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I agree with most of that, except to say that it's unfair to say "a lot of people on here" have forced him out. They haven't. This thread doesn't even qualify as a real binfest anyway because nearly everyone is saying the same thing: he shouldn't have said it, he's apologised, Harty cut out...

Almost certainly, and I think that's the point of Gene Hunt. He's a parody of those times so any such criticism of his dialog is misplaced. My opinion is that Hart said something he shouldn't have and he apologised. If anyone feels that is an inadequate response (and I could understand why...

I really have no idea. And this really isn't worth prattling on about, IMO. And yes, Mark is indeed still here and I see from my MS Office Communicator that he sits at his desk as I type.

Actually I imagine that they probably did Piers. But in any case, Gene Hunt is a fictional character in a drama so that really is rather a poor analogy. 5 pages now (I use 40 per thread) and you really could have guessed how this was going to pan out.

From what I recall they we among the first to openly expose the evil ones, despite being threatened with legal action. And of course they were a crucial "unofficial" voice to the fans desperate to know WTF was going on. Harty's popularism might be annoying to some nowadays but in those days it...

Calling for his head over this is a bit OTT in my opinion but it's still a SHOCKING comment to be making on BBC radio.

You can't really excuse this sort of comment on BBC radio really. Utterly shameful I'm afraid.