I wonder ajross if the fact that Jeremy was from a priviledged background and had been to public school went against him. There could have been an inverted snobbery and unrecognised jealousy towards Jeremy which influenced people like Stan Jones in a negative way. No doubt not helped by Jeremys attitude but maybe that was misinterpreted by Stan Jones et al.
Maggie, without a shadow of doubt.!!!!! When I first left school, like Jeremy, without a qualification, save elocution and voice production!!!, to my name, I did several dead end jobs. My life was made a living hell. I was bullied relentlessly. Despite being at the bottom of the pile, THEY said I thought I was better than them and accused me of "talking posh". I never knew that I spoke differently from anybody else. The difference lay in the fact that I was never rude, I never answered back and I was always polite.......and then THEY accused me of being insolent!!!!! I really couldn't win.
I can easily see how a hardnosed copper, who may have had to claw his way to his, now lofty position, who may have had to fight hard to achieve something better than he had started with (and well done him, for effort) would have been more than a little resentful of Jeremy.
