tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post4365328898644048285..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Jeremy Clarkson - SmackdownTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-71877592957065674992015-03-11T18:27:18.294+00:002015-03-11T18:27:18.294+00:00What's really worrying isn't Clarkson at a...What's really worrying isn't Clarkson at all. It's modern Britain.<br /><br />The best part of 200,000 people signed the petition before any details of what had actually happened were released. We've reached the point where slebs can do anything and there will be a chearing mob to support them. <br /><br />As for the man, he has done some good stuff outside of Top Gear - but not recently. His programmes on Brunel and VCs were worthy of showing in high schools as lessons. His 2002 Tour of Europe was surprisingly good and would have got the right wingers a bit upset. And in that tour his report of a Basque village they'd stumbled upon in the aftermath of an ETA murder was the sort of thing full time news reporters get awards for. <br /><br />It seems that world fame has pushed him over the edge in the last decade, and that's a pity.SteveBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-1482056034170980432015-03-11T18:18:30.709+00:002015-03-11T18:18:30.709+00:00Guy Martin's agent is, I imagine, wetting hims...Guy Martin's agent is, I imagine, wetting himself with excitement at this moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76176263930000288172015-03-11T17:05:08.462+00:002015-03-11T17:05:08.462+00:00"Performing an act of assault on a work colle..."Performing an act of assault on a work colleague is, for ordinary mortals, an instant dismissal offence" -- This, this, a thousand times this...Matt Osbornehttp://www.breitbartunmasked.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4617726898982395772015-03-11T16:41:01.021+00:002015-03-11T16:41:01.021+00:00Time to throw Clarkson off the gravy train. Jonath...Time to throw Clarkson off the gravy train. Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand were hounded out of the beeb for far less.<br /><br />Top Gear has managed perfectly well without him in the past and I see no reason why it could not do so again.<br /><br />Although there is no doubt he commands a cult following (had to be VERY careful with the spellchecker there) he antagonises far more folk tham he attracts.<br /><br />A repugnant mix of Flashman, Peter Pan, and the Bullingdon Club, Clarkson rivals Murdoch stablemate K***e H*****s for the dishonour of most odious figure in current public life.<br /><br />The sooner he disappears from the airwaves - hopefully never to return - the better!Ultra_Foxhttp://ultrafox1963.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-16225509349627387082015-03-11T14:33:48.507+00:002015-03-11T14:33:48.507+00:00Agree with annon 4 - pretty sure Top Gears profits...Agree with annon 4 - pretty sure Top Gears profits pay for BBC4 and as much as Stuart Lee hates it, probably for much of the minority appeal comedy the BBC puts out, still reckon it's cobblers the lefties have been after him as they've clearly been terrified of letting him go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-66005988264052251032015-03-11T12:17:23.609+00:002015-03-11T12:17:23.609+00:00If he has genuinely messed up, then discipline him...If he has genuinely messed up, then discipline him/fire him as required by the nature of the transgression - of which we actually don't know a great deal other than rumour. However, I'm uneasy about the undisguised glee in some quarters about his suspension. I'm a leftie, but I enjoy Top Gear for what it is. I also get fed up with the assumption that if I don't hate him by default I must be a fraud in everything else I stand for.<br /><br />The thing is, he's a pantomime villain. he has no real power, and makes no secret of knowing he's a buffoon who shouldn't be taken seriously. He's not IDS or Cameron, making decisions that genuinely ruin lives claiming they really are doing it for the best, or even Boris with his bumbling act disguising a genuinely nasty piece of work. Getting him off the BBC will only do three things: deprive the BBC of a lot of income/audience, give ammo to the enemies of the BBC who say it's now only for lefties, and strengthen whatever one of the rival broadcasters pick up Top Gear.<br /><br />The rejoicing in getting shot of someone that the people who disliked him probably never watched anyway might end up being short-lived if it harms one of the few remaining media sources in the UK not owned by Murdoch and chums. I think it's a case of be careful what you wish for. It'd probably be far better long term to have Clarkson stay put but be reprimanded than for the BBC to bow to pressure to fire him regardless of the actual incident (assuming it doesn't automatically warrant it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-4719830231310757112015-03-11T11:43:35.668+00:002015-03-11T11:43:35.668+00:00Amusing to see people who bang on about "livi...Amusing to see people who bang on about "living in the real world" suggesting Clarkson should be reinstated - maybe this sort of thing happens in newsrooms but not in real world offices. <br /><br />The BBC will have to follow the law on this, if he's punched someone then he's lucky to not have to answer charges.<br /><br />As for the lefties being after him, cobblers. <br /><br />He's done very well under the BBC, no one else would have had his back through all these gaffes, advertisers on any commercial station would have long avoided the toxic brand.<br /><br />His talk show was crap, sub Littlejohn man of the people rubbish, didn't wash years ago, won't wash now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-22808037150946461732015-03-11T11:28:13.028+00:002015-03-11T11:28:13.028+00:00Doesnt an assault usually result in a visit from t...Doesnt an assault usually result in a visit from the boys in blue? A nation waits.AndyCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-68684425881699539412015-03-11T11:20:39.524+00:002015-03-11T11:20:39.524+00:00I understand that the petition supporting Clarkson...I understand that the petition supporting Clarkson's reinstatement was set up by your pal, Guido Fawkes. Wondering if he's regretting that now it appears that Clarkson punched a producer. The BBC is likely, with justification, to treat this as a serious offenceAndrew Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162701707167239983noreply@blogger.com