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Read the hullabaloo today about Jeremy Clarkson's opinion of the BBC moving to Salford, and Stuart Hall's response. Let's put things in perspective here. Clarkson is not one of those 'Southern Poofs' who has previously been giving out about this proposed move. He is a Yorkshire Lad from Doncaster. A Tyke. And that is the root cause of his unease. You'd never get a Tyke t'tek easy t'west o'Pennines and vice versa.
BTW I know Salford well and his description was spot on. It is a sh1t hole.
BTW I know Salford well and his description was spot on. It is a sh1t hole.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.sorry I quite like clarkson... for all he can be a complete pillock and a bigot and as for homophobic if anyone saw 'star in the reasonably priced car' with Will young will realise its probably not a gay thing with him as he was quite happy to come off worse and let Will get the best lines I don't think he likes the pompous and the pretentious
I think Clarkson is fantastic - his column in The Sunday Times is worth the price of the paper alone.
It is very trendy to show a dislike for Clarkson, which I suspect in a lot of cases is an exercise in bandwagon jumping.
Clarkson won't move to Salford because the Top Gear track is in Surrey, the production office is in London and he lives in Oxfordshire and London, and as TG is sold around the world at a massive profit to the BBC, and as TG is Clarkson, if he says he isn't going to work from Salford then TG will not move. It really is as simple as that.
Plus I can't imagine anybody would actually choose to move from London to a lovely place like Salford.
It is very trendy to show a dislike for Clarkson, which I suspect in a lot of cases is an exercise in bandwagon jumping.
Clarkson won't move to Salford because the Top Gear track is in Surrey, the production office is in London and he lives in Oxfordshire and London, and as TG is sold around the world at a massive profit to the BBC, and as TG is Clarkson, if he says he isn't going to work from Salford then TG will not move. It really is as simple as that.
Plus I can't imagine anybody would actually choose to move from London to a lovely place like Salford.
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Clarkson is simply being mischievious - because he can.
Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that the BBC's move to Salford is based on a seriously dodgy premise (let's be less London-centric) and will cause masses of rersetnment as staff are uprooted and forced to move to see through the vision of someone who will be long gone before the dust settles.
Clarkson loves to pour petrol on a bonfire - he doesn't care about the move to Salford. Why would he? he is utterly unaffected by it, and delights in teasing his media colleagues who do not have his clout.
In this instance, Clarkson is right - it's a stupid idea asking to be laughed at, and he is obliging, as am I, albeit on a much smaller and less public scale.
Anyone with an ounce of sense knows that the BBC's move to Salford is based on a seriously dodgy premise (let's be less London-centric) and will cause masses of rersetnment as staff are uprooted and forced to move to see through the vision of someone who will be long gone before the dust settles.
Clarkson loves to pour petrol on a bonfire - he doesn't care about the move to Salford. Why would he? he is utterly unaffected by it, and delights in teasing his media colleagues who do not have his clout.
In this instance, Clarkson is right - it's a stupid idea asking to be laughed at, and he is obliging, as am I, albeit on a much smaller and less public scale.
postdog - JC has a holiday home on the island - his wife is an islander, but as advised, he lives in Chipping Norton. The media, in its infinite stupdity is trying to create a sub-genre of the chattering class called the 'Chipping Norton Set'.
Yes it does sound stupid, and yes, it is made up, and yes we get the press we deserve - again!
Yes it does sound stupid, and yes, it is made up, and yes we get the press we deserve - again!
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