Clarkson's Petition for Re-Instatement

[Sam]

Taken from twitter, a sad truth...

Poor JeremyClarkson. If only he'd abused a child instead of a producer then the BBC would've covered the whole thing up.

[Jimble]

Clarkson should never have punched him but i find it really hard to believe that he did absolutely nothing to provoke JC? The statements are basically saying that he's a saint, people don't generally (not always of course) get punched for no reason.

[VW BUSH]

He owns the rights to the show so I have heard, Top gear on Sky one next year?

[Screech16v]

I Don't get it,drunken punch and he gets the sack? I gave my boss a sober knee to the balls once and it he was fine about it, well he did deserve it.   I don't care what the outcome is ,its a good opportunity for Clarkson to get into something different

[Gti_Jamo]

Taken from twitter, a sad truth...

Poor JeremyClarkson. If only he'd abused a child instead of a producer then the BBC would've covered the whole thing up.

It is a sad truth isn't it. Plenty evidence to show the bbc's complicity in covering up abuse within their ranks, alot more than was actually released, but yet it takes something involving TG to get people's attention and sign some lame petition in their thousands. Threatening to stop paying the tv licience, it's comical. One can only imagine what kind of person actually wrote into complain to the bbc about it, probably the same people that phone up radio 2 and moan all day long. This country eh.

[Waspy]

The BBC abuse crap has been front page news for years now. Harsh to say only nobody gives a crap about that but does about Clarkson. You can't sign a petition to stop something which happened 30 years ago.

[Rhyso]

Would there be a petition if Clarkson had hit a woman?

[VW BUSH]

Would there be a petition if Clarkson had hit a woman?

Very good question.....

He should have gone when the Nigger word was used but this was swept under the carpet next to all the fingers of fudge and Jim'll fix it badges.

[Rhyso]

Its one a colleague of my girlfriend asked

I like Clarkson and I used to enjoy Top Gear but I can't defend someone who hits another person especially as the topic appears to be rather trivial

I think the BBC got it right. They can't right the wrongs of the past but they need to ensure that their rules are enforced going forward

If it were you or I hitting a colleague it would be the same result so why should a celebrity be treated any differently??

[dubber36]

He should have gone when the Nigger word was used but this was swept under the carpet next to all the fingers of fudge and Jim'll fix it badges.

He didn't say "Nigger" tho'. He mumbled a noise that those of us of a certain age heard as "nigger" as that's how we knew the rhyme all those years ago.

Our kids say they caught a tiger by his toe. I dare say to them, Clarksons mumbled noise would have sounded like tiger.