Clarkson Suspended

[getagrip]

Agreed

Good rant: 8.7

[Orcs]

Looks like cancelling the last three shows will cost the BBC millions in compensation payments to foriegn channels.

They should have suspended him and run the programs without him.

[toxicpixie]

Replace with a cardboard cut out of rude, bigoted little England and no one would notice!

[FierceKitty]

Replace with a cardboard cut out of rude, bigoted little England and no one would notice!

Three redundant adjectives in that sentence - cor.

[Leman]

How rude.

[Hertsblue]

Only problem is - the Beeb needs Clarkson a lot more than he needs them. If they dump him he will be on Sky or Channel 5 the following week, leaving the BBC to clear up the mess.

[Subedai]

This is the infuriating thing about situations like this. If true he should be done for assault and all TV companies should drop him like a hot potato and leave him to fester in his own stupidity. The same should have been done with Saurez after his third vampire attack. Unfortunately, the great god Money rears its ugly head and everybody cow-tows in obeisance. If it was anybody else they would have straight up in front of m'lud but because he is such a high profile, self-centred bigot he will probably get away with it.

[FierceKitty]

Cow-tow - is that the Hindu version?

[Hertsblue]

Bullocks, FK.

[Techno]

Such language, Ray.
Tsk. Tsk. 
Cheers - Phil

[Ithoriel]

750,000 signatures (and rising) in support of Clarkson. As has been pointed out elsewhere, that gives Clarkson more declared support than all of the UK political parties have members.

Presumably, whatever he may have done wrong he's doing something right

Latest reports are that he swore repeatedly at the producer and threatened to have him sacked, all in public. Also reported that he went to the Beeb himself about the incident - getting his excuses in early?

[toxicpixie]

And all this because he was offered a plate of cold meats and not a steak?

Still, least it's driven all the media off from everything else that's important. Job done!

[getagrip]

This is the infuriating thing about situations like this. If true he should be done for assault and all TV companies should drop him like a hot potato and leave him to fester in his own stupidity. The same should have been done with Saurez after his third vampire attack. Unfortunately, the great god Money rears its ugly head and everybody cow-tows in obeisance. If it was anybody else they would have straight up in front of m'lud but because he is such a high profile, self-centred bigot he will probably get away with it.

Agree entirely!

[Subedai]

Cow-tow - is that the Hindu version?

Okay, so I got my 'curly 'c'' and my 'kicking 'k'' mixed up. Seeing as the word is originally from Cantonese and my knowledge of that language is as good as my Patagonian, I throw myself at the mercy of the Semantics Police.

That concludes the argument for the defence yer 'onner.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Patagonian

Dat be Welsh init....

IanS