Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Dec 1, 2011 15:53:51 GMT 1
on another thread i mentioned that the best thing about clarkson is he does not care about being all PC and it seems he has struck true to form.
What amazes me is that it was said in such a way that it was meant to be a joke if anything it reminded me of john cleese in faulty towers scene about the rat.
Ed Miliband has called on Jeremy Clarkson to apologise for his "absolutely disgraceful and disgusting" claim that striking public sector workers should be "shot".
The BBC said it had received nearly 5,000 complaints about Clarkson's remarks on The One Show by lunchtime on Thursday.
Clarkson is under fire after saying on the BBC's The One Show on Wednesday night of those who took part in the mass day of industrial action over pensions: "I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families."
He added: "I mean, how dare they go on strike when they've got these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living?"
Miliband rallied to the defence of public sector workers as he called on Clarkson to apologise.
"Jeremy Clarkson should apologise for those comments. He obviously does not understand the lives of the people who were going out on strike yesterday."
Unison, the country's largest public sector union, described his comments as appalling and has called on the BBC to sack the Top Gear presenter.
The BBC said it had received 4,769 complaints about Clarkson's remark, with nearly another 100 to media regulator Ofcom.
This is a relatively large volume of complaints for a TV show. The controversial EastEnders cot death storyline earlier this year prompted 8,400 complaints to the corporation.
Now this is the bit that i find so sad. guess expressing your thoughts in a joking way is now against the law
Unison said it was considering whether the comments should be referred to the police.
Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, said: "Clarkson's comments on the One Show were totally outrageous, and they cannot be tolerated. We are seeking urgent legal advice about what further action we can take against him and the BBC, and whether or not his comments should be referred to the police.
So say the bbc sack him what does it achieve because he owns the production company that makes top gear and he also owns all the rights to the name and show, so wonder how long before another tv company would just come in and by the show.
You ask the question and you know the response your likely to get from clarkson, so is it not actually the one show producers that should be sacked lol
What amazes me is that it was said in such a way that it was meant to be a joke if anything it reminded me of john cleese in faulty towers scene about the rat.
Ed Miliband has called on Jeremy Clarkson to apologise for his "absolutely disgraceful and disgusting" claim that striking public sector workers should be "shot".
The BBC said it had received nearly 5,000 complaints about Clarkson's remarks on The One Show by lunchtime on Thursday.
Clarkson is under fire after saying on the BBC's The One Show on Wednesday night of those who took part in the mass day of industrial action over pensions: "I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families."
He added: "I mean, how dare they go on strike when they've got these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living?"
Miliband rallied to the defence of public sector workers as he called on Clarkson to apologise.
"Jeremy Clarkson should apologise for those comments. He obviously does not understand the lives of the people who were going out on strike yesterday."
Unison, the country's largest public sector union, described his comments as appalling and has called on the BBC to sack the Top Gear presenter.
The BBC said it had received 4,769 complaints about Clarkson's remark, with nearly another 100 to media regulator Ofcom.
This is a relatively large volume of complaints for a TV show. The controversial EastEnders cot death storyline earlier this year prompted 8,400 complaints to the corporation.
Now this is the bit that i find so sad. guess expressing your thoughts in a joking way is now against the law
Unison said it was considering whether the comments should be referred to the police.
Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, said: "Clarkson's comments on the One Show were totally outrageous, and they cannot be tolerated. We are seeking urgent legal advice about what further action we can take against him and the BBC, and whether or not his comments should be referred to the police.
So say the bbc sack him what does it achieve because he owns the production company that makes top gear and he also owns all the rights to the name and show, so wonder how long before another tv company would just come in and by the show.
You ask the question and you know the response your likely to get from clarkson, so is it not actually the one show producers that should be sacked lol