heather Mills, do you think he went down on one knee?

Question: How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: A fish.

Isnt that what makes a joke funny though? There is something in it that people recognise. I would say Batman's "joke" didn't work because it is not true that paedaphilia has not been recognised at the BBC (how many people have been found guilty so far of sex crimes?). If it was true and nothing had been done about it, it would have been funny.

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Bloody hell, have we gone through a worm hole or something? I seem to have woken up in the 70s?

Oh I see. Doesn't a joke suppose to have some basis in truth though? Like if Clarkson had said there is a slope on the bridge and the only guy on it was a Pakistani, then there is no joke.

Sorry I don't understand? Where do I say it happens everywhere? It does happen and people do lose their jobs.

Not strictly true though is it Batman? How many programmes have been made and articles written about Saville and others? I would say it has been one of the hottest media topics for some time now. No one says a word? If you are going to support Jeremy you are going to have to do better than this mate.

Really though? Clarkson was on a final warning about his behaviour and then he kicks off big time because he cant get a steak at a producer when drunk and in a public place witness by others. Do you think that if you or I did that it would have been sorted out quietly and things would have carried on? No, we would be suspended pending an inquiry and more than likely dismissed.

I really don't know although I do know that you are allowed representation by a union rep or otherwise. Perhaps he feels as it is so high profile he wants decent support, Can you blame him? In The Sun today is says that Clarkson had been drinking for several hours before the incident. Just think, all this could have been avoided if he had decided to put his steak before the booze! A few years back two colleagues of mine were sacked over an incident in a hotel. We all had a few drinks and went out to get a kebab as the kitchen was closed (we didn't have a producer to blame sadly). We returned with the food and were sitting down eating it when the proprietor came and and told us all to go to bed (I should say it was a small family run hotel. We were somewhat surprised but didn't want any trouble so agreed. One guy had lost his key and asked the proprietor if he could let him into his room. This guy clearly didn't like the fact that we had stayed up drinking and went out to get kebabs and was being quite difficult with my colleague. At that point I went to bed but was aware that another colleague, our union rep, was with the two of them trying to calm things down. As far as I know no punches were thrown and there was no fracas. Just a heated exchange. The next day my two colleagues were suspended and subsequently sacked for "besmirching the good name of the company." I gave evidence at the tribunal but the sacking was upheld by 2 to 1. I thought that they were hard done by but my point is this not about whether Clarkson hit someone or not. It is about his behaviour. If his employers feel that his behaviour is unacceptable (and lets face it he does have a lot of previous - nothing to do with "luvvies" not liking him, more to do with his racist and discriminatory comments and behaviour) then he is on very dodgy ground, no matter how popular Top Gear is. The BBC sacked Jonathon Ross for going to far. Clarkson cant say that he didn't know what might happen, which is probably why he told the BBC himself.

I am not sure if it can migrate to ITV as I think Clarkson sold the rights to the BBC. My money would be on Clarkson working for Murdoch at SKY sometime soon. As for the producer, if he has done nothing wrong you would hope that his career wouldn't suffer - unless Clarkson is SO big in the business he can make sure he never works again! Interesting that even his "buddy" May thinks that he is a nob. A close friend of Dave Cameron too who calls him a great talent and says his kids will be devastated if Top Gear goes. Ah, thats ok then David. You worry about Nigel Farrage's comments but are prepared to let Clarkson's casual racism slide because your kids would miss him. Jeez.

Men need to be encouraged to come forward and talk about their experiences and DV needs to be dealt with as a cross gender issue. I was arrested 3 times and spent three separate nights in a police cell in Eastbourne. Not because I had done anything in terms of breaking the law, but because I was the male in a DV incident. How can that be right?

It does indeed!