Clarkson IS a knob.

[fishyheid]

How dare you lot speak about our next Prime Minister that way. Shame on you all!!!!

[David P]

The profile at And another thing – I’m the motormouth you want in No 10 - Times Online is interesting...

“He is an old-school journalist who learnt his craft the hard way. He delivers copy on time, word perfect, and can produce stories very quickly, even on a train. His headed notepaper says, ‘Jeremy Clarkson, journalist’. That’s how he sees himself.” ... "His first columns for Performance magazine revealed an effortlessly fluent writer." ... But Gill reveals a dark secret of the Clarkson household: “In his kitchen he scrupulously separates all his rubbish into recyclable and nonrecyclable items.” And, Gill says: “He is far, far cleverer than he lets on.”

It's his writing (he is very much the mastermind behind scripting Top Gear) that impresses me - however much I find many of his views hard to stomach. I live in hope that he's not as extreme as he seems.

[Ian@1904]

Originally Posted by tom

we already know. the giveaway was the episode of top gear where you drove across Europe in a lamborghini with a small plastic diver in the back window.

Secret Santa brought me a nodding dog, also on the back shelf.
I also have a different car to last time we met up. It might be a lamborghini

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by Steve Jones

At last someone that I agree with

Steve

He likes anne robinson dunno why though

[Sean]

Not quite,

Your bank details are available, on cheque books etc, as is your personal
data (Jewellers, white goods shops etc). JC made a valid point, look at the
article again, the bank (Barclays I believe) and the Diabetics association
created a direct debit without JC's explicit approval. It is my
understanding that Direct Debits are not supposed to be created without the
explicit authorisation of the person involved. The banks' misuse of the DPA
then shows what I already know, in that the DPA is never used to protect
data, merely being a catch-all for when a mistake has been made and you want
to cover it up.

So what has been proven here, is how insecure the verification policies of
the banking sector and the Direct Debit scheme is/are. Should the FSA not
be getting involved here BTW?

Also, with the explosion in genealogy sites most 'secure' words are now well
known - it is up to the data custodians to understand their responsibilities
and look to creating a secure environment, and up to us in the security
industry to educate rather than jump on the latest band wagon

[BJ]

Clarkson has made an extremely good living from being a knob.The corollory of that is that most posters here should be rich too! Channel your talents!

[NotDeadYet]

Originally Posted by David P

‘Jeremy Clarkson, journalist’. That’s how he sees himself.”

Hunter Thompson & Norman Mailer were journalists. Jeremy Clarkson is just a guy with a mullet.

[David P]

The quote shouldn't quite be attributed to me - I gleaned it from the Times, thence from Nicholas Rufford of those parts - but I won't hold it against you