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Though I suspect if I punched my boss Ill get sacked, but then I don't earn my employers millions of pounds

 

This... the only relevant statement in all the ****e posted on the bloke... the only reason he is still in his job is because of the earnings of the show... the fact that any normal person would have been sacked, but normal rules don't apply because of the cash is the real idiocy of the situation....

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This... the only relevant statement in all the ****e posted on the bloke... the only reason he is still in his job is because of the earnings of the show... the fact that any normal person would have been sacked' date=' but normal rules don't apply because of the cash is the real idiocy of the situation....[/quote']

 

I do tire of being relevant frank tbh but thank you for noticing

 

Another thread solved..... Next ?!?

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Let's just wait and see. As someone who is strict on the rule of law you seem to want to decide he is guilty as it is only allegations at the mo is it not?

 

Yes. But there doesn't seem to be much doubt that he hit this other guy and this is not rule of law it is an internal issue. Interesting that so many people want to defend him when no one seems to deny that he hit someone. How many people have signed the petition? Its ok. Its only Jeremy. We all love him because he is rooted in the 1970s anti PC shtick and that is so cool.

 

Batman, if someone hit someone else on your Sub would that be okay by you? Would they be in the brig or still strutting around the poop deck or whatever the hell it is they have on subs?

 

The bloke is captured on camera making that crass slope joke, muttering the n word, using the provocative number plate etc. But he is so cool because he is giving it to the man that we cant touch him for assaulting a colleague? If he is not guilty I am sure he will be back on our screens with his playful pranks soon, so don't fret.

 

The saddest thing here is that the people who signed his petition don't seem to give a stuff about what he may or may not have done, they just want that bloody awful programme back on the TV.

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Guys, let us not lose any sleep of the fate of poor old Jeezer. He will continue to peddle his thoughts via his Sun column and he will make programmes for SKY so he will not be short of a few bob. And for many he will be a hero because he stood up to the mighty BBC, made racist and homophobic remarks and hit some poor sod for not providing him with some food. What a f*cking hero.

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Guys, let us not lose any sleep of the fate of poor old Jeezer. He will continue to peddle his thoughts via his Sun column and he will make programmes for SKY so he will not be short of a few bob. And for many he will be a hero because he stood up to the mighty BBC, made racist and homophobic remarks and hit some poor sod for not providing him with some food. What a f*cking hero.

 

Strangely I agree with you:)

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Watching the TV coverage last night and they wheeled out some nice cuddly presenters saying we need larger than life characters like Clarkson on TV. Do we really? What we need are intelligent people who know how to deal with issues that need dealing with. A grown man inhabited by a naughty schoolboy persona isn't a larger than life character. It is part of the dumbing down that he been ruining TV and the general media in this country for several years now.

 

There is an argument to be had about going too far with PC. Making discriminatory jokes doesn't help. Ok, it happened in the 1970s but as we know now, it was wrong then just as it is wrong now.

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Watching the TV coverage last night and they wheeled out some nice cuddly presenters saying we need larger than life characters like Clarkson on TV. Do we really? What we need are intelligent people who know how to deal with issues that need dealing with. A grown man inhabited by a naughty schoolboy persona isn't a larger than life character. It is part of the dumbing down that he been ruining TV and the general media in this country for several years now.

 

There is an argument to be had about going too far with PC. Making discriminatory jokes doesn't help. Ok, it happened in the 1970s but as we know now, it was wrong then just as it is wrong now.

 

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Watching the TV coverage last night and they wheeled out some nice cuddly presenters saying we need larger than life characters like Clarkson on TV. Do we really? What we need are intelligent people who know how to deal with issues that need dealing with. A grown man inhabited by a naughty schoolboy persona isn't a larger than life character. It is part of the dumbing down that he been ruining TV and the general media in this country for several years now.

 

There is an argument to be had about going too far with PC. Making discriminatory jokes doesn't help. Ok, it happened in the 1970s but as we know now, it was wrong then just as it is wrong now.

 

I'm going on a hunch here, but I don't think you like Jeremy Clarkson...

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JC decided he wanted to spend 3 hours in the pub after the days shooting - which meant he was 3 hours late back to the hotel - which is why there was no hot food.....

 

No shock he was drunk - he has the look of a man whose been on a session or two....

