just foreign news sources talking up a minor issue in this country. All the MP did was complain to Ofcom like any citizen is entitled to. Ofcom get thousands of similar complaints like this and they decide along with the BBC what may happen – most Clarkson would get is a minor bollocking. If he’d come to Suffolk or North Essex to film the stunt it may have been viewed as a more serious manner. The timing of the episode was a bit dodgy as its bang on the second anniversary of the incident though.

Also Brand and Ross haven’t been sacked as such but just been given a bollocking, a pay cut and moved away from one show. They remain potential BBC staff.

However news sources in that part of the world do make a big thing out of any minor problem in the UK, probably a payback from Empire days. Its not uncommon for my mum to phone me and my sister every so often because she’s got the impression from the news that England is flooded / being bombed / there are riots in the streets / illnesses and plagues etc…

Auntie is the same as the Civil Service – compared to many other organisations they put a lot of public money and effort into training people so as long as they deliver and don’t actually do anything particularly stupid they can be surprisingly lenient.

had a bit of a scare in ’04 after getting arrested for a minor offence (charges were dropped in the end), but the impression I was given by my bosses was that provided I was 100% honest about what had happened (and whilst I had broken the law it was to help some homeless people) they wouldn’t treat it as that serious a matter at my rank – it might have impacted on promotion prospects but I would have been at least kept on until the end of my contract..

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this is ridiculous!
Jeremy C makes me laugh even though – or more probably because he’s an arrogant twat 😉

and even with brand and ross – I mean 2 people complained when the show was aired and other (sad) fuckers jumped on the band wagon as it was publicised – and it only really got going around 7(ish) days afterwards….

why cant these wankers put their mouths or phone calls to better use and complain about real issues that affect society as a whole….

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and even with brand and ross – I mean 2 people complained when the show was aired and other (sad) fuckers jumped on the band wagon as it was publicised – and it only really got going around 7(ish) days afterwards….

Even Gordon Brown got involved, had the cheek to ask them to publicly apologise, but he has never apologised for his part in starting wars etc… Twisted world:you_crazy

the so called “liberal media freedom” in this country is often simply giving people enough rope to hang themselves by, and eventually shows people where the power really lies.

that said, Gordon Brown doesn’t have to apologise for starting wars when for years he was constantly being lobbied by a large proportion of the British public what wanted cheaper fuel and are only pissed off that the war hasn’t exactly been a walkover..

I dont really like clarkson. I know it might sound a bit wispy to go on about not deliberatley offending people, but in the case of the bbc i think its fair to say that they ought to be a bit more careful. its funded by us all and so should be acting in all of our interests. Clarksons got some pretty bigoted ideas imo.

For the wider media though im all for freedom of speech as long as its not directtly inciting anything which is realistically likely to create an immediate physical threat to anyone.

what is this obssesion with the twat anyway? he’s a fat dickhead with an annoying voice. just cause he knows stuff about cars does not make him a genuis. if people saw him when he was a nobody presenting brainteaser on five part time they wouldent think he was such a hero. actually i dont mind him but i just think he’s over rated:yawn:. sorry