Clarkson Suspended by BBC

chabal said:
JoeMercer'sWay said:
thing that's puzzling me is if he's punched someone, why is he not facing police questioning and assault charges? Surely if you were on the end of an assault, you'd go to the police as well as your employer, not just to your employer to get him sacked? So why over a week after the event has he not been questioned?

Perhaps it hasn't been reported to the police.

so instead of reporting an assault to police, and Clarkson being punished by law, they've seen fit to only report it to the BBC, so that he gets suspended and maybe fired.

Sounds like vindictiveness rather than seeking justice...either that or there's nowhere near enough to the incident to warrant police intervention, and therefore his job under threat.

seen this before where a guy sued a week before going to the police, for me that sort of thing stinks of vindictiveness and opportunism rather than genuine harm.
 
JoeMercer'sWay said:
chabal said:
JoeMercer'sWay said:
thing that's puzzling me is if he's punched someone, why is he not facing police questioning and assault charges? Surely if you were on the end of an assault, you'd go to the police as well as your employer, not just to your employer to get him sacked? So why over a week after the event has he not been questioned?

Perhaps it hasn't been reported to the police.

so instead of reporting an assault to police, and Clarkson being punished by law, they've seen fit to only report it to the BBC, so that he gets suspended and maybe fired.

Sounds like vindictiveness rather than seeking justice...either that or there's nowhere near enough to the incident to warrant police intervention, and therefore his job under threat.

seen this before where a guy sued a week before going to the police, for me that sort of thing stinks of vindictiveness and opportunism rather than genuine harm.

The BBC is the employer.

Plenty of workplace assaults and other indiscretions (e.g.petty theft) are dealt with as employment issues within the workplace without any need for them to become criminal issues.

Suspensions of senior managers etc are normally communicated within organisations because word would get out anyway.
 
chabal said:
JoeMercer'sWay said:
chabal said:
Perhaps it hasn't been reported to the police.

so instead of reporting an assault to police, and Clarkson being punished by law, they've seen fit to only report it to the BBC, so that he gets suspended and maybe fired.

Sounds like vindictiveness rather than seeking justice...either that or there's nowhere near enough to the incident to warrant police intervention, and therefore his job under threat.

seen this before where a guy sued a week before going to the police, for me that sort of thing stinks of vindictiveness and opportunism rather than genuine harm.

The BBC is the employer.

Plenty of workplace assaults and other indiscretions (e.g.petty theft) are dealt with as employment issues within the workplace without any need for them to become criminal issues.

Suspensions of senior managers etc are normally communicated within organisations because word would get out anyway.

Not always, especially in the Public Sector, it's usually hush hush.
 
foxy said:
chabal said:
JoeMercer'sWay said:
so instead of reporting an assault to police, and Clarkson being punished by law, they've seen fit to only report it to the BBC, so that he gets suspended and maybe fired.

Sounds like vindictiveness rather than seeking justice...either that or there's nowhere near enough to the incident to warrant police intervention, and therefore his job under threat.

seen this before where a guy sued a week before going to the police, for me that sort of thing stinks of vindictiveness and opportunism rather than genuine harm.

The BBC is the employer.

Plenty of workplace assaults and other indiscretions (e.g.petty theft) are dealt with as employment issues within the workplace without any need for them to become criminal issues.

Suspensions of senior managers etc are normally communicated within organisations because word would get out anyway.

Not always, especially in the Public Sector, it's usually hush hush.

Not in my experience.

Having worked extensively across both public and private sectors I would suggest that the public sector tends to be more open with its employees.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
foxy said:
Clarkson is everything the BBC hate, being an absolute lad, being white, avoids towing the Politcally Correct line, oh and he's British.
The BBC is, in the main, a white, uber middle-class organisation and the first 'B' in its title means they share another common bond with Clarkson.

Buggery?
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
foxy said:
Clarkson is everything the BBC hate, being an absolute lad, being white, avoids towing the Politcally Correct line, oh and he's British.
The BBC is, in the main, a white, uber middle-class organisation and the first 'B' in its title means they share another common bond with Clarkson.

It was pre 1980s, it was completely different back then. Now it's a hot bed for liberals, biased news and excessive political correctness rife with positive discrimination and diversity quotas. If the BBC was a private channel then fair enough, but it's funded by an enforced tax and is a public broadcaster.
 
foxy said:
gordondaviesmoustache said:
foxy said:
Clarkson is everything the BBC hate, being an absolute lad, being white, avoids towing the Politcally Correct line, oh and he's British.
The BBC is, in the main, a white, uber middle-class organisation and the first 'B' in its title means they share another common bond with Clarkson.

It was pre 1980s, it was completely different back then. Now it's a hot bed for liberals, biased news and excessive political correctness rife with positive discrimination and diversity quotas. If the BBC was a private channel then fair enough, but it's funded by an enforced tax and is a public broadcaster.

Yup.
That about covers it for me too.
You've only got to read the BBC website to see just how sickly they are about the news and media.
 
foxy said:
gordondaviesmoustache said:
foxy said:
Clarkson is everything the BBC hate, being an absolute lad, being white, avoids towing the Politcally Correct line, oh and he's British.
The BBC is, in the main, a white, uber middle-class organisation and the first 'B' in its title means they share another common bond with Clarkson.

It was pre 1980s, it was completely different back then. Now it's a hot bed for liberals, biased news and excessive political correctness rife with positive discrimination and diversity quotas. If the BBC was a private channel then fair enough, but it's funded by an enforced tax and is a public broadcaster.
I think I speak with some authority on this subject, as my ex-wife is a BBC producer, and whilst your point about the political leanings of many in the BBC carries a degree of force it remains an inveterately white, middle-class institution to its very core and within that will certainly be a significant number people who sympathise with Clarkson and to some extent share his view of the world. To suggest it is entirely infested with Lefties would be wholly wrong.

That said, I'm not a big fan of the BBC in many respects. It is ridiculously self-important and the way it is funded probably needs looking at, but it still has a very important role to perform in our society.
 
chabal said:
crooky said:
SWP's back said:
It's really upsetting the yoghurt knitters that he's popular and might get away with it.

Good on him.

This is absolutely the best thing about Clarkson, his ability to send the easily offended into a frenzy. Which he does regularly meaning the soft cocks get more and more offended. It's hilarious knowing he's doing it just to troll them.

So punching a co-worker is acceptable is it?
Yes.
 

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