Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

They had a choice with Jimmy Saville for god knows how many years but chose to sweep it under the carpet .

sorry but not comparable
js "crimes" were not in the public domain 40 years ago, so anything known about his proclivities were kept closely under wraps
whether or not clarkson set up this whole thing and ensured it came to public notice is an interesting question

Do you think no one at the BBC knew about Saville ???

Anyway i'm out of here before the politically correct crew arrive

What did annoy me was yesterdays Mail On Sunday (which i wouldn't buy) had the headline CLARKSON AS BAD AS SAVILLE which however the story read inside was disgusting .

no; i'm very sure senior management did and it is a racing certainty that it was deliberately kept under wraps for whatever nefarious reasons

as there was no "social media" and the likes of js were seen as being on an untouchable pedestal, no one else saw fit to spill the beans either

Big Mistake by the BBC ,if he goes it's the end of the viewing figures for that show without doubt in my mind .
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top gear is rather more dependent upon clarkson than hignfy was on angus deayton
anyway, if that is the price that has to be paid, then so be it

Whilst JC was undoubtably the perfect man for the job it would be wrong, given what he has alleged to have done, for the BBC to continue as normal, no one person should be allowed to be bigger than the show/programme. This was the problem with JS he was too big a 'star' so his criminality was overlooked/swept under the carpet, does that mean we should do the same with JC's thuggery?
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If I lied like Chairman Snappy of the Confidence Tricksters' Party, or Radio or TV, can I say I "screwed up" and I am a pal of Dodgy Dave's and it is time to move on.

What representatives for modern day toryism.

Not even blush.

No wonder the public will reject the cabal in May.

Would even make the UKIPPER'S embarrassed!


Mind with Wavey Dave's full confidence I don't give him much of chance!

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fred - you're writing as if you've been on the piss today ... it reads as pretty much gibberish

chuckle! .... so i take it it was a good lunch then :-)

Manuel,

Lunch time was spent looking for a peg with files and passwords on.

Thank god they were double encrypted.

Found them, weighed myself and found I had lost two stone in weight.


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But you must admit your party is an embarrassment.

Don't know how you dare to go out.

Interesting to see the Paedophile investigation of the late 1970-200 period is going be carried out.

Hear there will be a few embarrassed faces.

But suppose it was a problem of old problems dying hard.

Wonder government tried to smoother previous investigations?

Perhaps, the government may be bug up or screwed again.

What JC can take with him is his 'mouth' and his 'attitude to motor cars'.

I'm not sure if he would be able to take his two TG mates along though. Just like JC, they can now write tickets on their own merits.

At a lower level, there was something similar when Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley both left The One Show.

However, within minutes they were both 'forgotten'. Matt Baker and Alex Jones took over the regular presenter roles and lots think these two are more pleasing to watch.

I think Top Gear will go on - but without Clarkson. I think he has punched someone else in the jaw shot himself in the foot.

As to whether Hamster and Captain Slow stay on, well, that will depend upon the money they get offered. But they are 'old Top Gear' and what will be wanted will be 'new Top Gear'. The international expeditions were getting to be a bit much, IMHO.

Obviously, punters do like to watch guest drivers competively racing around a circuit and it will be the BBC who rent the airfield where they do this stuff. I don't think Clarkson can take that deal with him - or can he?

Hmmm? Yes, a very big 'Hmmm?' This one is going to be very interesting.

There is one small rescuing point.....

The producer chappie, who got clocked in the kisser, hasn't brought any assault charges. This means a 'hand shake' could still be on the cards. If his lawyer negotiates a 'secret undisclosed compensation settlement' from Clarkson, then all might be rescued and the series be allowed to continue as is.

But does Clarkson need a bit of therapy or a bit of a break from things or a big rest?

I think he does.

So....I think we may well have seen the last of him on Top Gear. My £5 says, the BBC will not set a precedent and will definitely say, 'Bye Bye, Jeremy Clarkson.'

My £10 says, the BBC will change the format and the presenters and give someone else a chance at doing something along the same lines.

I don't wish malice on Clarky.....but Jay Leno might takeover until a replacement is found if it came to a showdown between JC and his bosses.....

I am beginning to understand the Tory Cabinet now.

Grant Shapps is just another one of the birds of a feather!

What a crew!

Is there a stench when you walk down Downing Street?

You never know might get the Queen in an ordinary car on the race track ?.....anything can happen...."I wiisshh tthe corgies wauld sit down in the back....can't go round the bends fast enough"....Royalty is overdue on that program !...

oh dear... oh dear.....euhhh..sorry...

required field , hasn't been the same since he filled his boots with Afren shares at 70p , very sad, now his a broken man rambling on