BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION - V - THE CULT PERSONALITY OF JEREMY CLARKSON

It is incomprehensible that the major media organisation in the UK is being petitioned to re-instate an employee who has a public serial 'offending' profile evidenced on film many times. On the basis of the latest incident alleged to have been perpetrated on a member of staff, Clarkson, a presenter of the BBC 'Top Gear' car reviewing programme, has been suspended. 

We know the Top Gear programme has been a best seller worldwide and makes millions of pounds for the BBC. Irrespective of this, What does the petition to re-instate Clarkson say about the audience profile for the Top Gear programme? 

There was a clear case at an earlier time to halt the cavalier, loose canon behaviour, which has been exhibited. Money and profit seems to have been the overriding consideration in the faulty decision-making process, which allowed Clarkson free reign with his disinhibition to continue to offend, apparently bully and physically assault others at work. His arrogance and insubordination has been allowed grow, Clarkson has had no boundaries. Has he now hit the buffers?

The BBC should not be in a quandary about actions to pursue. Their history in protecting staff from sexual harassment, offence and assaults has been seriously faulty.  

Now is the time for the Corporation to demonstrate a different policy from the old one, where suppression was encouraged.  Now, the Corporation must very publicly demonstrate a different moral code that, offensive behaviour and abuse of staff will not be tolerated. Will it; or, will the cult of personality and money-making override, yet again, the corporate moral compass?

 FELINE CONFUSION AND DEAD COOL GIFTS.

I think the cats are confused,  one more so than the other.  We've just got back from using a friend's cottage and their two pet cats were in residence instead of where they are usually at.   One looked as if she was pining - mum - the other bigger one,  her daughter, was constantly out killing things to bring us back gifts to put on our bed during the night.

Do you fancy having a half dead dragon fly or the heart of a rabbit, or maybe it was the stomach, laid on your pillow while you sleep?  We saw the cat jump into the bathroom sink to lick the water.  There was fresh water laid out by the the cats food bowls; there was one bowl of food and one bowl of water for each one.

Sure these pets are confused, the cottage  guests work by different rules to those they have got used to.  They hadn't got the run of the whole of the house nor the kitchen work surfaces, that was definitely OUT.  We had bathroom and bedroom doors closed at night and during the day.  Their food was regularly given and their water bowls refreshed.  The cat flap was used readily by the hunter/killer, and only when the door was open  and the weather was okay, her mum sauntered out to explore.