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The biggest problem I have with all this is that the beeb thought it worthy of making it their top story yesterday (on the radio, at least, as that's what I listen to at work in between watching youporn and x hamster of course). Eh? IMHO it's a bit of a non story that doesn't deserve the coverage it's getting. Either it's a blatant attempt at self promotion or they have this awful sense that they need to publicly over-wash their dirty laundry, post Savile. I don't really understand, but either way, the beeb don't come out of this very well and have only caused a load of loonies to bang relentlessly on about how much they like / dislike Clarkson and Top Gear.

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The biggest problem I have with all this is that the beeb thought it worthy of making it their top story yesterday (on the radio, at least, as that's what I listen to at work in between watching youporn and x hamster of course). Eh? IMHO it's a bit of a non story that doesn't deserve the coverage it's getting. Either it's a blatant attempt at self promotion or they have this awful sense that they need to publicly over-wash their dirty laundry, post Savile. I don't really understand, but either way, the beeb don't come out of this very well and have only caused a load of loonies to bang relentlessly on about how much they like / dislike Clarkson and Top Gear.

Either that or they checked the web hits and went with what people were clicking on

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I'm going on a hunch here, but I don't think you like Jeremy Clarkson...

 

Well spotted UJ! Actually although I could quite happily live with Jeremy Clarkson and others like Katie Hopkins who make a living out of being "controversial" I appreciate that they have an audience. Not my cup of tea but each to his or her own.

 

What does irk me somewhat is that over half a million people are more bothered about him not appearing on Top Gear this week when he has been suspended for gross misconduct. If you or I were to take a swing at someone at work or in the local for that matter, we would be sacked and possibly arrested. We are supposed to make allowances for this guy because he is a "larger than life character" and he makes the BBC a lot on money. Sorry that doesn't cut it in my book. He is just the same as us ordinary folk when it comes down to having bad behaviour dealt with. If found guilty of the alleged offence (in deference to Batman) he should be treated the same as everybody else. However, unlike everybody else, he will probably end up with a better paid job and even more notoriety/fame.

 

I am not sure what the BBC were supposed to do with this story but they have probably have handled it as best they could in the circumstances. It is all over social media and is a hot topic. Difficult to ignore when they pull one of BBC2 biggest programmes. His antics in the past have no doubt helped build the revenue for the BBC through Top Gear but there have to be boundaries as Ross and Brand found out with their lame stunt when the left those messages on Andrew Sachs's phone. They are both still working though and the same will go for Clarkson.

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Chris Evans would be a great replacement. In my opinion that is.

 

Another washed up old man with a massively over inflated sense of ego and a tendency towards idiotic outbursts. Yup sounds like the perfect like for like swap.

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What does irk me somewhat is that over half a million people are more bothered about him not appearing on Top Gear this week when he has been suspended for gross misconduct.

 

Do you reckon Batman signed it? :) It seems to be the same people who sign it who say, 'wait and see if he is innocent"... Er.. exactly!

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Do you reckon Batman signed it? :) It seems to be the same people who sign it who say, 'wait and see if he is innocent"... Er.. exactly!

 

Maybe. Did you Batman? Agreed, it seems very odd that so many people are prepared to sign this petition when they have no idea if he did thump someone or not. Thing is I am sure they don't really care. They just want their programme back. Still, as we have found, even if your stars leave they are not irreplaceable! ;)

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I am not sure what the BBC were supposed to do with this story but they have probably have handled it as best they could in the circumstances.

Oh I don't know, maybe they could have just arranged some hot meals for the staff?

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Oh I don't know, maybe they could have just arranged some hot meals for the staff?

 

Apparently this was done but they turned up late. Now I don't know about you but if plans change then I think it is not unreasonable to try and find another solution. Hitting a producer wouldn't figure in my plans if I wanted a hot meal. Mr Clarkson is used to driving fast is he not? Couldn't he of shot off in one of the many cars at his disposal and found a hot meal somewhere else? Not that hard is it?

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Basically this, really. The whole thing smacks of bad management. All they had to do was keep their primadonnas happy.

 

Are you saying that Mr Clarkson, for all of his stance against the PC brigade and the "nanny society" cant sort himself out a hot meal and needs someone to do it for him?

Surely not!

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A family staying in the hotel where Clarkson had the fracas which led to his suspension as Top Gear host said he launched a tirade of abuse at a colleague and said he would have him fired.

 

The row which has drawn in the Prime Minister, the director-general of the BBC and led to 800,000 people signing a petition to save his job was over an alleged punch thrown at producer Oisin Tymon when the 54-year-old thought he could not have a £21.95 hot steak.

