Totally agree. While there is a disturbingly satisfying irony about this latest incident, the past is the past. His actions in these extreme situations have lacked good judgement. In future, his opinions in these matters will count for nothing and should be ignored. And that's all.
Thank goodness he didn't have any of his children in the tractor cab with him.
Going downhill fast - until I fell over
No, CCR is right.
We should be nice to people, even if we don't think they are nice people.
I agree. He is guilty of nothing more than being a shameless self publicist, which for a successful businessman (which he undeniably is) must be pretty common. He was in this case attempting to get to the pumping station to restart the water supply, which had he not had his little adventure could have been fairly selfless act of public spiritness. In the actual event, it became another excuse for media exposure, albeit on a pretty local scale. His comments re the OMM likewise served to help publicise the event (no such thing as bad publicity blah blah), whilst putting off nobody who was serious enough to give it a go. Give the guy a break!
''He was in this case attempting to get to the pumping station to restart the water supply, which had he not had his little adventure could have been fairly selfless act of public spiritness.''
If this is right, you'd have thought he would have said so to Border TV, instead of looking a bit daft. Mind that could be just the way the report was put together.
A circular route mostly downhill