So how would you have reacted if only one party was providing the blows and the bile?
The producer is getting stick for going to A&E but the people providing the stick can't produce any evidence of what the injury was or what treatment was required.
He, the producer, didn't make a complaint, my bet is that Clarkson was tipped off about the witness family going to the press so he raised the matter.
Clarkson knew the story would get out, so he reported it to the BBC.
He's possibly vain enough to think that as he reported it himself, he'd just get a ticking off.
It's been a long time since I was in the job, but I do believe that the rules on Firearms for officers were pretty much the same both sides of the border.
See, I know what you're talking about, however in the drama you saw officers giving a suspect a seeing to in full view of the public. Never happened in the 70's. By that time the public knew that the Police weren't supposed to hit you etc.
Of course the Ways and Means Act soon sorted that problem. ;-)
BTW - It wasn't just Glaswegian coppers.
Coppers aren't the same these days, when I was a kid, we had one copper on the estate and he was a legend, he would give people a clip round the ear, take them back to their parents to get another clip round the ear.
Then, as you say, people got wise to the fact they shouldn't hit you and it stopped, the estate went downhill quickly after that.
I think it has far more to do with the BBC trying to save face after all the other scandals they have presided over and done nothing. Simply a case of an easy target. Sad day for the licence payer.
Please nurse this is an emergency, I have a fat lip and been shouted at, boo hoo!
Your favourite presenter has been fired for physically attacking a colleague.
I think it's far more to do with an employee who has been warned several times about his behaviour and given a final warning last year, who failed to behave within the rules of employment.
What the hell did you expect the BBC to do. Issue another final warning?
And they were simply a put up job. An alleged racist comment about a bridge that no one in the western world had ever heard of. Then a song that I've sung all my life and thought nothing about it. I didn't even realise those were the words as I've always sung something different.
Sticks and stones, sticks and stones. If society think what they have now is progress they are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Your favourite presenter has been fired for physically attacking a colleague.
Correct decision.
Get over it.
Not my favourite presenter, I simply hate the way British society has evolved. Let's hope we manage to elect a government that will turn the clock back to better times.
Not my favourite presenter, I simply hate the way British society has evolved. Let's hope we manage to elect a government that will turn the clock back to better times.
When would you like the clock to be turned back to? When exactly in your mind were these better times?
Not my favourite presenter, I simply hate the way British society has evolved. Let's hope we manage to elect a government that will turn the clock back to better times.
You hate the way british society has evolved?
So you REALLY do think you should be able to punch someone, and keep your job.
I can remember when I was on the night shift many years ago now (I was about 21 at the time) a fraca broke out in the loading bay. Ended up with the lorry driver, fork lift truck driver and one of the labourers all trading blows.
We were egging them on when the night shift foreman came round. He just said 'what's it all about, if anybody asks I've seen nothing' and cleared off again. This was a big multinational company.
Now that's how differences got settled then and no one lost their livelihood, not all this running to mummy every five minutes. I know which I prefer. 😉
What a delightful place to work that must have been. People hammering away at each other and a blind-eyed foreman. No protection for those unable or unwilling to fight back. A bully's dream.
The three fighting should have been arrested and locked up for the night to cool down and charged with affray. The foreman should have been sacked for dereliction of duty. The eggers-on should all have been given warnings.
Incidentally, did you know that "Faust" is German for "fist"?
And they were simply a put up job. An alleged racist comment about a bridge that no one in the western world had ever heard of. Then a song that I've sung all my life and thought nothing about it. I didn't even realise those were the words as I've always sung something different.
Sticks and stones, sticks and stones. If society think what they have now is progress they are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Ain't life a bitch?
Meanwhile we still have the question of just what you expected the BBC to do under the circumstances?
Is that an apt comparison in your mind? Have you even heard of "concussion"?
Strangely enough, being a former ED nurse, yes I have and I'd probably have slung him out at triage, pending an assessment, wasting my valuable time, obviously. Got to be aware of this pesky H&S rules these days
Strangely enough, being a former ED nurse, yes I have and I'd probably have slung him out at triage, pending an assessment, wasting my valuable time, obviously. Got to be aware of this pesky H&S rules these days
I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say I'm grateful it's "former" nurse.
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Clarkson knew the story would get out, so he reported it to the BBC.
He's possibly vain enough to think that as he reported it himself, he'd just get a ticking off.
Coppers aren't the same these days, when I was a kid, we had one copper on the estate and he was a legend, he would give people a clip round the ear, take them back to their parents to get another clip round the ear.
Then, as you say, people got wise to the fact they shouldn't hit you and it stopped, the estate went downhill quickly after that.
Your favourite presenter has been fired for physically attacking a colleague.
Correct decision.
Get over it.
And they were simply a put up job. An alleged racist comment about a bridge that no one in the western world had ever heard of. Then a song that I've sung all my life and thought nothing about it. I didn't even realise those were the words as I've always sung something different.
Sticks and stones, sticks and stones. If society think what they have now is progress they are living in cloud cuckoo land.
Not my favourite presenter, I simply hate the way British society has evolved. Let's hope we manage to elect a government that will turn the clock back to better times.
When would you like the clock to be turned back to? When exactly in your mind were these better times?
You hate the way british society has evolved?
So you REALLY do think you should be able to punch someone, and keep your job.
Dark Ages..
Jeremy may be a knob and explains why May seems to suck up to him a lot?
What a delightful place to work that must have been. People hammering away at each other and a blind-eyed foreman. No protection for those unable or unwilling to fight back. A bully's dream.
The three fighting should have been arrested and locked up for the night to cool down and charged with affray. The foreman should have been sacked for dereliction of duty. The eggers-on should all have been given warnings.
Incidentally, did you know that "Faust" is German for "fist"?
James actually said today "Believe it or not I really quite like working with Jeremy"
Perhaps I should have gone the other day with a badly broken finger nail.....
Ain't life a bitch?
Meanwhile we still have the question of just what you expected the BBC to do under the circumstances?
Whether he went to A&E, a vets or a faith healer is really not relevant is it?
Is that an apt comparison in your mind? Have you even heard of "concussion"?
Says something about the culture of the show, the clip that appears off the cutting room floor, the producer running to A&E to document his cut lip...
Desperate.
It's how one deals with such things personally. We are litigating ourselves one way or another into inertia.
And the culture of the show is relevant to an assault how exactly?
Given how overloaded the NHS is, going to A n E for a split lip is a bit excessive.
Yes, if you can't see why I can't be bothered to explain
Strangely enough, being a former ED nurse, yes I have and I'd probably have slung him out at triage, pending an assessment, wasting my valuable time, obviously. Got to be aware of this pesky H&S rules these days
Earlier in this thread, I kind of implied some connection between you and Neanderthals.
I would like to apologise for that remark..............................to the Neanderthals.
Oh, the irony - The only one talking to lawyers is Clarkson!
Losers.
Yours,
Common Sense.
I think I speak on behalf of everyone when I say I'm grateful it's "former" nurse.
I think you better explain.
I certainly cannot see any relevance whatsoever to whether an assault did or did not take place.