 

Clarkson was staying at the Simonstone Hall Hotel near Hawes, North Yorkshire, and came into the bar at around 9.30pm after a day filming last Wednesday.

 

According to an interview with Sky News, Bob Ward, 60, from Leeds, who was also staying there with wife Denise, brother Alan and his wife Sue, asked for a selfie with the millionaire presenter.

 

Mr Ward said the star replied: “No, not with the day I have had.”

 

The sales rep then “sat down with my tail between his legs”, he told Sky News.

 

Sue Ward, 54, a medical receptionist, claimed Clarkson then said “it was ridiculous there was nothing to eat” and she said he thought the colleague had not done his job properly.

 

“Obviously there lots of expletives in between all this,” she added.

 

She said Clarkson told the colleague “he would see to it that he would be losing his job”.

 

Her sister-in-law Denise was shocked, although she did understand Clarkson turning down the request for a selfie.

 

She told Sky News: “It was just the swearing and the length of time and this poor guy he was ripping into.”

 

Alan Ward, a Top Gear fan, felt Clarkson should not lose his job over the incident.

 

“He is brash, we know what he is like,” he said. “He has been in trouble before, I think he will be in trouble again.

 

“But I don’t think he will lose his job at the BBC because without Clarkson, there’s no Top Gear I don’t think.”

 

The Top Gear star has attracted high profile support with David Cameron calling him a “huge talent” and saying he hoped the situation could be resolved so his children would not be left “heartbroken”.

 

BBC director-general Tony Hall has also said he was a “fan” of Clarkson, but added that allegations of a fracas were “serious”.

 

A BBC disciplinary panel has already been convened to decide his fate.

 

Ken MacQuarrie, the head of BBC Scotland who conducted the investigation into Newsnight’s false expose of Lord McAlpine, is to chair the panel with witnesses expected to be called by the end of the week.

 

A lawyer for Mr Tymon said his client “intends to await the outcome of the BBC investigation and will make no comment until that investigation is complete”.

 

When questioned on whether he supported the Top Gear presenter, Clarkson’s co-host James May said: “In many ways no, I have said many times before the man is a knob, but I quite like him. It’s all getting a bit ridiculous.”

 

Asked what he could remember about the row, May said: “Not very much, I was blind drunk.”

 

Clarkson could walk away from the show when his contract runs out at the end of the month.

 

All three of the show’s hosts were understood to be days away from signing new contracts that would have kept them at the wheel of the show for another three years when Clarkson was suspended.

 

The BBC owns the rights to the Top Gear brand, which is valued at £50 million, and includes the show, DVD rights and live shows, raising the prospect of Top Gear continuing on the BBC while Clarkson takes a similar show to one of its rivals.

 

 

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If true nice that he wanted someone to be sacked because he couldn't get a steak. Man of the people? Pah.

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Apparently this was done but they turned up late. Now I don't know about you but if plans change then I think it is not unreasonable to try and find another solution. Hitting a producer wouldn't figure in my plans if I wanted a hot meal. Mr Clarkson is used to driving fast is he not? Couldn't he of shot off in one of the many cars at his disposal and found a hot meal somewhere else? Not that hard is it?

 

From the reports I have seen by people who were actually there, JC did indeed get into a heated row with this producer fella. Whether JC actually did strike him seems very unclear at this time. If he did, then that's instant dismissal from any job of course. I suspect however that it probably didn't get that far from what I understand.

 

Try to look at it from another point of view for once - after a busy day filming you get back to your hotel late in the evening to be told that no proper meal has been organised and would a sandwich do? Remember this is the star of a multi million pound international hit TV show we are talking about here.

 

Hay his 'prima donna' like behavior does make Clarkson look foolish. But the production team, people who are well paid to sort out this type of problem, come across as a bit 'Micky Mouse' to don't you think? James May said yesterday that this whole business has been blown up out of all proportion - he may well be right.

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From the reports I have seen by people who were actually there, JC did indeed get into a heated row with this producer fella. Whether JC actually did strike him seems very unclear at this time. If he did, then that's instant dismissal from any job of course. I suspect however that it probably didn't get that far from what I understand.

 

Try to look at it from another point of view for once - after a busy day filming you get back to your hotel late in the evening to be told that no proper meal has been organised and would a sandwich do? Remember this is the star of a multi million pound international hit TV show we are talking about here.

