@ RUsure "Wanted" was perhaps the wrong word. I should have said "felt the need to go" tamer. I think they really felt their license could be threatened by just 1 or 2 more breaches.
I wouldn't go as far as you on the producer side. I don't know where the specific allegations you make originate. I merely think he sees it as his job not to let things ever go too far on-screen. Better to frustrate the freeloader visually and possibly encourage a call instead, rather than let him get himself off for nothing, is the secondary attitude I think.
As for Jamie I'll merely say again that he may not be as much 'in charge' at s66 as he once was. (I wish someone could put me straight on this if this feeling is incorrect.) He also certainly feels the political pressure being heaped on his corner of the industry as can be seen from the stuff quoted in The Guardian article I linked to a while back. Who would not in his shoes?
I think it can be very tempting to excuse the girls of
all blame in this scenario. But, as you imply, I think this would also be a mistake. Some of the girls have definitely taken advantage of the situation and made the channel's output even worse than it should have been at times. But again who can really blame them in the circs? But yes others are more to blame.
Unlike you I wouldn't go into the realms of conspiracy with this though. The worst I would say is that many politicians including the PM see votes in hitting the so-called pornography of these easy targets. Hopefully, the tide will turn again at some point as their focus shifts to some other short-termist agenda.
(23-02-2015 19:41 )admiral decker Wrote: Look for the simplest solution.
As always, what you say makes perfect sense admiral decker. I assumed money would have played a part in some of the moves to BS at least but had been put off the scent by what has been reported of 66 paying their day girl's vast amounts to do later shifts. But thinking about it now I can see that that numbers just a handful of girls shifts compared to the offloaded 10 or so departures that mr mystery listed.
In fact we can now see where the extra money came from to pay for these day-for-night shifts.
I'd only just recently seen on BS's thread how much financial clout they have (despite being 'mortgaged' up to the hilt so to speak).
How long can this stuff last is the question now. Like you say the their tenacity is to be commended really.