Posted on 03/21/2015 1:56:46 PM PDT by PzGr43
Jeremy Clarkson, Bête Noire, of the left in the UK, may have gone too far this time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson
It appears that early March 2015, he was involved in an argument with one of the producers of the show 'Top Gear' which he presents, which ended with Clarkson swinging a punch at the producer. Clarkson's co-presenters, James May and Richard Hammond managed to hold Clarkson back.
Clarkson appears to have attempted to patch things up with the producer afterwards but to no avail. He then reported the incident himself to the BBC management and wheels began to turn.
The BBC suspended him. He is already on 'final warning'
https://twitter.com/jeremyclarkson https://twitter.com/mrjamesmay https://twitter.com/richardhammond
#BringBackClarkson
Right-wing blogger Guido Fawkes started a petition to reinstate Clarkson, which has reached a million signatures
https://www.change.org/p/bbc-reinstate-jeremy-clarkson?tk=YCsEoShGQIYRaMtz0tLkqeLkxzJWa7XG0ui0Xj9xt8g
https://twitter.com/guidofawkes http://order-order.com/people/jeremy-clarkson/
Petition was delivered by 'The Stig', driving an Abbot SP gun: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11485289/The-Stig-delivers-Jeremy-Clarkson-petition-to-BBC.html
Meanwhile, Ian Hislop,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hislop
ostensibly a friend of Clarkson, came forward and claimed that Clarkson had hit him with a ball point pen, drawing blood, during the filming of TV show 'Have I got News for You'.
In an attempt to demonize Clarkson, a BBC executive compared Clarkson to the disgraced, deceased, TV presenter Sir Jimmy Savile, who, after his death, was discovered to have been Britain's most prolific child molester. Clarkson threatened to sue. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2995106/Astonishing-remarks-Gear-affair-senior-BBC-boss-claims-Clarkson-like-Savile.html
Clarkson launched a tirade at the BBC while attending a gala event
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/jeremy-clarkson-launches-foulmouthed-tirade-at-top-gear-bosses-during-charity-auction-10121603.html
He appeared to be of the opinion that he has been sacked
At present, the 'report' on the incident has gone to the Director-General of the BBC, who appears to be going to announce a decision on Clarkson's fate next week.
'Top Gear' is the world's most popular factual TV program. The problem is that although the BBC own the 'Top Gear' program, which we see thanks to it be exported around the globe, it is not clear whether the show would survive without Clarkson and his co-presenters, James May and Richard Hammond.
There are foreign language versions of the show made with other presenters, none of which are anything like as popular as the original show.
Sacking Clarkson may mean that the 'Top Gear' show may die. Reportedly, James May and Richard Hammond refused to go on filming with Clarkson, already.
There is the risk that Clarkson, if sacked, could start a rival 'Top Gear' ('Second Gear' ?), probably with the same Clarkson-May-Hammond line-up, produced for a different TV channel, which would wipe-out the BBC's neutered 'Top Gear'.
The Left in Great Britain hate Clarkson and everything he stands for (old-style British values) and will be delighted to see Clarkson sacked and the 'Top Gear' show axed. The BBC has been infiltrated by the Left over the last thirty years and within the BBC this movement is called 'Islington Tendency'. It is 'Islington Tendency' which have introduced the Left's 'news-speak' into bulletins, such as 'life partner' instead of 'wife', and 'African-American' instead of 'Black'.
Next week promises to be interesting.
Perhaps Clarkson might refer to the idiot left-wingers in charge of the BBC as a pack of ‘Retarded American Democrats.’ I’m sure it would get their goat, or whatever they are sleeping with at the moment... They sure seem to be hell-bent on killing their main [only?] golden goose just to get rid of Clarkson, only to probably have all 3 turn up on another channel!
The only silver lining in all this will be seeing the BBC lose money.
One can only hope that the ‘conservative’ PM privatizes the BBC. Unfortunately, the chance of that is about the same as our PM privatising the CBC! Neither will ever happen; too much of a hue and cry from the Left, especially those already ensconced in the BBC and CBC bureaucracies.
LOL! Well done! :)
I hope so too!
LOL! I love it.
That’s what my thinking is, too.
Thank you, Jeremy. ;)
Then Jeremy had to wipe the $hit off his finger.
You would too if you had to live as a conservative in Britain.
Now, now. I’m sure this can all be settled in a friendly way. Perhaps Clarkson could help direct a new BBC television show? You know, one the BBC would like.
It would have to be boring, low budget and insulting to conservatives. Let’s see. A homosexual vampire portrayed by one girl who changes the part in her hair to play six different characters who flies around in a red porta-potty saying “f**k” all the time while yelling at busboys.
That, or Clarkson could take over narrating the BBC documentaries.
“Now let’s see how fast this wildebeest can make it around our track.....while he’s being chased by a cheetah!”
“There’s Captain Slow frolicking with a killer whale. That’s the fastest he’s ever gone!”
Isn’t Clarkson Goering? There was an episode where Clarkson and Captain slow bought expensive cars and Clarkson bought a Mercedes Grosser and when he drove up, May said, here comes Reichsmarshall Goering.
Clarkson is a jerk, no doubt. But Top Gear is brilliant and it can’t be duplicated without him. BBC would be stupid to let him go.
BUT..just remember. He is in the wrong on this occasion. He came back from shooting, discovered no food was on, threw a hissy fit and physically assaulted another BBC employee. That is not on. If anyone else was to do something like that in their place of work they would be suspended too. In fact, I think they'd stand a good chance of being fired. Its only Clarkson's fame that is protecting him.
You can all flame away if you like.
There are foreign language versions of the show made with other presenters, none of which are anything like as popular as the original show.
e.g. Top Gear USA
As I understand it there was no pictures, and Clarkson apparently turned himself in.
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