 

Hay his 'prima donna' like behavior does make Clarkson look foolish. But the production team, people who are well paid to sort out this type of problem, come across as a bit 'Micky Mouse' to don't you think? James May said yesterday that this whole business has been blown up out of all proportion - he may well be right.

 

Add to that they were quite drink and you can see how things escalate.

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From the reports I have seen by people who were actually there, JC did indeed get into a heated row with this producer fella. Whether JC actually did strike him seems very unclear at this time. If he did, then that's instant dismissal from any job of course. I suspect however that it probably didn't get that far from what I understand.

 

Try to look at it from another point of view for once - after a busy day filming you get back to your hotel late in the evening to be told that no proper meal has been organised and would a sandwich do? Remember this is the star of a multi million pound international hit TV show we are talking about here.

 

Hay his 'prima donna' like behavior does make Clarkson look foolish. But the production team, people who are well paid to sort out this type of problem, come across as a bit 'Micky Mouse' to don't you think? James May said yesterday that this whole business has been blown up out of all proportion - he may well be right.

 

except that if Clarkson loses his job then so does the producer.

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So essentially its a millionaire celeb being a spoiled brat and having a hissy fit. Not sure why this is any different to any other pathetic sense of entitlement that the celebrity culture has engendered. Not sure why this has resulted in a 'ban' unless the BBC were on hawkish alert for any reason to swing the axe

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My dislike of Clarkson is matched by my dislike of the BBC.

 

All we get off this once great institution is programmes about cooking your dinner, or decorating your house. Boring.

 

They're talking about getting kids into technology, why, I pay my license fee so they can put decent programmes on the telly.

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From the reports I have seen by people who were actually there, JC did indeed get into a heated row with this producer fella. Whether JC actually did strike him seems very unclear at this time. If he did, then that's instant dismissal from any job of course. I suspect however that it probably didn't get that far from what I understand.

 

Try to look at it from another point of view for once - after a busy day filming you get back to your hotel late in the evening to be told that no proper meal has been organised and would a sandwich do? Remember this is the star of a multi million pound international hit TV show we are talking about here.

 

Hay his 'prima donna' like behavior does make Clarkson look foolish. But the production team, people who are well paid to sort out this type of problem, come across as a bit 'Micky Mouse' to don't you think? James May said yesterday that this whole business has been blown up out of all proportion - he may well be right.

 

It is Jeremy Clarkson we are talking about here not Beyoncé or Madonna. Has he really hit the peaks of stardom where he has someone employed to wipe his backside? It doesn't sound like there wasn't a meal organised, just that they got back after the hot meals had finished. The pub in my village stops taking orders for meals at 8.30pm.

 

It may have been a long day. He may well have been tired. We have all been there. But it is 2015 and you cant tell me that it was impossible to find some hot food somewhere in the vicinity. I don't know if he hit him or not but it certainly sounds like there was some unpleasantness, enough to get him suspended. Storm in a tea cup? If you think treating a work colleague like sh*t isn't worth bothering about I would disagree. Still, lets see what the hearing brings. Another final, final warning maybe?

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It is Jeremy Clarkson we are talking about here not Beyoncé or Madonna. Has he really hit the peaks of stardom where he has someone employed to wipe his backside? It doesn't sound like there wasn't a meal organised, just that they got back after the hot meals had finished. The pub in my village stops taking orders for meals at 8.30pm.

 

It may have been a long day. He may well have been tired. We have all been there. But it is 2015 and you cant tell me that it was impossible to find some hot food somewhere in the vicinity. I don't know if he hit him or not but it certainly sounds like there was some unpleasantness, enough to get him suspended. Storm in a tea cup? If you think treating a work colleague like sh*t isn't worth bothering about I would disagree. Still, lets see what the hearing brings. Another final, final warning maybe?

 

If any of us were in the producer's shoes, or even knew someone in their shoes, we'd probably be spitting feathers at the incident. If any of us hit a colleague at work, we'd have a reasonable expectation of being bounced out of the door on gross misconduct.

 

I wonder what Jeremy Clarkson has to do to actually lose support amongst his fan base. Would they let him off with a rape? A murder?

 

"He makes millions for the BBC, don't you know?"

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except that if Clarkson loses his job then so does the producer.

 

According to a witness Clarkson said that he would see that the producer would lose his job. Nice. This is a bloke that thinks it is perfectly ok to make derogatory remarks at Johnny Foreigner's expense and is on a final warning for his own poor behaviour. God knows what the poor producer did but it must have been right off the scale!

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