Good old Jezza - his witty, biting satire and social conscience are a lesson to us all.

What does 'QED' mean?

I had to laugh at the Labour MP on Channel 4 News stating that we must think of the children.

I think I was a touch embarrassed for him...

It's Latin for 'ha ha, I fooking told you so'.

This is very similar to the complaints that Ricky Gervais got for the disability jokes. Last time it was charity’s getting free publicity for a comedian making a well-publicised joke and this time it’s the unions that are getting it. Maybe if the unions and charity’s concentrated on helping the people they suppose help rather than consuming too much time in demonising people then things might get sorted out in this country.

But of course unions and charities are all about publicity these days. The more publicity they can get then the more money can go into the pockets of people who run these respective organisations.

IMO, an over-reaction (but he has now apparently apologised).

Guatemala is not unique - Colombia springs to mind straight away. And there are plenty of other places.

But given how much people are feeling attacked - their pay (for several years), their pensions and even the promotion, by much of the media, of a view that public service workless are useless, are a burden on 'real' workers and anyone who pays tax (because nobody in the public services does) etc - it's equally not a surprise that many were angered, and not least because of who he is, the fact that he's paid a lot of money by the taxpayer to piddle around in flash cars, and is a close buddy of Cameron and Brooks etc al.

Complete overreaction, from our media, to the (expected) comments from Clarkson.
As I said on the women in sport debate, with the SPOTY issue, our media like to whip us all into a frenzy, to be morally outraged at the slightest thing. Typical examples (this year) are Richard Keys/Andy Gray, and the Sepp Blatter race interview, which barely made the media throughout Europe, but in the morally outraged UK, it was the first item on the news on every channel, and the front page on every newspaper.

I've said this for years, this country is run by about a dozen people....not the cabinet, but the head honchos at the BBC, Sky and ITN, as well as the editors of Sun, Star, Mirror, Mail, Express, Times etc. They decide how we should feel and what goes on, not elected people, and unfortunately, most of the nation fall for it

I thought it was a very funny joke. Once again people get their knickers in a twist over nothing. Lighten up.

Good post but if you live in London you forgot the tube union leaders.

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Isn't Clarkson just the 'Nick Griffin-its ok to say you like and agree with'??....



Deep down he probably shares the same views as Griffin and his sort, but isn't daft enough to air them seriously.....His various 'slips' over the years expose the right-wing, racist, sexist, unfunny idiot he is and it will be only a matter of time before he suffers a Jonathan Ross-style exit from the beeb.

I've just hear via Mr Galloway on TS that the whole thing was scripted and cleared by the One Show editor

BBC, making news before it happens.

.....No s**t Sherlock.....ALL of Clarkson's media output (Sun columns, Top Gear, etc) has been carefully scripted to help build and maintain this 'shock' profile he likes to portray, but hasn't the talent to do off the cuff.

CLARKSON IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TWERP WHO'S ONLY TALENT IS DRIVING UP MARKET CARS.

Stand by for class war...

Who are these dull morons who actually make official complaints about things they see/hear in the media?

Why are people getting so het up over what was 1) clearly a joke and 2) clearly not expressed as an opinion? Bringing countries like Guatemala and Columbia into the argument is just childish nonsense but the worst argument I think I've ever heard in my life has to be reserved for the Hull East MP. He asked "what about the children who went to bed thinking that their parents were going to be shot? The one show is on before the watershed."

That's some leap of faith, considering the unfunny 2@ who made the comment

Well if you don't think he's funny, it must be fact!

I really don;t understand how people can be bothered to complain about the ignorant @rswipe.

The only people I know who think he is worth listening to also read the Sun....and move their heads as they read the paper. Incidentally, thay are not too bright.

has he not been sacked yet.

He's still funnier and more intelligent, than you.

Yet another insightful contribution from the village idiot

He should issue an amendment not an apology.

"All those who are "offended" and considered it necessary to complain through their own obtuseness, idiocy or malign nature should be shot. Take them outside and execute them in front of their families"

Better now?

The whole issue has been masterfully managed by the media and Unison have completely screwed up and the pension issue and strike isn't news, their pathetic biscuit ar$ed whinging because somebody said something not nice is news.

Sometimes I feel embarrassed by what our nation considers news and the manner in which the British public are so easily manipulated. We are a nation of spineless whinging cowards who are happy to be bullied by our own government and media.

He's right though. Jeremy was intelligent enough to [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7174760.stmpublish his bank details[/url and I bet you haven't been.