Jeremy Clarkson for Prime Minister? Public support increases
Some say his political views are frightening. Others say he's got a growing group of supporters. All we know is...he's called Jeremy Clarkson.
Back in August we brought you a report that the celebrity host of BBC television's hit program Top Gear had a petition started in his name to promote his popular candidacy for British Prime Minister. Not that he's in any way declared his intension to run for public office, but the petition that was at 15,000 signatures at the end of the summer has now nearly doubled.
In light of the mounting public support, British tabloid the Daily Mail has put together a mock platform for Jezza, the world's most famous automotive journalist, should he decide to run. Some of the platform's highlights call for promoting global warming by incentivizing gas-guzzling automobiles, while banning diesels and hybrids; shutting down the public health & safety department; arming constables in order to intimidate youth; abolishing speed cameras; promoting the glory of the British Empire; withdrawing from the EU and ending relations with the US; and reinstituting medieval punishment methods and public executions.
We say shoot for the moon and land among the stars: Clarkson for Transportation Minister.
[Source: Daily Mail]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
pizzle 6:38PM (2/04/2008)
Clarkson is a TOOL. Completely partial and biased. God forbid i see him when im racing at laguna seca or sears point , i'd crack him in the mouth.
Go watch the DVD and book he has. If you're from the USA and you're in this comment thread i would take offense to him. Its one thing to not like the USA because of how our government can be but its another thing for blasting everything else about us. Were a melting pot of poeple. Its about jealously too. To bad Tony Blair is gone.
Clarkson can even handle himself, how could he handle a position like that.
pizzle
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andrew p 11:35AM (2/06/2008)
He's funny on topgear....maybe knowledgeable...but politically he's an idiot....watch the show and you'll know.
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Kacy 11:04PM (2/29/2008)
As cool as it sounds to have Jeremy Clarkson as Prime Minister. (Even though I don't live in the UK)
I would have to know clearly all of his views and things before i could say it was good or bad.
Cause now my mind flashes back to Doctor who... End of the just past season. With the Master. Everyone loved him.
He became PM.
World destruction.
So... yea... even though that is a WAY over-the-top example... same idea. Couldn't say for or against him just out of personal liking him due to Top Gear and such.
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jussi 5:41PM (2/06/2009)
My god it's about time that Clarkson became prime minister.
Why are the blind folk disputing what he said? He wasn't offending any one, just telling the truth about Brown.
The world has gone mad. Clarkson knows it and so do we.
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Andrew 8:21PM (1/06/2008)
I don't live in the UK, so the idea sounds great to me. I bet he's a halfway intelligent guy when he's not trying to entertain everyone.
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Big Rocket 3:34PM (1/07/2008)
A half-way intelligent guy is also a half-way idiot. When he is not talking rubbish about cars (engine horsepower), he talks rubbish about life in general (identity fraud).
Clarkson's rubbish about cars:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/05/hp-101-top-gear-provides-false-info-on-gt500-horsepower-rating/
Clarkson's rubbish about things other than cars:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7174760.stm
SOhp101 8:27PM (1/06/2008)
Definitely agree with the Clarkson for Transportation Minister part... can't imagine him as a prime minister though.
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Random Task 8:36PM (1/06/2008)
Isn't the prime minister the head of the party with the most seats in Parliament? You can't run for Prime Minister without being the head of the majority party or leadership coalition parties.
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Andrew 8:38PM (1/06/2008)
Captain obvious strikes again. Haha, just kidding mate, cheers.
Mke 10:17PM (1/06/2008)
Andrew,
Can you be more European?
lol jk :D
Motorhead! 8:40PM (1/06/2008)
i cant stand this guy, people give him too much credit.
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LeRobert 8:48PM (1/06/2008)
Elaborate, please.
He's fantastic as a TV personality...
bobfranks 9:02PM (1/06/2008)
Screw it, give him a chance.
Look at the US, Regan was a Movie Star, and hell we have the Governator in Cali.
tankd0g 9:49PM (1/06/2008)
Sounds like a future primeminister to me.
Mke 10:18PM (1/06/2008)
He's very talented in that he has a great unpolitically correct sense of humor yet remains professional enough.
James 9:09PM (1/06/2008)
I, for one, welcome our new Jezza overlord.
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Farris 11:45AM (1/07/2008)
I absolutely NEVER thought I would see an "I, for one,..." joke on Autoblog.
Well played, sir. I tip my hat to you.
Maestro1 9:13PM (1/06/2008)
I used to live in the UK, and I have to say that if he does run he will be miles better than anybody that Labour or the Conservatives can put up against him. The political parties there are not only practically identical, but practically useless too.
I'd love to see him enact that no-door policy for cars that he thought of in Africa, and to see him get rid of the Yobs that run rampant in the UK.
Jeremy Clarkson for Prime Minister!
*Slogan* 'Come on, how much worse could it be?'
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tbirdman 9:17PM (1/06/2008)
im in favor of the dismantling of the traffic camera empire. plus he is a halfway intelligent guy at least and in the us could not be worse then bush.
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Andrew 9:57PM (1/06/2008)
Cute.