Sack Jeremy Clarkson? Are they mad?

[Whickerman]

The non-story that is the remark Jeremy Clarkson made apparently saying he did 186mph in London has led to calls for him to be sacked.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2045277 /Jeremy-Clarkson-'should-be-sacked-from-Top-Ge ar'-for-speeding-remark.html#continue

Has no-one who commented on this to the papers ever seen Top Gear? He's famous for his rhetoric - and that includes all of the times he says incredibly untrue things.

But - even if it were true - should he lose his job over it, when the law should deal with it?

[4GS]

Good skills!!
Whenever I drive through London I'm hard pushed to get more than 35MPH what with the b l00dy traffic

[China Doll]

I don't think it should be one rule for him and another for others so that being the case and if there's evidence then I'd say leave it to the law to deal with. As to whether he should be fired, he'll probably get a raise, no such thing as bad publicity and all that.

[naomi24]

I can't imagine how anyone could possibly do 186mph through the Limehouse Link, and if he did, then it's pretty stupid, but he shouldn't lose his job because of it. I'm sure it can't be true.

[tigerlily11]

I would like to know when and where he did it.
He is a plonker and everything he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.
But if people want to watch him it doesn't mean to say they will all do what he does. Besides which as pointed out at any given time of the day he would be hard pushed to get above 40mph.
I don't watch TG any more because I got bored with his mouth although I like Hamster but sacking him is just silly.

[jno]

well, should the BBC employ paedophiles? Murderers? Wife-beaters? Where exactly do you draw the line? Driving that fast seems extremely dangerous. Obviously I have no idea whether it's true.

[34years]

i can't stand the tw@t

[jake-the-peg]

Does anyone for a moment that's true?

Did you know there's no word gullible in the dictionary?

Up to a year or so ago the record speeding ticket was on a road a few miles from where I live at 157mph.

I think it's been pipped recently but if he had a ticket for that speed he'd have been in court and it'd have been all over the press.

Mind you he has done some incredibly stupid things.

I seem to recall him driving a McClaren SLR at stupid speeds in Denmark(?) when he could hardly keep his eyes open. He needed to stop in the end.

Hopefully they learnt their lesson from that because if a member of the public gets hurt abroad because of a BBC TV program there's going to be an almighty stink.

[Booldawg]

The BBC seem quite happy for him to large it up on camera in a motoring show that is obessed with features on how to get to places quickly by using public roads. But when he does it for real they disassociate from him. 'what! cars! going fast! breaking the speed limit!'

[Quinlad]

They should sack him for wearing jeans with a blazer. Or for the rehearsed ad-libbing that Top Gear presenters try to pass off as spontaneous chat. Or for being an utter prick.

[DarkMajes71c]

Clarkson for prime minister!!!!
personaly i think those who want to sack him should be sacked themselves its one of the very few shows on tv that i actualy find entertaining and bother watching if i do turn the tv on (about once a month maybe less).

[brionon]

34years
Thurs 29/05/08
21:05 i can't stand the tw@t
You and me ,then, against the idiots.

[mata hati]

He's not funny any more - he's totally insufferable, arrogant and very rude, he hinks he's above the law and everyone else - GET RID NOW!

[LeMarchand]

Whether he did it or not, he's a smug moron who should be sacked anyway.

If it was "just a joke", why is breaking the law funny? Would everyone think it was funny if he was to claim that he had had sex with an under-age girl?

As he is in a position to influence people (being on TV) then of course he should be sacked for making such boasts.