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2009-02-08 Britain

BBC presenter won't apologise for calling British PM 'idiot'

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Posted by Fred 2009-02-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 He should apologize. It's not nice to poke fun at the fact that the idiot only has one eye.

Posted by gorb 2009-02-08 03:18|| 2009-02-08 03:18|| Front Page Top

#2 But the idiot bit -- there is no chance I'll apologise for that

Bravo.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-02-08 05:09|| 2009-02-08 05:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Clarkson is something of a Little Englander fool, but his heart's mostly in the right place. As an unabashed right-winger or sorts, who therefore attracts a lot of viewers to the BBC who otherwise wouldn't watch any of al Beeb's left wing drivel output, he's both a thorn in the side of, and a great asset to, the organisation. The clincher to his survival is his bigoted anti-Americanism (which perhaps he, and/or or his editors, accentuate to ensure his presence remains tolerated by the BBC management).

Posted by Bulldog 2009-02-08 05:19|| 2009-02-08 05:19|| Front Page Top

#4 After Blair and Brown I'm not quite sure why he has nothing against the Scots.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-02-08 08:15|| 2009-02-08 08:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Jeremy has had some clunkers on Top Gear also. I remember when there was all the hullabaloo over SUV's and their size and gas guzzling ability. He went and criticized the American SUV's like the Navigator, Explorer, Jimmy, Escalade etc. But he was sitting inside one of the biggest damn Land Rover's I have ever seen while he was talking.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2009-02-08 14:17|| 2009-02-08 14:17|| Front Page Top

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