Pete Burns.............

[flip-flop]

Is a really nasty piece of work, a truly horrible specimen....he started out reasonably funny, but his bitchiness, sarcasm, hypocrisy and bullying have reached uncomfortable proportions.

My question is this - as most people appear to be prepared to have a toe to toe argument, why hasn't anybody taken Burns to task and told him to shut the F up with his bullying etc..., you damn freak (or is it because he is a freak that people are prepared to allow him to behave in this manner).?????

[andy-hughes]

Pete is clever in his manipulations - if you notice, he drops conversational bombs into conversations being held by others, then dips out while the row blows up, then steps in again to mop up anyone who isn't quite upset enough!

I think eventually someone will take him on, but George is the only one who can argue calmy (sometimes!) and possesses the verbal dexterity to take PB on - watch this space!

[kags]

I think that the others are genuinely intimidated by him, because he IS a bully, and because it is not possible to have a rational conversation with him. And being in such a confined space with someone who will not give up on a line of attack, would make me think twice about tackling him. At one point the said to Traci "who do you think you are to tell ME etc etc" - I am sure I wasn't the only one shouting at the tv "and who do you think YOU are, you washed up 80s popstar who made one decent record 20 years ago".

I notice that neither George nor Pete has taken on Dennis, because they are physically scared of him, the mark of true bullies - they only take on people they think they can beat.

[valsuey]

Pete started that row last nite and then sat back for the most part and enjoyed it.He has a bitter twisted mind and I am glad I am not in there with him. Doesn't matter what Preston and Chantelle do they will be wrong in his eyes.The things he calls Preston! I hope when he finally comes out that Davina will give him a hard time
I thought MB handled it really well last nite and didn't break down.He looks much better than when he first went in.

[ludwig]

I used to work with someone like this. A Man so unspeakably nasty that everyone around him was intimidated by his behaviour (including his bosses). As Andy-hughes has said about PB, he was clever in his manipulations. He stopped just short of doing anything sackable, and cultivated just the right amount of friendships with the right people in order to continue his reign of bullying.
Basically you didn't take this sociopath on because you knew your working life would be made miserable if you did. The best you could do was avoid him.
Management eventually got rid of him. He's no doubt carrying on in the same vein elsewhere.

[Englishbird]

He is VILE and the worst kind of bully. I'd take him to task, although he would probably end up reducing me to tears.

Quite a well balanced man though, with a chip on each shoulder.