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John McCririck loses age discrimination case.

GoatyGoaty Posts: 7,776
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"No, Mr. McCririck, we didn't sack you because of your age - we sacked you because you're an unlikeable chauvinistic cock-end."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2505995/Racing-pundit-John-McCririck-loses-age-discrimination-case-Channel-4-employment-tribunal.html
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    SpotSpot Posts: 25,126
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    I'd have thought that as he must have been freelance, he would not have had the rights of a normal employee anyway. Many people who appear on radio and TV are sacked for no discernible reason and just have to accept it and move on.
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    twingletwingle Posts: 19,322
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    Goaty wrote: »
    "No, Mr. McCririck, we didn't sack you because of your age - we sacked you because you're an unlikeable chauvinistic cock-end."

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2505995/Racing-pundit-John-McCririck-loses-age-discrimination-case-Channel-4-employment-tribunal.html

    Yep totally agree with you
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    This will be a blow to his ego. He's very arrogant and chauvinistic once he gets going.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 8,510
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    Good... the guys a dick
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    FizzbinFizzbin Posts: 36,827
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    Now who's the boobie? :D
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    gilliedewgilliedew Posts: 7,605
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    I met him once at Newmarket when he came to ask someone we were with to go for an interview for TV.

    He was his ebullient self but totally polite and had very good manners which actually belies his usual belligerent self. His clothes and his wife's looked as they had seen better days and were quite odd and seedy

    He now must retire, he can make money on the dinner Speech circuit and tell stories like other sportsmen for quite a fee, so it doesn't look as if he will starve.
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    FizzbinFizzbin Posts: 36,827
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    gilliedew wrote: »
    I met him once at Newmarket when he came to ask someone we were with to go for an interview for TV.

    He was his ebullient self but totally polite and had very good manners which actually belies his usual belligerent self. His clothes and his wife's looked as they had seen better days and were quite odd and seedy

    He now must retire, he can make money on the dinner Speech circuit and tell stories like other sportsmen for quite a fee, so it doesn't look as if he will starve.
    He'll probably turn up on I'm A Celebrity next week!
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    Ella71110Ella71110 Posts: 4,239
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    Fizzbin wrote: »
    He'll probably turn up on I'm A Celebrity next week!

    Oh god please no :mad:
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    Sweet FASweet FA Posts: 10,924
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    He was stupid and selfish to pursue the case when so many people of 'working age' are out of work. Really, really glad he lost.:sleep:
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    nerdgirlfromthek83nerdgirlfromthek83 Posts: 503
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    Ella71110 wrote: »
    Oh god please no :mad:

    That's would be soo funny! i so would watch that.
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    Westy2Westy2 Posts: 14,525
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    Saw that Wife Swap he did with Edwina Currie.

    Can't stand either of them, but I bet I wasn't the only one rooting for Edwina!
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    DemizdeeroolzDemizdeeroolz Posts: 3,821
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    Anna.Nuttall wrote: »
    That's would be soo funny! i so would watch that.

    He'd probably enjoy eating all the bugs, they'd fill him up more than his picking his nose and eating it. Plus he gets to ogle bikini clad girls so it's a win/win situation for him.
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    Jon OJon O Posts: 1,687
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    I am just glad I can now watch channel 4 racing without his idiotic comments!
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    Molly BloomMolly Bloom Posts: 2,318
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    He's one person I'm glad to see be a loser in some way. The man is disgusting beyond belief.
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    Blockz99Blockz99 Posts: 5,045
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    whether you like or loath him the bigger story is the breath taking hypocrisy of C4...they were shocked and fed up with his views on women and "general obnoxious" behaviour yet were more than happy to milk this for ratings and money by having him on their programmes i.e Big Brother . I'm in no way a fan of him or his views but C4 are the baddie in this case .
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    wilehelmaswilehelmas Posts: 3,610
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    Blockz99 wrote: »
    whether you like or loath him the bigger story is the breath taking hypocrisy of C4...they were shocked and fed up with his views on women and "general obnoxious" behaviour yet were more than happy to milk this for ratings and money by having him on their programmes i.e Big Brother . I'm in no way a fan of him or his views but C4 are the baddie in this case .

    Bingo.

    It's like the tabloids, shocked and outraged about kids seeing girlie mags and the 'death of childhood' one minute but extolling the virtues of endless celebrity flesh, boob jobs n glamour girls. Then raking up fine detail of peoples sex lives (which are really of no concern to the nation) the next.
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    zx50zx50 Posts: 91,270
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    Blockz99 wrote: »
    whether you like or loath him the bigger story is the breath taking hypocrisy of C4...they were shocked and fed up with his views on women and "general obnoxious" behaviour yet were more than happy to milk this for ratings and money by having him on their programmes i.e Big Brother . I'm in no way a fan of him or his views but C4 are the baddie in this case .

    That was years ago. He might have been making worse and very sexist comments not long before he got the sack. The people at the top at Channel 4 now might not be the ones that were there when he was on Celebrity Big Brother.
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    wilehelmaswilehelmas Posts: 3,610
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    zx50 wrote: »
    That was years ago. He might have been making worse and very sexist comments not long before he got the sack. The people at the top at Channel 4 now might not be the ones that were there when he was on Celebrity Big Brother.

    Lol, the mercenary nature of business now means they'd probably have him back on a show as a sweetner!
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    broadshoulderbroadshoulder Posts: 18,758
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    I have always liked him
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    postitpostit Posts: 23,839
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    Good. I never ever want to see him on TV again
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    Scarlett BerryScarlett Berry Posts: 21,135
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    Demizdeeroolz wrote: »
    He'd probably enjoy eating all the bugs, they'd fill him up more than his picking his nose and eating it. Plus he gets to ogle bikini clad girls so it's a win/win situation for him.

    :eek: The one and only time I actually threw up watching a tv programme. I was traumatised beyond belief. He is utterly repellent & repugnant in every way.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,316
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    I'm not really a fan of the fella or racing for that matter . . . .

    I kinda feel sorry for him tho', taking on C4 & losing at his age in life . . . .

    The court case must've cost him a few dollars . . . .
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    GroutyGrouty Posts: 34,031
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    Hes a bell :p
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    pollipolli Posts: 2,180
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    The man is disgusting. His stint on BB was an eye opener.
    Previously I thought him just a silly old duffer with an odd sense of style,but watching him rolling around in his huge undercrackers picking his neb and being obnoxious put me right off the guy.
    He'll do fine for occasional work and I'm sure he has a nice amount stashed away from his halcyon days as a racing pundit.
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Sweet FA wrote: »
    He was stupid and selfish to pursue the case when so many people of 'working age' are out of work. Really, really glad he lost.:sleep:

    But if no one ever pursues these types of cases then there is less chance of people pursuing them in the future.

    The problem is that a case such as this is so difficult to prove.
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