Jeremy Clarkson

Lots of posts since I was constructing my last one.

Yes, thatbags doesnt mind bluntness.

If I overdid it, I am sorry.

Spot on, soon, about it being up to every individual "whether they choose not to guess whether someone is guilty or innocent of an alleged crime". The reverse, choosing to guess rather than waiting for (hopefully plain) facts is also an option. The former is the option I'm choosing.

Please don't apologise. There is no need.

There is a reason, a good one, why the word alleged is used in such cases.

I think it's a fairly safe bet that he did something reprehensible, though maybe not criminal.

The interesting thing for me is to see what will happen to him now. Will he be suspended/sacked or will his lofty status and friends in high places save him.

My nine year old GS has decreed that he should be banned for just one programme, and then be allowed back.

Why is it taking so long to make a decision- ridiculous.

I'm late to this and sorry if I'm repeating anything that has already been said but...

...I like Jeremy Clarkson.

Would Clarkson fans still admire him if he thumped their son?

We still don't know if he actually thumped the producer.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2999715/Clarkson-fights-furious-attack-BBC-bosses-brings-lawyers-Savile-comparison-senior-TV-source.html

I also like JC vampirequeen. I don't take anything he says seriously and I expect he doesn't either.

Anniebach why would Jeremy Clarkson thump anyone's son!!!

Marty, I assume the man he allegedly thumped - he has not denied the accusation - has or had parents

I fully support the complains by the travelling community too , why should they not take being called pikeys offensive , should they not be offended because they are not middle class of Oxfordshire

Is it acceptable to offend because it wasn't allegedly meant to be taken seriously? Very Bernard Manning

Blimey! The DM's got a nerve! It was them that ran the headline about Clarkso/Saville.

Good for JC for fighting back about that. Hope he sues the newspapers as well. Diabolical.

Anniebach don't let's get too emotional about this. They're grown men, and nobody died.

Oh, roll on the day when British television is full of well behaved, politically correct, upstanding and totally boring non-personalities. It will keep the stuffed shirts quiet. Great.

Oh no it wont! We need all the Pantomime characters like Jezza we can get!! I'm with jings!

Just a thought.....Some footballers have been accused of some really serious crimes like ABH and rape. Some have even served prison sentences.

I don't remember any football matches being cancelled as a result.

I could be wrong though

The issue is whether he committed a crime
thatbags I am not sure if that is the issue. The issue is that he was on a final warning and his employer is now considering another incident involving another member of staff which has resulted in his suspension. Whether it was a crime or not is beside the point - it is whether he has gone beyond an accepted level of behaviour resulting in his suspension and possible sacking by his employer.

Well, that is how I see it anyway.

I think because he has got away with so much political incorrectness and puerile behaviour over the years because he is a 'major talent' (not my words) and is very popular as a personality as well as for his programme that he thinks he can get away with anything.

In fact some would say that, until this latest incident, his utterances have been outrageous, probably unacceptable and very politically incorrect but hilarious over the years.

Not excusing him, but some people can get extremely irate when their blood sugar drops when they are hungry.

Going straight to the hot food, instead of (allegedly) spending three hours in the pub first, would probably have corrected the blood sugar level.

If a docker floors his wife for not having a hot meal instantly on the table when he gets home at an unpredictable hour from the pub, he could be on a charge for assault, particularly if he is on a final warning.

But we have still to hear the whole story.

Meanwhile here is another petition
https://www.change.org/p/bbc-hire-alan-partridge-for-top-gear?recruiter=12428744&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish&utm_term=mob-xs-no_src-reason_msg

According to the media (the DM I think ) he had not been drinking at all, Elegran, he had been working on, I think, scripts. His colleague James May had (allegedly) drunk a bottle of wine, but JC had not had anything alcoholic.

I am not excusing anything he is alleged to have done, just pointing out a possibility. Most people would say oh dear, I've missed dinner, I'll have to make do with whatever is on offer (if anything).
Most people are not divas (or divos)

To me it's depressing that he has such an apparent 'hold' over the BBC because of the money the programme brings.
For someone on a final warning the inquiry seems to be taking forever!

I no longer know who or what to believe. One thing for certain though is the manager of the hotel would not have stood for such behaviour from Joe Public and as for cooking him a steak after the chef had gone home well............................

We had a pub and restaurant in the nineties, gillybob and I lost count of the number of times I cooked a meal for a customer after the chef had gone home.

You want people to come back

Although perhaps not in this case

I remember arriving somewhere at 11.00 at night, tired and miserable after a train delay and having had nothing to eat since breakfast, thinking I would get a bag of crisps or a sandwich at the most, but the owner of the pub/restaurant very kindly cooked me a meal.

I was under the impression that food was on offer though merlotgran just not the food that he happened to want (steak). The point I was trying to make was I can't imagine anyone kicking off as he is alleged to have done and been rewarded with his demand for a steak. Asked to leave, more likely.

Jinglebells, I am not at all emotional about this, nothing to get emotional about. I just question if those who are defending Clarkson would be quite so eager to do so if he had thumped a relative. As for them both being grown men assault is still assault regardless of age, either it's right or wrong, if it's acceptable for Clarkson it is acceptable for all surely