Excellent news for all of us who have made a stand against bullying in the workplace.

[non sociopath skin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32052736

The Skin

[T_i_B]

1. It was about the only possible outcome.

On a slightly related note, Top Gear has gone off the boil in recent times. It became over indulgent, more like an old episode of "Last Of The Summer Wine" with a couple of Ferraris thrown in.

[truebrit71]

2. I agree with you about the outcome but disagree about the show...

..ironically this current season has been one of the best ones yet...

I'd like to see them carry on without the pot-bellied dinosaur, I especially like James May, but we will see what happens.

I can't imagine the Beeb just chucking away all of that coin....

[sir pball]

3. James May said today "the three are a package".

Enjoy the dead-but-still-moving corpse of TG; I look forward to the infinite-money (Sky or Amazon) "reboot"

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Does assault on fellow employees not worry you, then?

Do comedians get a pass from normal standards of behaviour?

[sir pball]

5. Probably, yes.

When you host a show that's watched by 300+ million people a week, that kind of brand value is worth a lot more on balance to a network - the petition to reinstate him got 1M+ signatures, I don't think the petition to sack him has hit a tenth that. It would be terrible business sense to not hire him; I doubt Jeff Bezos or Rupert Murdoch really cares about his behavior.

Do you think he should ever be employed again?

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. It's you looking forward to him being employed that concerns me

I'd have no problem with him not being employed again. He's made millions from being a right wing, anti-'political correctness' caricature. He's made so many racist jokes that I think he really is racist, rather than just pretending to be. Now we find he has a temper that causes him to hit people when he doesn't get a hot meal.

He could work in an environment where other employees aren't at risk from him - he already writes for Murdoch's papers, for instance, and he can continue his right-wing pontificating there without having to put others on danger money.

But since you look forward to it, I presume you're saying you're OK with others having to worry about an unsafe work environment, for your enjoyment.

[sir pball]

7. If that's how you want to put it, sure.

I've followed Clarkson for long enough to not be aware of any other incidents of physical violence, he's always been one to get in trouble with his mouth; while I don't happen to disagree with the Beeb's decision, I'm also aware that he's been having a rather difficult year and while that's no excuse for punching somebody over a meal, it would be a better man than I who could say they could absolutely never have a tempestuous moment. He's certainly no Christian Bale or Tyra Banks, that's for sure.

Anyway, even if he were confined to writing, he'd still have aides and assistants facing beatings for cold tea or such.

[LeftishBrit]

8. In most jobs...

ONE episode of physical violence in the workplace (unless perhaps in actual self-defence) would be enough to get the person sacked instantly, if not prosecuted, even if they didn't already have a record for verbal abusiveness and racism as Clarkson does.

He's not a hormonal teenager with room for improvement - if he hasn't learned basic rules of behaviour yet, he probably never will.

[sir pball]

9. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been sacked, just that he will be hired elsewhere.

Right or wrong, the viwership and visibility he'll bring to a network is more than sufficient to make up, in their minds, for this incident. Like it or not, celebrities do have a different set of rules...smashing that receptionist's face with a phone didn't even slow down Russell Crowe's career. Or Chris Brown's, or Josh Brolin's, or or or.

You may yet get your wish though, Yorkshire police are currently conducting a criminal investigation.

[T_i_B]

10. Join us at ITV, undead stars tell Clarkson

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/join-us-at-itv-undead-stars-tell-clarkson-2015031296153

STARS who left the BBC for ITV have beseeched Jeremy Clarkson to join them in the darkness.

The Top Gear presenter is considering jumping ship to the commercial broadcaster where he will live on forever as a shambling mockery of his former self.

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid said: “They will give you whatever you want, Jeremy. No matter what. They told me I would never age, and I never will. But they didn’t tell me the terrible, terrible price.”

Jonathan Ross, who presents a terrifying Saturday night chat show from his coffin flanked by the cavorting skeletons of Trinny and Susannah, said: “Sign the contract, Jeremy. No, not in… ink.

[LeftishBrit]

11. BBC confident it can find a new prick

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/bbc-confident-it-can-find-a-new-prick-2015032696705


THE BBC has confirmed that Top Gear will continue without Jeremy Clarkson as Britain is awash with boorish oafs.

Director general Tony Hall said the show’s format was guaranteed as he could just walk into a sports bar and ask if anyone wanted to be on television....

“Indeed, I would like to thank Jeremy for helping a generation of pricks refine and perfect their utter dickishness.”

(ETA: a little unfair- Britain indeed has plenty of boorish oafs, but few rise to the Clarkson level of dickishness!)