Jeremy Clarkson

Do you mean round at your house feetle?

please post a photo!

Looks like he could be back filming Top Gear but with a 'minder' to ensure he doesn't go too far. Think he's thinking it over. Interesting compromise.

I hope that wasn't intended as a sexist observation Feetlebaum

Lots of handbag clutching and pursed lips round here...

About the cuts in the national welfare bill, I'm with janea—haven"t a clue.

Not everybody, jen. I'm still sitting on the fence with regard to the JC "fracas" because the facts of the case are not yet known unless, that is, thinking that he might have hit someone or he might not is having an opinion.

I think there are already a couple of petitions to get rid of JC magpie.

As a TV license payer, I think I will start a petition to get rid of him. If anyone else behaved like this they would probably have ended up in court.

This morning I went to buy Twiglets but they are now calling themselves 'Stiglets' and featured a picture of JC's sidekick on the packet. I do love Twiglets but just couldn't bring myself to endorse the 'brand'. I bought crisps instead. Was that cutting off my nose to spite my face?

Many people wanted Jeremy Clarkson for Prime Minister.
Is that helpful as an answer?

(Just trying to work out some connection between the two threads but failing and )

This thread is a similar Marmite thread. Nobody still knows what exactly happened, but everybody gives an opinion.

We do have a vote on who governs us in seven weeks time; we do not have a vote on whether Clarkson stays or goes, more's the pity.

The government is going to make £12 billion welfare cuts if it gets in again. I do not think the intention was to ask us how, but to suggest it's impossible.

Jen the welfare cuts thread posed the question 'how can the Government make £12 billion welfare cuts?'
The short answer is that none of us can possibly be expected to have a clue.
The OP then speculated that State Pension age might rise again.
As someone said on the thread, the increases to State pension age have been set for some time now and it's unlikely they will be changed again in the foreseable future.

That's whyIMHO the thread isn't very long. I didn't even read it until you mentioned it, because with all due respect to the OP it was an unanswerable question and therefore didn't interest me.

The other thing is that the Jeremy Clarkson fracas is something everybody feels entitled to have an opinion about.
In the past posters have said they don't post on threads about political issues partly because they don't know enough about the issues and partly because those threads often descend into acrimony.

Yes - the PM is completely out of order there. He really should not interfere in an issue which could come to court. I am amazed he was so unwise as to weigh in. Unbelievable.

Well Mishap, he has had the PM support him publicly , this can only encourage him to continue with his loutish behaviour

durhamjen, this so reminds me of something which happened in our town, end of school term, boys from the local comp did some damage to traffic cones, boys from a public school damaged a bus shelter . Outcome was the comp Boys were branded hooligans, the public school lot had overdone celebrating end of term with high jinx

Clarkson thumps a man , doesn't matter he is soooo amusing. If he had worked in a supermarket and thumped a fellow worker then sacked and possibly prosecuted for ABH

Indeed Annie - if (and we do not yet know for sure) he has committed a criminal offence, no amount of donations should protect him from prosecution.

He sounds like a man feeding on his own image and fame and getting totally out of hand. It is not surprising that the BEEB feels they need to rein him in a bit.

Don't feel too sorry for him I am sure all his Chipping Norton friends are rallying around

This thread had 4 pages on the first day.
The welfare cuts thread is still on the first page.
Says a lot....

If he was to give a large sum of money as a form of compensation for hitting someone this means if your wealthy do as you wish, if not get prosecuted

Same here, Anniebach.

Jane10, if disliking an arrogant , ill mannered, adulterous bully means one has a sensitive disposition I happily accept

I reckon that he's a goner! Sky say that they wouldn't employ him.

The Welfare Cuts thread hasn't been running as long as this one has, it was only started on March 19th (not by durhamjen).

Aaah.....Thanks jingl