Great Rant from Jeremy Clarkson

[Spacecadet]

I never said it was journalism and nor did anyone else here that I recall. I could elaborate but I would be repeating myself.

Indeed, you said articles, which is a bit vague so I was adding clarification

HTH

[TimberWolf]

Indeed, you said articles, which is a bit vague so I was adding clarification

HTH

It was a strawman argument over something I never said. HTH.

[DodgyAgent]

While he may have a point on the general theme, stuff like "you need 17 forms to get a greenhouse in France" does not really make his article have any value. He has clearly never been in France and tried to get a greenhouse. If he engaged in fact then he might sound more than a fairly clever chap having a rant down the back of his pub after too many brews. With that in mind the article serves no purpose and I am surprised the Sunday Times let that stuff through. I have to agree with sas on this one.

Oh dear, someone who doesnt understand irony

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[DodgyAgent]

I've expressed surprise that Clarkson was invited to write any articles for the Times here in the past. I thought the paper was meant to be better than that. Presumably its readers are expected to regard his articles as a bit of light-hearted buffoonery and him a loud mouthed moronic fool to laughed at; a part he plays to the full as he does on his shows. Scratch below the surface and I expect there is little more to him. It has made him rich though.

His points are well made with the use of humour, irony and extravagant metaphors. The point about Jeremy Clarkson is that he winds people up who take what he says at face value. Mandelson is an unpleasant self serving slime ball who like all other NL politicians put their own agendas ahead of the people who vote for them.

[TinTrump]

His points are well made with the use of humour, irony and extravagant metaphors. The point about Jeremy Clarkson is that he winds people up who take what he says at face value. Mandelson is an unpleasant self serving slime ball who like all other NL politicians put their own agendas ahead of the people who vote for them.

For once I'm in agreement with DA.

[snaw]

His points are well made with the use of humour, irony and extravagant metaphors. The point about Jeremy Clarkson is that he winds people up who take what he says at face value. Mandelson is an unpleasant self serving slime ball who like all other NL politicians put their own agendas ahead of the people who vote for them.

I get the irony, thing is he's just not that funny. Sort of a one trick pony, who's trick got pretty boring a long time ago, or maybe even never got to that base to begin with..

[gingerjedi]

You have back tracked from free speech to opinion.

You're just being pedantic so I'll rephrase:

"Everyone has the right to voice their opinion, just as you have the right not to listen"

Better?

What next... thought crime?

[snaw]

What next... thought crime?

Something Clarkson will never be accused of. He seems to be in that special group of people who're able to mouth off directly without first engaging their brain in any meaningful sort of way

[sasguru]

Irony is not really Clarkson's strong point otherwise he'd recognise that his money has been made off the backs of the taxpayer (via the BBC licence fee).
So his slagging off other public-sector parasites is a bit rich.

[DimPrawn]

Something Clarkson will never be accused of. He seems to be in that special group of people who're able to mouth off directly without first engaging their brain in any meaningful sort of way

At least he's popular, more than can be said of you snaw.