Clarkson for Prime Minister
And on that bombshell...
SCOTTISH PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown's office has had a laugh with an online petition to make Top Gear presenter, and fox killer, Jeremy Clarkson Britain's Prime Minister.
The online petition, with almost 50,000 signatures, caught the attention of a Downing Street staffer, who decided to respond on Youtube.
The un-named staffer made a video which opens with a black and white picture of the outside of 10 Downing Street. Text over the photo reads: "Thanks to the 49,447 people who signed the petition to 'make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister.' You make a compelling case... "
Number 10's door opens and the camera appears to pan up the main staircase, lined with photographs of previous prime ministers before finally resting on one of Clarkson at the top of the stairs.
The picture then fades to black and more text reads: "But on second thoughts... maybe not."
A Downing Street spokesman said the short video had been knocked up in " half-an-hour" by an official working on the Prime Minister's website.
Brown's team thought the petition was a joke and was thrown out because it was not an appropriate issue for a petition.
However one of the petitioners was not amused. One quoted by the Mail, Steve Rowley told the paper: "Do they seriously have nothing better to do with their time and my money! I signed the petition in good faith that they take these things seriously."
No, but then they should have to deal with joke petitions either. Sheesh if that bloke was a vegetable he would be parsnip. Dull, humourless and looks a bit like like a [connection dropped]. µ
L'Inq
AP
Comments
A wave of stupid
First Boris Johnson 'running' London, now this.Isn't it time Daily Mail readers learned that amusing idiocy does not equal suitable candidate for high office?
Wow!!
Steve Rowley really shot out a whopping great hypocritical turd, come to think of it this turd were to take the literal form not only would it tear poor got the hump Stevie in two but would bury a good portion of central London!I'd vote for him
I'd vote for a glass of water if it would get rid of Gordon.Smile...?
To be quite honest, that video is the first thing to come out of No.10 in the last 2 years that actually made me smile!!!! I consider it excellent value for money...... :)49,447 people
With 49,447 voters thats about a 100 times more than would vote for gordon brown and his useless goverment.Even dummer
Thats 50,000 more votes than Gordon Brown got to seize power, isn't it time Guardian readers learnt the basics about democracy?Farrell, What Has Got Into You?
Do you seriously believe that I'm not aware of what you say behind my back?And most of that you must have cribbed off the walls of the loo cubicle.
What's needed here is a petition to make Jeremy Clarkson, Nick's editor at the INQ. and then we should have some real fun shoveling the ponies at play at Beach Polo, or some other such volley balls! Here's mud in yer eye, mate. I'm reading your every word. Twice.
Good idea
The scary thing is JC makes a lot of sense. I think we've gone down a very dark and annoying path in this country recently, and what we need is a grumpy old man (Not a sad old git like Brown) perspective on things. Eg:Let's drive slower, there will be fewer poeple run over, but more congestion. Legislate against speeding drivers and spend loads on cameras which will in turn suck money back from drivers. Motorists are financially pressured.
or
Let's drive faster but educate our kids and be responsible for their safety. Society benefits because knowledge is power, money saved due to fewer cameras, and everyone gets where they're going quicker. Businesses benefit from employees not being in a car for X hours a day making them more productive. They can get home to spend more time with their kids, thus going some way to healing society's wounds (and society /is/ breaking). Tiredness can kill, so the shorter the journey time the better.
It's win/win. Clarkson for Prime Minister. It's time for this pansy-ass country to be great again.
caption photo?
The chap enjoying his drive in the unenclosed car doesn't look like Jeremy Clarkson. He looks more like Tiff Needell, from Fifth Gear.Naïveté??
Steve Rowley told the Daily Mail: "Do they seriously have nothing better to do with their time and my money! I signed the petition in good faith that they take these things seriously."Oh come on. If e-petitions affected anything, do you think HM Gov would allow them?
re:fogdor
That's JC testing the Ariel Atom....you need to get your eyesight tested mate ;)Gordon Brown went to Russia to get a deal on gas and oil but
Blair's cronie's put out damaging PR as he landed. This got the Russian's backs up and the deal was scuppered.If only Tony Blair and his nasty bunch of back stabbers would leave this country to move onwards and upwards.
Gordon's problem is that he is more of a decent guy with less of a killer instinct.
WI L' LAN SAFETY Harness.
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