I have never seen the BBC programme Top Gear. I refuse to watch it because I have always considered its presenter Jeremy Clarkson to be a loathsome individual and I will not have him in my home. What I have seen and read of Clarkson has been deeply unattractive and my opinion of him has been confirmed by his latest travails when he assaulted a person whom he clearly considers to be an underling and existing purely for his personal gratification. In addition, a programme like Top Gear holds no appeal for me. I consider a car to be a means of transport. I am mystified by people who find cars to have an almost sexual appeal and who can sit and watch a programme about them every week. Having said that I do not criticise them because I am one of those people who can sit and watch cycling for hours. I am a cyclist and can completely understand what cyclists are going through in a race. I have nothing but admiration for them and think they are the finest sportsmen on the planet. My ultimate sporting hero is Eddy Merckx. I accept that my attraction to cycling makes me rather sad.
Having said that I would not hesitate to condemn Merckx or anyone else if they thought that their position at the top of their possession gave them the right to physically assault one of their employees because they couldn't get their own way. Clarkson's position was untenable and he had be dismissed as a matter of urgency as it was proved that he did indeed subject one of the staff responsible for elevating him to star status to a prolonged 20 minute verbal assault, followed by a 30 second physical assault, and this occuring in a public place. Now, a thirty second physical assault is more than just a punch in the mouth. You can do a great deal of damage in thirty seconds, and in this case the victim had to attend hospital. On another matter, we are assured that Clarkson kept a helicopter waiting for him for three hours whilst he got drunk. I have no problem with that unless it emerges that this helicopter was being paid for by licence payers money from the BBC. If that is the case that was my money and he should be sacked for that itself as it reveals a towering arrogance and contempt for decent standards of bhaviour.
However, what I wonder about is the mentality of the million people who signed a petition that he be absolved of any guilt for this shameful incident. It speaks volumes about the mentality of much of the British people who obviously think that people who work for you are there to be used as a punchbag and an outlet for your personal frustrations. This is the mentality of Tories, the Westminster elite and the British ruling class. Such people are simply vile. Why this BBC producer did not immediately dial 999 and have Clarkson charged is also a mystery, unless you understand the levels of bullying and intimidation that marks British management at all levels of society. In addition, this person, who was a victim of an unprovoked assault, both physically and verbally, is now being pilloried by these fine upstanding British middle class citizens and being threatened with death and being shot because he was battered by a thug who is now perfectly correctly being sacked for his behaviour. In the eyes of these people Clarkson should be allowed to behave like this and the producer sacked for being battered and causing this creature to have to answer for it. It genuinely beggars belief. I leave you to ponder Britain's ruling elite's attitude to working people.
In July
2011 a government minister, Oliver Letwin, told a conference that the government was determined to
instil fear amongst public sector workers. He stated that it was only through
‘some real discipline and some fear’ of losing their jobs that excellence would
be achieved. This, he proclaimed, would lead to many people in the public
sector losing their jobs and that this was ‘an inevitable and intended
consequence’ of government policy. This is what should happen to workers, but a TV presenter should be allowed to do whatever he likes with no redress. This I remind you was supported by the Prime Minister. These are the kind of people who are seeking your vote in May. You have been warned
Your Servant
Doktor Kommirat
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